WHTV
Television station in Jackson, Michigan (1999–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the television station in Lansing, Michigan. For the religious network, see World Harvest Television. For the CBS affiliate in Meridian, Mississippi, that formerly used the WHTV call letters, see WMDN.
WHTV (channel 18) was a television station licensed to Jackson, Michigan, United States, which served the Lansing area. The station was owned by Venture Technologies Group and had studios on West Saint Joseph Street (along I-496) in downtown Lansing; its transmitter was located on M-52 in Lyndon Township, Washtenaw County (in the Detroit market).
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City | Jackson, Michigan |
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Branding | WHTV |
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Affiliations | Defunct |
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Founded | March 25, 1993 (1993-03-25) |
First air date | August 20, 1999 (1999-08-20) |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog: 18 (UHF, 1999–2008) |
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Facility ID | 29706 |
ERP | 185 kW |
HAAT | 288.6 m (947 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°22′25.6″N 84°4′10.2″W |
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Through its history, WHTV was mainly affiliated with UPN, followed by MyNetworkTV, and had a secondary affiliation with Jewelry TV that became primary several times. WHTV sold its spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s incentive auction and ceased operations at 11:59 p.m. on August 31, 2017.