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WJTV
WJTV logo
Jackson, Mississippi
Branding NewsChannel 12
Slogan To the Point
Channels Analog: 12 (VHF)
Digital: 52 (UHF)
Affiliations CBS
Owner Media General
Founded January 1953
Call letters meaning W Jackson TeleVision
Former channel number(s) 25 (1953-??)
Former affiliations DuMont (1953-1956)
ABC (1953-1970)
Website WJTV.COM

WJTV (analog channel 12; digital channel 52) is Jackson, Mississippi's longtime CBS affiliate, owned by Media General. It began broadcasting in January 1953 and was Mississippi's first TV station. Originally on channel 25, it moved to the more-desirable channel 12 on the VHF dial later in the 1950s. Its transmitter is located near Raymond, Mississippi.

The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson's morning daily newspaper, and its co-owned afternoon daily, Jackson Daily News, started two TV stations in the early 1950's: WSLI, channel 12 and WJTV, channel 25. One was a CBS affiliate and the other broadcast DuMont programming. At that time broadcasters could own more than one station in a single market. A short time later (probably when DuMont folded), the stations merged into one: WJTV, channel 12, with CBS programming.

Anchors

  • Linda Allen - weekday evenings
  • Byron Brown - weekday evenings
  • Dave Hotard - weekend sports anchor
  • Melissa Faith Payne - weekends
  • Erin Pickens - weekday mornings and noon
  • Rick Whitlow - sports director; weekday evenings

Meteorologists

  • Tony Mastro - chief meteorologist; weekday evenings
  • Ken South - weekday mornings and noon
  • Jason Ellis - weekend weather

Sports

  • Rick Whitlow - sports director; weekday evenings
  • Dave Hotard - weekend sports anchor

Reporters

  • Carole Carr
  • Tamica Smith
  • Joseph Weldon - traffic
  • Emily Wood
  • Ross Adams

WJTV logo during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Current WJTV Logo

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Broadcast television in the Jackson, MS market  (Nielsen DMA #90)
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CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Mississippi
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Mississippi
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Media General, Inc.

Corporate Directors: J. Stewart Bryan, III (COB) · Marshall N. Morton · O. Reid Ashe, Jr. · John A. Schauss · Diana F. Cantor · Charles A. Davis · Thompson L. Rankin · Rodney A. Smolla · Walter E. Williams · Coleman Wortham, III · H. Graham Woodlief, Jr. · James A. Zimmerman · Neal F. Fondren · Stephen Y. Dickinson · George L. Mahoney · Lou Anne J. Nabhan · John A. Schauss · James F. Woodward
Newspapers: Bristol Herald Courier · Danville Register & Bee · Dothan Eagle · Eden Daily News · Enterprise Legder · Florence Morning News · Hernando Today · Hickory Daily Record · Highlands Today · Independent Tribune · Jackson County Floridan · Manassas Journal Messenger · Opelika-Auburn News · Potomac News · Richmond Times-Dispatch · Statesville Record & Landmark · The Daily Progress · The McDowell News · The News & Advance (Lynchburg) · The News Herald · The News Virginian · The Reidsville Review · The Tampa Tribune · Winston-Salem Journal
ABC Network Affiliates: WJBF · WMBB2 · WTVQ2
CBS Network Affiliates: KALB-DT22 · WBTW · WHLT · WJHL · WJTV · WKRG · WNEG2 · WNCT · WRBL · WSPA
CW Network Affiliates: WCBD-DT2 · WCWJ2 · WNCT-DT2 · WYCW
MyNetworkTV Affiliates:1 WBTW-DT2 · WSAV-DT2
NBC Network Affiliates: KALB2 · WCBD · WCMH · WFLA · WJAR · WNCN · WSAV · WSLS · WVTM
1 Both of these stations air programming from the Retro Television Network outside of MyNetworkTV programming hours. 2 Media General announced that they will sell five television stations. No new buyers yet.
Websites: TBO.com · inRich.com · TriCities.com · SCNow.com

Other Assets: Atlee Park · Blockdot · Boxerjam Media · Professional Communications Systems
Annual Revenue: $80.2 million USD (FY 2004) · Employees: approximately 7,900 · Stock Symbol: NYSE: MEG · Website: www.mediageneral.com


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