WJKT

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WJKT
city =
station_
station_slogan = West Tennessee's Home for Fox
station_branding = Fox 16
analog = 16 (UHF)
digital = 39 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = Fox
network =
founded =
airdate = April 1985 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says April 16, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says April 18.]
location = Jackson, Tennessee
callsign_meaning = JacKson, Tennessee
former_callsigns = WJWT (1985-1990)
WMTU (1990-2001)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Newport Television, LLC
licensee =
sister_stations = |ABC 24 CW30/ Memphis, TN former_affiliations = Independent (1985-1995)
UPN (January 1995 - August 2006)
effective_radiated_power = 4680 kW (analog)
392 kW (digital)
HAAT = 322 m (analog)
296 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 68519
coordinates = coord|35|47|27.1|N|89|5|58.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/ www.myeyewitnessnews.com]

WJKT, "Fox 16", is a television station in Jackson, Tennessee affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company. WJKT signed on in April 1985 as WJWT, the area's third television station (after WBBJ-TV and WLJT). The station changed its call sign to WMTU in 1990 and WJKT in 2001.

Until 2006, WJKT was an affiliate of the UPN television network. When it was announced that UPN and the WB would consolidate their programming to become the CW Television Network, WJKT declined to affiliate with the CW or another new network, the News Corporation-owned MyNetworkTV, choosing to affiliate with Fox instead. The affiliation switch took place on August 21, 2006.

The station currently does not have a website of its own. Instead, it shares its website with WPTY-TV and WLMT in Memphis.

WJKT was the first television station in West Tennessee to broadcast a digital television signal. The transmitter is located in Alamo, Tennessee.

News broadcasts

WJKT does not air national news programming except for Fox News programming. The station currently does not have a local news broadcast. However, it airs Eyewitness News Everywhere at 9:00, a simulcast from sister station WLMT, an affiliate of The CW in Memphis, Tennessee.

FOX 16 is on the Charter system, channel 9 and the JEA cable system, Channel 12.

External links

*TVQ|WJKT
*BIA|WJKT|TV|TV

References