WJYS

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WJYS
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 62 (UHF)
digital = 36 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = religious independent
network =
founded =
airdate = March 2, 1991
location = Hammond, Indiana/Chicago, Illinois
callsign_meaning = Jesus
Your
Saviour
-or-
We're
Joyfully
Your
Station
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Jovon Broadcasting Corporation
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 5000 kW (analog)
50 kW (digital)
HAAT = 146 m (analog)
455 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 32334
coordinates = coord|41|33|11.1|N|87|47|6.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|41|52|44|N|87|38|10.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.wjystv62.net/ www.wjystv62.net]

WJYS is an independent television station licensed to Hammond, Indiana, but headquartered in Tinley Park, Illinois, serving the Chicago, Illinois market on broadcast channel 62. The station features religious programs primarily, plus turnkey automobile dealer and other infomercials.

Overview

In the early 90s, WEHS Channel 60, then owned by Home Shopping Network, tried to buy WJYS, which was also operating as a 24 hour a day shopping channel. However, then regulations didn't permit a duopoly in Chicago, and the sale never went through.

In the mid 90s, WJYS tried to compete as a general market station, airing such shows as "Laverne & Shirley" and "The Odd Couple". Due to its transmitter being located so far south of Chicago and topographical issues, the signal is difficult for many in the Chicago area to view. It may not be visible to viewers in the city of Chicago North of the downtown area via an antenna. WJYS is included in the cable television and satellite television coverage for Chicago.

Unlike the analog transmitter located in Tinley Park, WJYS-DT has a transmitter atop the Sears Tower on channel 36. Its coverage is directed primarily to the south. [ [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/polarplot?temp=20094&rotate=0.00&p0=0.010&p10=0.010&p20=0.010&p30=0.010&p40=0.010&p50=0.010&p60=0.010&p70=0.021&p80=0.094&p90=0.218&p100=0.378&p110=0.556&p120=0.729&p130=0.872&p140=0.967&p150=1.000&p160=0.947&p170=0.793&p180=0.756&p190=0.902&p200=0.902&p210=0.756&p220=0.793&p230=0.947&p240=1.000&p250=0.967&p260=0.872&p270=0.729&p280=0.556&p290=0.378&p300=0.218&p310=0.094&p320=0.021&p330=0.010&p340=0.010&p350=0.010&p360=0.010& Polar Plot] linked to the [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=WJYS FCC database for WJYS] .]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.wjystv62.net/ Official site]
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