WHTV
- This article is about the television station in Lansing, Michigan. For the religious network, see World Harvest Television.
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| Lansing/Jackson, Michigan | |
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| Branding | My 18 |
| Channels | Digital: 34 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 18.1 MyNetworkTV |
| Owner | Venture Technologies Group, LLC (operated through JSA by Young Broadcasting) (Spartan TV, LLC) |
| First air date | August 20, 1999 |
| Sister station(s) | WLNS |
| Former channel number(s) | 18 (UHF analog, 1999-2009) |
| Former affiliations | Bloomberg Television/ Jewelry Television (1999-2000) UPN (2000-2006) |
| Transmitter power | 13.6 kw |
| Height | 263 m |
| Facility ID | 29706 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°41′19″N 84°22′35″W / 42.68861°N 84.37639°W |
| Website | www.my18.tv |
WHTV is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Central Michigan that is licensed to Jackson, Michigan. It broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 18 from a transmitter in Okemos. Owned by Venture Technologies Group, the station is operated through a joint sales agreement by Young Broadcasting as sister to CBS affiliate WLNS-TV. The two share studios on East Saginaw Street (Business Loop 69/M-43 eastbound) in Lansing along U.S. 127. Syndicated programming on WHTV includes: Friends, Two and a Half Men, My Name Is Earl, and Family Feud.
[edit] History
The station signed-on August 20, 1999, carrying programming from Bloomberg Television and Jewelry Television. It aired an analog signal on UHF channel 18 from a transmitter near Onondaga on the border between Ingham and Jackson Counties. It became a UPN affiliate on October 16, 2000. Prior to this, UPN programming was seen on area cable systems from Detroit's WKBD. Since 2002, WHTV had been housed at the facilities of ABC affiliate WLAJ on South Pennsylvania Avenue. In 2006, the channel relocated to WLNS.
As a UPN affiliate, WHTV carried the CBS Sports feed of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships while WLNS aired the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon on Labor Day. This station also occasionally carried Saturday NCAA football games from ABC when they conflicted with WLAJ's commitment to broadcast the ESPN Plus college football and basketball packages which later ended with the launch of the Big Ten Network for the 2007-2008 season.
WHTV continues to air the U.S. Open Tennis Championships on Labor Day and may run CBS programming should WLNS preempt in the event of a local special or an emergency such as a breaking news story. On December 1, 2008, WHTV shut-off its analog signal and made the permanent switch to digital broadcasting. It was the first station in the Lansing market to go digital-only before the nationwide switch on June 12, 2009. [1]
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