WEYI-TV
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WEYI-TV is the NBC
-affiliated television station
for the Flint/Tri-Cities
market that is licensed to Saginaw
. The station broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 30 from a 193 kilowatt, 356 metres (1,168 ft) high transmitter at its studios on West Willard Road in Vienna Township
along the Genesee
and Saginaw
County line. Owned by Barrington Broadcasting
, the station is sister to CW affiliate WBSF
and the two share studios. Syndicated
programming on WEYI includes: Inside Edition
, Entertainment Tonight
, The Dr. Oz Show
, and Ellen
. The station can also be seen on WBSF's second digital subchannel (virtual channel 46.2).
at AM 1250), and was a CBS
affiliate. It also shared ABC
with DuMont
affiliate WTAC-TV
and then-NBC affiliate WNEM-TV
(now sister to the former WKNX radio). When WTAC-TV shut down in 1954, WKNX-TV and WNEM-TV
shared ABC until WJRT-TV
signed on in 1958. It moved to the stronger channel 25 in 1965.
In 1972, WKNX-TV was sold to Rust Craft Broadcasting who changed the call letters to the current WEYI-TV. Soon afterward, the station moved to its current tower and studios in Vienna Township. The new tower significantly improved its coverage in Flint
while still being within 15 miles of Saginaw as required by Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) regulations. Prior to 1972, the southern side of the Flint/Saginaw/Bay City
market
got a better signal from Lansing's WJIM-TV (now WLNS-TV
). In 1979, Rust Craft merged with Ziff-Davis.
In 1983, WEYI along with then sister stations WROC-TV
in Rochester, New York
, WRDW-TV
in Augusta, Georgia
, and WTOV-TV
in Steubenville, Ohio
were sold to Television Station Partners. On January 16, 1995, WEYI and WNEM-TV traded network affiliations, resulting in WEYI becoming an NBC station. This came as part of the larger U.S. television network affiliate switches of 1994 that saw CBS' longtime affiliate in adjacent Detroit, WJBK
, switch to Fox
. CBS was having trouble getting a replacement affiliate in Detroit. Since WNEM provides city-grade coverage to much of the northern portion of the Detroit market, CBS persuaded WNEM's owner, Meredith Corporation
, to switch to CBS. Mid-Michigan is the only known market where the CBS affiliation moved from a relatively weak UHF station to a higher-rated VHF station during this period.
In early-January 1996, Television Station Partners sold WEYI, WROC, and WTOV to Smith Broadcasting
(WRDW went to what is today Gray Television
). In 1997, the WEYI license was transferred to Smith Broadcasting subsidiary Sunrise Television, which later merged with the LIN TV Corporation in 2002. The Sunrise-LIN merger briefly made WEYI a sister station to fellow NBC affiliate WOOD-TV
in Grand Rapids
and ABC affiliate WOTV
in Battle Creek
. In May 2004, WEYI became one of the founding stations of its current owner, Barrington Broadcasting. In March 2006, it was joined by Northern Michigan
's WPBN/WTOM
, Marquette
's WLUC-TV
, and (to a degree) Toledo, Ohio
's WNWO-TV
as part of Barrington's family of stations in and around Michigan following Barrington's purchase of those stations from Raycom Media
.
In 2004, Barrington Broadcasting launched WB affiliate WBSF which was offered over-the-air on WEYI-DT2 and cable. The deal was made primarily because WKBD
declined to carry Detroit Pistons
basketball after the games switched to WMYD
which is not available on most Mid-Michigan cable systems. WBSF signed-on an over-the-air analog signal in 2006 not long after becoming the CW affiliate for Mid-Michigan.
's Flint system (which serves most of Genesee County
) as well as starting the syndication exclusivity controversy on Comcast Flint. WDIV was once available on Comcast's Flint system. However in 2004, WEYI filed a complaint with the FCC claiming it was losing NBC viewers to WDIV, most likely due to that station's new high definition picture. (according to WEYI's website, it still uses Betamax
equipment and none of its local or syndicated programming is currently in HD). The FCC ruled in favor of WEYI and for a brief period national NBC programs on WDIV were unavailable on Comcast Flint. Eventually in August 2006, Comcast Flint removed WDIV from the system completely, replacing it with the new local MyNetworkTV
affiliate WNEM-DT2
.
Since then, several Flint affiliates filed similar complaints with their Detroit-affiliated counterpart stations (WJRT-TV
against WXYZ-TV
, WBSF against WKBD, and WSMH
against WJBK
). However, the Detroit affiliates remain on Comcast Flint with blackouts continuing. The blackouts also affected Comcast subscribers in Holly
which is located in Northwestern Oakland County
, a part of the Detroit media market. Until April 2011, Comcast viewers in that area received programming from the Flint headend instead of one in Oakland County or elsewhere in Detroit; that month, Comcast discontinued blackouts of Detroit channels and added additional channels from that market, but dropped many Flint/Tri-Cities channels from that system, including WEYI, retaining only WJRT and WCMZ-TV. The changes were in response to complaints from Detroit stations and area viewers of being blacked out or unavailable in an area that they were supposed to serve.
, this station does not air local news during the weekday midday hours or weeknight 5 o'clock hour.
Meteorologists
Sports
Reporters
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for the Flint/Tri-Cities
Flint/Tri-Cities
The Flint/Tri-Cities Region or Saginaw Valley is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The region is composed of the area surrounding Flint, Michigan, the Tri Cities, the Saginaw Bay and Saginaw River . Flint's population is 102,434; it is the seventh largest city in Michigan...
market that is licensed to Saginaw
Saginaw, Michigan
Saginaw is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw was once a thriving lumber town and manufacturing center. Saginaw and Saginaw County lie in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan...
. The station broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on UHF channel 30 from a 193 kilowatt, 356 metres (1,168 ft) high transmitter at its studios on West Willard Road in Vienna Township
Vienna Township, Genesee County, Michigan
Vienna Charter Township is a charter township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 13,108 at the 2000 census.- Communities :* The city of Clio is within the township, but is administratively autonomous...
along the Genesee
Genesee County, Michigan
-Interstates:* I-69* I-75* I-475-Michigan State Trunklines:* M-13* M-15* M-21* M-54* M-57-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 436,141 people, 169,825 households, and 115,990 families residing in the county. The population density was 682 people per square mile . There were 183,630...
and Saginaw
Saginaw County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 210,039 people, 80,430 households, and 55,818 families residing in the county. The population density was 260 people per square mile . There were 85,505 housing units at an average density of 106 per square mile...
County line. Owned by Barrington Broadcasting
Barrington Broadcasting
Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC , headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois is an entity wholly focused on broadcast television. The company's assets mainly consist of television stations in middle and small sized markets...
, the station is sister to CW affiliate WBSF
WBSF
WBSF is the CW-affiliated television station for the Flint/Tri-Cities market that is licensed to Bay City. Owned by Barrington Broadcasting, the station is sister to NBC affiliate WEYI-TV and the two share studios on West Willard Road in Vienna Township along the Genesee and Saginaw County line...
and the two share studios. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on WEYI includes: Inside Edition
Inside Edition
Inside Edition is a thirty-minute American television syndicated news program, first aired on CBS on October 9, 1988. It was originally similar to the programs Hard Copy and A Current Affair, but now more closely resembles a condensed version of breakfast television, exclusively with pre-recorded...
, Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show is an American syndicated television talk show, hosted by Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon and teaching professor at Columbia University who became famous for his appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show from 2004 until 2009....
, and Ellen
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
. The station can also be seen on WBSF's second digital subchannel (virtual channel 46.2).
Digital programming
| Channel | Name | Video | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25.1 | WEYI | 720p | Main WEYI programming / NBC |
| 25.2 | WBSF | Simulcast of WBSF WBSF WBSF is the CW-affiliated television station for the Flint/Tri-Cities market that is licensed to Bay City. Owned by Barrington Broadcasting, the station is sister to NBC affiliate WEYI-TV and the two share studios on West Willard Road in Vienna Township along the Genesee and Saginaw County line... CW 46 |
Digital transition
WEYI-TV shut down its analog signal on June 12, 2009, as part of the Digital television transition in the United States. The station remained on its pre-transition channel 30 using PSIP to display its virtual channel as 25. Also, WBSF became available on a separate digital signal on channel 46. However, it is still available on WEYI's digital subcarrier.History
Channel 25 is one of the nation's oldest UHF stations. It debuted on April 5, 1953 as WKNX-TV on channel 57. It was owned by Lake Huron Broadcasting along with WKNX radio (AM 1210, now WNEMWNEM (AM)
WNEM AM 1250 is an all-news radio station for the Saginaw–Bay City area. It is currently owned by the Meredith Corporation. Although licensed to Bridgeport, WNEM currently operates from the WNEM-TV studios in downtown Saginaw at 107 Franklin Street...
at AM 1250), and was a CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate. It also shared ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
with DuMont
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...
affiliate WTAC-TV
WTAC-TV
WTAC-TV was a UHF TV station which was located in Flint, Michigan. It operated on channel 16 and went on the air on Thanksgiving Day of 1953. It was owned by the Trendle-Campbell Broadcasting Company which was a partnership of George W. Trendle and H. Allen Campbell which also owned WTAC which...
and then-NBC affiliate WNEM-TV
WNEM-TV
WNEM-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Flint/Tri-Cities market in Michigan. It is licensed to Bay City, and broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 22 . Owned by the Meredith Corporation, the station has studios on North Franklin Street in downtown Saginaw, as...
(now sister to the former WKNX radio). When WTAC-TV shut down in 1954, WKNX-TV and WNEM-TV
WNEM-TV
WNEM-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Flint/Tri-Cities market in Michigan. It is licensed to Bay City, and broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 22 . Owned by the Meredith Corporation, the station has studios on North Franklin Street in downtown Saginaw, as...
shared ABC until WJRT-TV
WJRT-TV
WJRT-TV, channel 12, is the ABC-affiliated station for the Flint/Tri-Cities television market, owned by SJL Broadcasting. Its studios are located in Flint, Michigan, with offices and a second newsroom for the Tri-Cities located in Saginaw...
signed on in 1958. It moved to the stronger channel 25 in 1965.
In 1972, WKNX-TV was sold to Rust Craft Broadcasting who changed the call letters to the current WEYI-TV. Soon afterward, the station moved to its current tower and studios in Vienna Township. The new tower significantly improved its coverage in Flint
Flint, Michigan
Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...
while still being within 15 miles of Saginaw as required by Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) regulations. Prior to 1972, the southern side of the Flint/Saginaw/Bay City
Bay City, Michigan
Bay City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 34,932, and is the principal city of the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Saginaw-Bay City-Saginaw Township North...
market
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
got a better signal from Lansing's WJIM-TV (now WLNS-TV
WLNS-TV
WLNS-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Central Michigan licensed to Lansing. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 36 from a transmitter on Van Atta Road in Meridian. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 6 and Broadstripe channel 13...
). In 1979, Rust Craft merged with Ziff-Davis.
In 1983, WEYI along with then sister stations WROC-TV
WROC-TV
WROC-TV, virtual channel 8, is a CBS affiliate based in Rochester, New York, USA, owned and operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group. WROC-TV operates Fox affiliate WUHF through a shared services agreement. The two share studios on Humboldt Street in Rochester...
in Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
, WRDW-TV
WRDW-TV
WRDW-TV, channel 12, is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Augusta, Georgia, USA. WRDW-TV is owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television, and also provides digital subchannels for MyNetworkTV on channel 12.2 and The Country Network on channel 12.3...
in Augusta, Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...
, and WTOV-TV
WTOV-TV
WTOV-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Ohio Valley that is licensed to Steubenville & Wheeling. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 9 from a transmitter in Mingo Junction, Ohio. Owned by Cox Enterprises, the station has studios in Steubenville. Syndicated...
in Steubenville, Ohio
Steubenville, Ohio
Steubenville is a city located along the Ohio River in Jefferson County, Ohio on the Ohio-West Virginia border in the United States. It is the political county seat of Jefferson County. It is also a principal city of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area...
were sold to Television Station Partners. On January 16, 1995, WEYI and WNEM-TV traded network affiliations, resulting in WEYI becoming an NBC station. This came as part of the larger U.S. television network affiliate switches of 1994 that saw CBS' longtime affiliate in adjacent Detroit, WJBK
WJBK
WJBK is the Fox–owned and operated television station in Detroit, Michigan broadcasting on digital channel 7...
, switch to Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
. CBS was having trouble getting a replacement affiliate in Detroit. Since WNEM provides city-grade coverage to much of the northern portion of the Detroit market, CBS persuaded WNEM's owner, Meredith Corporation
Meredith Corporation
The Meredith Corporation is a media conglomerate based in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The company has two divisions, National Media and Local Media.-History:...
, to switch to CBS. Mid-Michigan is the only known market where the CBS affiliation moved from a relatively weak UHF station to a higher-rated VHF station during this period.
In early-January 1996, Television Station Partners sold WEYI, WROC, and WTOV to Smith Broadcasting
Smith Media, LLC
Smith Media, LLC, successor to Smith Television, is a broadcasting group co-based in Los Angeles, California and St. Petersburg, Florida, that owns and operates seven television stations across the United States....
(WRDW went to what is today Gray Television
Gray Television
Gray Television, Inc. is a communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with administrative offices in Albany, Georgia.Established in 1946 by James H...
). In 1997, the WEYI license was transferred to Smith Broadcasting subsidiary Sunrise Television, which later merged with the LIN TV Corporation in 2002. The Sunrise-LIN merger briefly made WEYI a sister station to fellow NBC affiliate WOOD-TV
WOOD-TV
WOOD-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Southwestern Michigan licensed to Grand Rapids. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter in Middleville near the Barry and Allegan County line. The station can also be seen on Comcast and Charter channel...
in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...
and ABC affiliate WOTV
WOTV
WOTV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Southwestern Michigan that is licensed to Battle Creek. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 20 from a transmitter in Orangeville Township. The station can also be seen on Charter and Comcast channel 4. There is a high...
in Battle Creek
Battle Creek, Michigan
Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area , which encompasses all of Calhoun county...
. In May 2004, WEYI became one of the founding stations of its current owner, Barrington Broadcasting. In March 2006, it was joined by Northern Michigan
Northern Michigan
Northern Michigan, also known as Northern Lower Michigan , is a region of the U.S. state of Michigan...
's WPBN/WTOM
WPBN-TV
WPBN-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Northern Lower and Eastern Upper Peninsulas of Michigan that is licensed to Traverse City. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 47 from a transmitter east of Kalkaska...
, Marquette
Marquette, Michigan
Marquette is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Marquette County. The population was 21,355 at the 2010 census, making it the most populated city of the Upper Peninsula. Marquette is a major port on Lake Superior, primarily for shipping iron ore and is the home of Northern...
's WLUC-TV
WLUC-TV
WLUC-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Michigan's Central Upper Peninsula licensed to Marquette. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 35 from a transmitter on South Helen Lake Road southeast of Republic in rural Marquette County. The station can also be seen...
, and (to a degree) Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
's WNWO-TV
WNWO-TV
WNWO-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station in Northwest Ohio that is licensed to Toledo. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 49 from a transmitter northeast of Oregon. Owned by Barrington Broadcasting, the station has studios on South Byrne Road...
as part of Barrington's family of stations in and around Michigan following Barrington's purchase of those stations from Raycom Media
Raycom Media
- History :Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations....
.
In 2004, Barrington Broadcasting launched WB affiliate WBSF which was offered over-the-air on WEYI-DT2 and cable. The deal was made primarily because WKBD
WKBD
WKBD-TV, virtual channel 50 , is an owned and operated station of the CW Television Network, based in Detroit, Michigan. The station is owned and operated by the CBS Corporation, and is one-half of a duopoly with sister station WWJ-TV . Its studios and transmitters are located at 11 mile and...
declined to carry Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...
basketball after the games switched to WMYD
WMYD
WMYD is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Southeast Michigan licensed to Detroit. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 21 from a transmitter on Eight Mile Road in Oak Park along the Oakland and Wayne County line. The station can also be seen on Comcast...
which is not available on most Mid-Michigan cable systems. WBSF signed-on an over-the-air analog signal in 2006 not long after becoming the CW affiliate for Mid-Michigan.
Controversies
WEYI was blamed for forcing competing NBC affiliate WDIV from Detroit off of ComcastComcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
's Flint system (which serves most of Genesee County
Genesee County, Michigan
-Interstates:* I-69* I-75* I-475-Michigan State Trunklines:* M-13* M-15* M-21* M-54* M-57-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 436,141 people, 169,825 households, and 115,990 families residing in the county. The population density was 682 people per square mile . There were 183,630...
) as well as starting the syndication exclusivity controversy on Comcast Flint. WDIV was once available on Comcast's Flint system. However in 2004, WEYI filed a complaint with the FCC claiming it was losing NBC viewers to WDIV, most likely due to that station's new high definition picture. (according to WEYI's website, it still uses Betamax
Betamax
Betamax was a consumer-level analog videocassette magnetic tape recording format developed by Sony, released on May 10, 1975. The cassettes contain -wide videotape in a design similar to the earlier, professional wide, U-matic format...
equipment and none of its local or syndicated programming is currently in HD). The FCC ruled in favor of WEYI and for a brief period national NBC programs on WDIV were unavailable on Comcast Flint. Eventually in August 2006, Comcast Flint removed WDIV from the system completely, replacing it with the new local MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
affiliate WNEM-DT2
WNEM-DT2
WNEM-DT2 is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Flint/Tri-Cities market in Michigan. It is a second digital subchannel of CBS affiliate WNEM-TV that is owned by the Meredith Corporation. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 22.2 from a transmitter...
.
Since then, several Flint affiliates filed similar complaints with their Detroit-affiliated counterpart stations (WJRT-TV
WJRT-TV
WJRT-TV, channel 12, is the ABC-affiliated station for the Flint/Tri-Cities television market, owned by SJL Broadcasting. Its studios are located in Flint, Michigan, with offices and a second newsroom for the Tri-Cities located in Saginaw...
against WXYZ-TV
WXYZ-TV
WXYZ-TV, channel 7, is an ABC-affiliated television station in Detroit, Michigan, USA. WXYZ-TV is owned by the E.W. Scripps Company, and is the media company's largest-market TV station property...
, WBSF against WKBD, and WSMH
WSMH
WSMH is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Flint/Tri-Cities market that is licensed to Flint. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 16 from a 245 kilowatt, high transmitter on Aman Rd near St. Charles, Michigan...
against WJBK
WJBK
WJBK is the Fox–owned and operated television station in Detroit, Michigan broadcasting on digital channel 7...
). However, the Detroit affiliates remain on Comcast Flint with blackouts continuing. The blackouts also affected Comcast subscribers in Holly
Holly, Michigan
Holly is a village in north Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,086 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Holly Township. It is about south of Flint and northwest of Detroit.- Demographics :...
which is located in Northwestern Oakland County
Oakland County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,202,362 people, 471,115 households, and 315,175 families residing in the county. The population density as of the 2000 census was 1,369 people per square mile . There were 492,006 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile...
, a part of the Detroit media market. Until April 2011, Comcast viewers in that area received programming from the Flint headend instead of one in Oakland County or elsewhere in Detroit; that month, Comcast discontinued blackouts of Detroit channels and added additional channels from that market, but dropped many Flint/Tri-Cities channels from that system, including WEYI, retaining only WJRT and WCMZ-TV. The changes were in response to complaints from Detroit stations and area viewers of being blacked out or unavailable in an area that they were supposed to serve.
Newscasts
WBSF once aired a weeknight newscast known as The 7 O'Clock News on CW 46 which was produced by WEYI. This production was canceled in April 2008. Unlike most NBC affiliates in the Eastern Time ZoneEastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
, this station does not air local news during the weekday midday hours or weeknight 5 o'clock hour.
Newscast titles
- TV-25 News (1960s-1980s)
- 25 News (1980s-early 1990s)
- WEYI-witness News (early-mid 1990s)
- NBC 25 News (late 1990s-2002 and 2006–present)
- NewsCenter 25 (2002–2006)
Station slogans
- "Get Ready for 25" (1990–1991, localized version of CBS ad campaign)
- "Moving Mid-Michigan Forward" (2006–2008)
News team
Anchors- Elizabeth MacFarland - weekday mornings and reporter
- "Travel Mid-Michigan" segment producer
- Jenny Suniga - Managing Editor seen weeknights at 6
- Dan Armstrong - weekend anchor and reporter
- Dillon Collier - weekday evening anchor
- Joel Feick - weekday morning anchor
Meteorologists
- Mark Torregrossa (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Seal of Approval) - Chief seen weeknights - Janet Van De Winkle - weekday mornings and "Travel Mid-Michigan" segment producer
- Kevin Usealman (AMS Seal of Approval) - weekends
Sports
- Jamie Edmonds - weekday sports anchor
- Friday Night Football and Hometown Hoops host
- Earl Arms - weekday/weekend sports director
- Friday Night Football and Hometown Hoops host
Reporters
- Bobby Mukkamala - "Ask Dr. Bobby" segment producer
- David Boike - "Money Matters" segment producer
- Aaron Smith - reporter seen weeknights and weekends
Notable former staff
- Doug KarschDoug KarschDouglas Allen Karsch, III is an American talk radio show host and Michigan Wolverines sports reporter based in Detroit, Michigan.-Education and early career:...
- sports reporter (now at WXYT-FM and Fox Sports DetroitFox Sports DetroitFox Sports Detroit , is a regional sports network that covers local sports teams in the state of Michigan, mostly those in the Metro Detroit area. It is an owned and operated affiliate of Fox Sports Net...
) - Jim BrandstatterJim BrandstatterJim Brandstatter is an award-winning American sportscaster based in Southeastern Michigan. He is currently the radio color commentator for the Detroit Lions and Michigan Wolverines football teams. Brandstatter is also a sports television show host and radio show host; both shows are about Michigan...
- sports reporter (now Michigan Wolverines footballMichigan Wolverines footballThe Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
and Detroit LionsDetroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
radio analyst) - Roop Raj - reporter/anchor/weather (now at WJBKWJBKWJBK is the Fox–owned and operated television station in Detroit, Michigan broadcasting on digital channel 7...
) - Dave Kinchen - reporter/weather anchor now at (WTXF-TVWTXF-TVWTXF-TV, virtual channel 29 , is an owned-and-operated station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
).