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WJYS
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| Hammond, Indiana / Chicago, Illinois | |
| Channels | 62 (UHF) analog, 36 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | Religious/Shop At Home |
| Owner | Jovon Broadcasting Corporation |
| Founded | October 16, 1986 |
| Call letters meaning | W Jesus Your Saviour We're Joyfully Your Station |
| Transmitter Power | 5000 kW/146 m (analog) 50 kW/455 m (digital) |
| Website | www.wjystv62.net |
WJYS is a religious television station licensed in Hammond, Indiana, but headquartered in Tinley Park, Illinois, serving the Chicago, Illinois market on channel 62. In addition to religious services, the station airs local sports programming, turnkey automobile dealer infomercials, and overnight home shopping from Shop At Home.
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.
The station later signed on a low-powered repeater on Channel 34; broadcast from the Sears Tower, it brought over the air coverage to areas of the city north of downtown. Channel 34 has since been spun off to different owners, and now operates today as a separate, unrelated station, WEDE-CA in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
WJYS is a minority-owned business and one of the few sole proprietorships in the industry. Operating 24 hours per day since 1991, WJYS has outlasted The WB, UPN, and PAX TV networks, and is among the longest operating stations without an ownership change.
Many speculate that Jovon is holding on to the station due to the digital change over. The lower UHF number (Channel 36) will allow it to rebrand itself in the digital age. Unlike the analog transmitter located in Tinley Park, WJYS-DT has a transmitter atop the Sears Tower on channel 36 that will make it equal to the other Chicago stations.
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LeSEA: WHME 46 / W18AT 18 / W24AW 24 / W54BK 54 (South Bend / Gary / Valparaiso / Chesterton) - WHMB 40 (Indianapolis) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Indiana | |