WJYS
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Hammond, Indiana/Chicago, Illinois United States |
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| City | Hammond, Indiana |
| Branding | WJYS, The Way |
| Channels |
Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 62 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | Independent |
| Owner | Oxford Media Group |
| First air date | March 2, 1991 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Joseph & Yvonne Stroud (original owners) W Jesus Your Savior orWe're Joyfully Your Station. |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 62 (UHF, 1991–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 145 kW |
| Height | 510 m |
| Facility ID | 32334 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°52′44″N 87°38′10″W / 41.87889°N 87.63611°WCoordinates: 41°52′44″N 87°38′10″W / 41.87889°N 87.63611°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | wjys |
Joseph & Yvonne Stroud (original owners)
WJYS, virtual channel 62 (UHF digital channel 36), is an independent television station serving Chicago, Illinois, United States that is licensed to Hammond, Indiana. WJYS maintains studio facilities located on South Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park, Illinois, and its transmitter is located atop the Willis Tower on South Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop. On cable, the station is also available on RCN channel 10, WOW! channel 13, Comcast Xfinity channel 17 in the suburbs (channel varies by location), 18 in Chicago and AT&T U-verse channel 62.
The station first signed on the air on March 2, 1991, originally operating as a 24-hour-a-day home shopping channel. In 1995, WJYS became more of a general entertainment station, picking up a number of syndicated programs. These shows included Laverne & Shirley, The Rifleman, The Odd Couple, Little House on the Prairie, Gunsmoke, Highway to Heaven and Matlock, along with older movies and anime programming, plus the Indiana Lottery game show Hoosier Millionaire. By 1997, channel 62 was running infomercials and religious programming most of the day and by 2000, most of the entertainment shows were gone from the station. Today, WJYS offers both religious and secular paid programming, as well as some entertainment programs.
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