WSJV
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Elkhart/South Bend, Indiana United States |
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| City | Elkhart, Indiana |
| Branding | WSJV Television |
| Channels |
Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 28 () |
| Subchannels | 28.1 H&I 28.2 Escape |
| Affiliations | H&I (2016–present) |
| Owner |
Quincy Media (WSJV License, LLC) |
| First air date | March 15, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | St. Joseph River Valley |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 52 (UHF, 1954–1958) 28 (UHF, 1958–2009) Digital: 58 (UHF, 2002–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
NBC (1954–1955) ABC (1954–1995; secondary until 1955) Fox (1995–2016) DuMont (secondary, 1954–1955) |
| Transmitter power | 311 kW |
| Height | 335 m |
| Facility ID | 74007 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°36′58″N 86°11′38″W / 41.61611°N 86.19389°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WSJV, UHF digital channel 28, is a television station serving South Bend, Indiana, United States that is licensed to Elkhart. The station is owned by Quincy Media. WSJV's studios are located on County Road 7 in unincorporated Elkhart County, and its transmitter is located on Johnson Road in unincorporated St. Joseph County, east of Gulivoire Park.
WSJV currently broadcasts the digital subchannel networks Heroes & Icons and Escape; from 1995 through 2016, it served as the market's Fox affiliate. On August 1, 2016, WSJV traded the affiliation to Sinclair Broadcast Group's WSBT-TV in exchange for Quincy acquiring the ABC and The CW affiliations of Peoria's WHOI for sister station WEEK-TV.
WSJV began broadcasting on March 15, 1954 on channel 52. It was initially an NBC affiliate, sharing ABC with CBS affiliate WSBT-TV. The South Bend/Elkhart market was unique because it was a UHF island; it was sandwiched between Chicago to the west, Grand Rapids to the north, Lansing-Jackson and Detroit to the east and Indianapolis to the south, meaning that no VHF licenses could be assigned to South Bend. It was owned by the Truth Publishing Company, along with Elkhart's main newspaper, The Elkhart Truth. When WNDU-TV signed on in July 1955, it took the NBC affiliation, leaving WSJV to become the first primary ABC affiliate in Indiana.
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