WJKT

WJKT

Jackson, Tennessee United States
Branding	Fox 16 (general) CW 30 News (newscasts)
Channels	Digital: 39 (UHF) Virtual: 16 (PSIP)
Subchannels	16.1 Fox 16.2 Escape 16.3 Laff 16.4 Grit
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.)
First air date	April 10, 1985
Call letters' meaning	We're JacKson, Tennessee
Sister station(s)	WATN-TV, WLMT
Former callsigns	WJWT (1985–1990) WMTU (1990–2001)
Former channel number(s)	16 (UHF analog, 1985-2009)
Former affiliations	Independent (1985–1987) PTEN (secondary, 1993–1995) UPN (1995–2006) The WB (secondary, 2003–2006) TheCoolTV (on DT2, 2011–2012) Bounce TV (DT2, 2012–2015)
Transmitter power	392 kW
Height	296 m
Class	DT
Facility ID	68519
Transmitter coordinates	35°47′27.1″N 89°5′58.2″W / 35.790861°N 89.099500°W / 35.790861; -89.099500
Website	www.localmemphis.com

WJKT is the Fox-affiliated television station for Western Tennessee that is licensed to Jackson. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 39 (or virtual channel 16.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in Alamo.

Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains a local advertising sales office on Oil Well Road in Jackson. Master control and most internal operations for WJKT are based out of the studios of sister stations ABC affiliate WATN-TV and CW outlet WLMT at the Shelby Oaks Corporate Park in northeastern Memphis.

Fox station WHBQ-TV's over-the-air signal reaches areas just short of Jackson proper. However, that station is also carried on Jackson Energy Authority Broadband channel 13.

WJKT station signed-on April 10, 1985, as WJWT and was Jackson's third television station (after WDXI-TV now WBBJ-TV and WLJT). It was owned by MT Communications and aired on UHF analog channel 16. It was the area's first Independent and joined Fox for the first time in April 1987. After MT Broadcasting bought WCAY Nashville (renaming it WXMT) and buying WMKW (now WLMT) in Memphis, WMTU began mostly simulcasting WMKW/WLMT.

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