WSMH
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Flint/Saginaw/ Bay City, Michigan United States |
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| City | Flint |
| Branding | general: Fox 66 newscast: Fox 66 News |
| Channels |
Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 66 (PSIP) |
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| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (WSMH Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | December 15, 1984 |
| Call letters' meaning | We Show More Hits |
| Sister station(s) | WEYI-TV, WBSF |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 66 (UHF, 1985–2009) |
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| Transmitter power | 245 kW |
| Height | 365.5 metres (1,199 ft) |
| Facility ID | 21737 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°13′31″N 84°4′33″W / 43.22528°N 84.07583°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | wsmh |
WSMH, (branded Fox 66), is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Flint/Tri-Cities market that is licensed to Flint. It broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on UHF channel 16 from a 245-kilowatt, 365.5-metre-high (1,199 ft) transmitter on Amman Rd (near Gary Rd) near St. Charles, Michigan. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, it also operates NBC affiliate WEYI-TV (owned by Howard Stirk Holdings) and CW affiliate WBSF (owned by Cunningham Broadcasting). The station has studios on West Pierson Road in Mount Morris Township (though with a Flint address). On cable, the station is typically carried on channel 8 on most cable systems. Originally launched as an independent station in March 1985, it has been affiliated with Fox since the network's launch on October 9, 1986.
The station was assigned the call letters of WSMH on September 27, 1984. WSMH first went on the air on December 15, 1984 as an independent station. A fire at the transmitter in April 1985 forced the station to go off the air for about one month until repairs could be effected. On October 9, 1986, it became a charter Fox affiliate. Sinclair Broadcast Group bought the station in 1996. From 1990 to 1997, WSMH was the Mid-Michigan provider of the now defunct syndication package Disney Afternoon.
On October 28, 2002, the station launched its first newscast, "News At Ten", the first using a centralization model for all Sinclair stations.
On September 30, 2006, WSMH began broadcasting The Tube on its secondary subchannel. Channel 66 dropped its local news staff in 2006, opting instead to contract with WNEM to replace its 10 p.m. newscast.
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