WJRT-TV
 
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Flint/Saginaw/Bay City, Michigan United States |
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| Slogan |
Your Trusted Source Your Weather Source |
| Channels |
Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 12 () |
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| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | October 12, 1958 |
| Call letters' meaning | Derived from former sister radio station WJR plus Television |
| Sister station(s) | WTVG |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 12 (VHF, 1958–2009) Digital: 36 (UHF, until 2009) |
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| Transmitter power | 30 kW |
| Height | 286 metres (938 ft) |
| Facility ID | 21735 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°13′49.5″N 84°3′31.7″W / 43.230417°N 84.058806°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | abc12 |
WJRT-TV, channel 12, is the ABC-affiliated station for the Flint/Tri-Cities television market, owned by Gray Television. Its studios are located on Lapeer Road in Flint, Michigan, with offices and a second newsroom for the Tri-Cities located in Saginaw. The station broadcasts its multiplexed digital signal with 30 kilowatts of power from a 286-metre-high (938 ft) tower located on Burt Road (near Bishop Road) in Albee Township, Michigan. On cable, the station is carried on Comcast Xfinity channel 7 and on Charter Spectrum channel 11.
WJRT-TV is the only station in the Flint/Tri-Cities market that is headquartered in the city of Flint, and in turn tends to focus its local news stories on Flint and Genesee County, with a secondary emphasis on the Tri-Cities.
WJRT-TV was founded in 1958 by Goodwill Stations, the owner of WJR in Detroit at the time. That company won out over two other companies seeking to operate channel 12, the Trebit Corp. (which owned WFDF) and W.S. Butterfield Theatres, Inc. Channel 12 initially wanted to place its transmitter in Independence Township, Michigan. When it was learned that Independence Township was located in Oakland County, part of the Detroit television market, Goodwill settled on placing the tower in St. Charles Township in southwestern Saginaw County; the transmitter remains there today.
WJRT-TV went on the air on October 12, 1958 at 5 PM, as an ABC network affiliate. As part of the winning bid for the license the station had to produce original local programming several hours a day for 10 years. At the time the station had to fill 55 hours of programming outside of the network shows. this led to original shows like "Mr. Magic" and "Folkswingers".
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