#WSJV RADIOAPP. UPGRADE#
As a result of the deal, Fox sought to upgrade its affiliates in several markets over the next three years, moving Fox affiliations in several markets to longtime affiliates of the Big Three television networks, generally those with established news departments. In December 1993, Fox gained the broadcast rights to televise games from the NFL's National Football Conference, which firmly established Fox as the fourth national network. As a result, Truth Publishing was forced to divest WSJV.įurther information: 1994–96 United States broadcast television realignment While the FCC granted grandfathered status to Schurz Communications for its combination of the South Bend Tribune and WSBT-AM- FM- TV, it would not do the same for Truth Publishing's combination of The Truth, WTRC-AM-FM, and WSJV. In 1974, Truth Publishing sold WSJV to Quincy Newspapers after the FCC began tightening its cross-ownership rules to forbid common ownership of a newspaper and a broadcasting outlet in the same market, except in a few grandfathered cases. In 19, its studios were completely remodeled and enlarged. WSJV eventually bought two color television cameras, and began airing all of its locally produced shows in color in 1968. After the station invested in purchasing color tape and film equipment, WSJV began broadcasting in color in 1966, five years after ABC began airing some of its programs in color in 1961. WSJV moved its channel allocation to channel 28 in 1958. This ended when WUHQ-TV (channel 41, now WOTV) signed on from Battle Creek in 1971. Until 1971, WSJV was the de facto ABC affiliate for the southern part of the Grand Rapids market, as that city's ABC station, WZZM-TV, could not be seen in much of the area. WSJV's studios were on County Road 7 in Concord Township in Elkhart County, with an Elkhart postal address. When WNDU-TV signed on in July 1955, it took the NBC affiliation, leaving WSJV to become the first primary ABC affiliate in Indiana. It was owned by the Dille family and their Truth Publishing Company, which owned Elkhart's main newspaper, The Elkhart Truth and WTRC radio ( AM 1340 and FM 100.7.
The South Bend–Elkhart market was unique because it was a UHF island it was sandwiched between Chicago (channels 2, 5, 7, 9, and 11) to the west, Milwaukee (channels 4, 6, 10, and 12) to the northwest, Grand Rapids– Kalamazoo– Battle Creek (channels 3, 8, and 13) to the north, Lansing– Jackson (channels 6 and 10) and Detroit (channels 2, 4, and 7) to the northeast, Toledo (channels 11 and 13) to the east, and Indianapolis (channels 4, 6, 8, and 13) to the south, meaning that no VHF licenses could be assigned to South Bend. It was initially an NBC affiliate, with a secondary ABC affiliation. WSJV began broadcasting on March 15, 1954, on channel 52.
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