The station's schedule primarily features local, national and international religious programming, along with paid programming (including long-form direct response, automobile dealer programs, and shows advertising local businesses). WJYS' locally-produced programs include Horace Smith, Salem Baptist Church, Charis Bible College, Triedstone Baptist Church, the jazz trio show Yvonne's Piano, Haitian Relief with Steve Munsey and Emmy Award-winning music show JBTV. WJYS also produced local commercials for Chicago State University.
WJYS shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 62, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 36.[6] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 62, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.
Unlike the analog transmitter once located in Tinley Park, WJYS-DT has a transmitter atop the Willis Tower on channel 36, allowing for greater signal coverage.[7] The WJYS signal during the analog television era reached approximately 7.5 million people in the Chicago metropolitan area, expanding to nearly 11 million households across Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan following the June 2009 digital transition as its digital transmitter facilities on Willis Tower replicated the coverage area of the major broadcast stations in the market.
Referencesedit
^Boyd, Roger (January 15, 1989). "62 says: 'Just stay tuned'". The Times. p. A-3. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
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WJYS channel 62 is an independent television station licensed to Hammond Indiana United States serving the Chicago area It is one of two commercial television stations in the Chicago market to be licensed in Indiana alongside MyNetworkTV owned and operated station WPWR TV channel 50 in Gary Owned by Millenial Telecommunications Inc WJYS maintains studio facilities on South Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park Illinois and its transmitter is located atop the Willis Tower WJYSHammond IndianaChicago IllinoisUnited StatesCityHammond IndianaChannelsDigital 21 UHF Virtual 62BrandingWJYS The WayProgrammingAffiliations62 1 Independent for others see SubchannelsOwnershipOwnerMillenial Telecommunications Inc HistoryFirst air dateMarch 2 1991 32 years ago 1991 03 02 Former channel number s Analog 62 UHF 1991 2009 Digital 36 UHF until 2019 Call sign meaningOriginal owners Joseph and Yvonne Stroud 1 Technical information 2 Licensing authorityFCCFacility ID32334ERP140 kWHAAT510 m 1 673 ft Transmitter coordinates41 52 44 N 87 38 8 W 41 87889 N 87 63556 W 41 87889 87 63556LinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSWebsitewjystv wbr net Contents 1 History 2 Programming 3 Technical information 3 1 Subchannels 3 2 Analog to digital conversion 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe station first signed on the air on March 2 1991 It originally operated as a 24 hour a day home shopping station 3 In 1994 WJYS became more of a general entertainment station picking up a number of syndicated programs 4 These shows included Laverne amp 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 Hoosier 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 Programming editThe station s schedule primarily features local national and international religious programming along with paid programming including long form direct response automobile dealer programs and shows advertising local businesses WJYS locally produced programs include Horace Smith Salem Baptist Church Charis Bible College Triedstone Baptist Church the jazz trio show Yvonne s Piano Haitian Relief with Steve Munsey and Emmy Award winning music show JBTV WJYS also produced local commercials for Chicago State University Technical information editSubchannels edit The station s digital signal is multiplexed Subchannels of WJYS 5 Channel Res Aspect Short name Programming62 1 480i 4 3 WJYS DT Main WJYS programming62 2 PRISM 6 Jewelry TV62 3 PRISM QVC62 4 HRTLND Heartland62 5 PRISM 3 QVC62 6 PRISM 4 Canal de la Fe Spanish religious 62 7 JTV Jewelry TV62 8 EVINE HSN62 9 16 9 HSN62 10 4 3 MCTV WEDE CD Religious independent Simulcast of channels of another station Analog to digital conversion edit WJYS shut down its analog signal over UHF channel 62 on June 12 2009 the official date on which full power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate The station s digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre transition UHF channel 36 6 Through the use of PSIP digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 62 which was among the high band UHF channels 52 69 that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition Unlike the analog transmitter once located in Tinley Park WJYS DT has a transmitter atop the Willis Tower on channel 36 allowing for greater signal coverage 7 The WJYS signal during the analog television era reached approximately 7 5 million people in the Chicago metropolitan area expanding to nearly 11 million households across Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and Michigan following the June 2009 digital transition as its digital transmitter facilities on Willis Tower replicated the coverage area of the major broadcast stations in the market References edit Boyd Roger January 15 1989 62 says Just stay tuned The Times p A 3 Retrieved April 11 2021 Facility Technical Data for WJYS Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission Kennedy Melia Marilyn October 1 1993 Sell Avision View Shopping Channels With a Critical Eye Chicago Tribune Nidetz Steve November 30 1994 10 p m viewers tune back to WBBM but WLS is still No 1 Chicago Tribune RabbitEars TV Query for WJYS RabbitEars Retrieved September 8 2015 DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds PDF Archived from the original PDF on August 29 2013 Retrieved March 24 2012 Polar Plot linked to the FCC database for WJYS External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WJYS amp oldid 1189777925, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
