WYJJ-LD (channel 27) is a low-power television station in

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, United States, affiliated with several digital multicast networks (including

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on its main channel). The station is owned by

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, and maintains a

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on Radio Road on Jackson's north side. Despite similar

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, the television station is not related to Trenton-licensed radio station WYJJ (97.7 FM) in any way or form.

History

Although granted a

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in late summer 2012, it was still silent, and not ready to go on the air. The construction permit was granted under the call sign W27DR-D, and then WADR-LD starting in May 2013. In December 2013,

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announced that they will be launching WADR-LD and three other stations to carry

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programming, with programming from another network surrounding the MyNetworkTV primetime schedule on weeknights. WADR was selected to carry

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as a primary affiliation and MyNetworkTV as their secondary affiliation. The station finally took to the air in January or February 2014 on UHF channel 27. In May 2014, this station changed the call letters to the current WYJJ-LD. The transmitter was located on the south side of Jackson just off

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. DTV America entered a strategic partnership with Forever Communications to operate WYJJ-LD. Before the station's launch, Jackson, Tennessee relied on the second

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of CW affiliate

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for MyNetworkTV and a more close-to-complete complete

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schedule. MeTV is now available on WBBJ-DT4, a subchannel of

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affiliate

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. Now, with WYJJ-LD on the air, ABC and CBS offered through WBBJ-DT and DT3, and

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being the Jackson, Tennessee-area

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affiliate, Jackson now offers every major network in their market except for the

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syndicated programming service. In October 2014, a new

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affiliate signed on in the Jackson TV market via a new television station (

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, channel 39), and is now available on Jackson Energy Authority Cable and

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. Before the sign on of WNBJ, distant NBC affiliates

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in Memphis and

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were the default NBC affiliates for Jackson, Tennessee. As for The CW, WLMT remains the default over-the-air CW affiliate, since the area is served by cable-exclusive

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outlet "WBJK" on cable channels 2 and 21, depending on which cable company serves the consumer. As for Ion Television, it is only available through cable and satellite television in the Jackson DMA, or over-the-air through

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in Memphis by default.

After the first year

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, an

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-oriented digital network. Also in summer 2015, WYJJ-LD became available on the cable system of Jackson Energy Authority (JEA), branded as EPlus Broadband Cable. WYJJ's main subchannel can now be viewed on JEA EPlus channel 14, while DrTV on WYJJ-LD3 can be viewed on channel 193.EPlus Broadband Cable Channel Lineup
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. On Friday, January 29, 2016, WYJJ added a fifth subchannel carrying Grit, which broadcast entertainment programming aimed towards men. In spite of the existence of WYJJ-LD5, The Grit feed from WMC-DT3 remains on JEA Cable. WMC-DT2's feed of Bounce TV also remains on cable in Jackson as well.

Under new ownership

WYJJ was one of several dozen DTV America stations that would be purchased by

in October 2017. Two months later, WYJJ began simulcasting the MyNetworkTV schedule as aired on the second subchannel of

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NBC affiliate

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. In Spring 2019, the MyNetworkTV schedule was simulcast from

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. On June 3, 2019, WYJJ’s Antenna TV affiliation was dropped to become affiliated with the then-recently-launched

network, with the MyNetworkTV affiliation meanwhile remaining intact. In September 2019, WYJJ ended its affiliation with MyNetworkTV to carry Court TV full-time. MyNetworkTV moved its affiliation in Jackson, Tennessee to a secondary affiliation alongside H&I on the third subchannel of WNBJ-LD.

Programming

WYJJ-LD broadcasts one network 22 hours every weekday, and all 48 hours of the weekend, and programming from another network from 7-9 p.m. CT every weeknight, a similar practice to those of WYJJ's sister stations,

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in Bowling Green, Kentucky and

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in Joplin, Missouri. Court TV network programming is shown in all parts of the weekend and for 22 hours every weekday. WYJJ airs MyNetworkTV programming on weeknights from 7 to 9 p.m., and would return to Court TV programming at 9 p.m. In September 2015, WYJJ-LD began broadcasting

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football and men's basketball from the ad-hoc

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, the syndicated programming service operated by

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.

. Retrieved September 10, 2015. It was previously on WNBJ-LD during the 2014-15 season. Doctor TV, a healthy lifestyle-oriented network, was broadcast on WYJJ-LD3 (channel 27.3) until January 2017. It was previously broadcast on WYJJ-LD2 until Bounce TV launched on that subchannel in 2015. In January 2017, WYJJ's DT3 subchannel began broadcasting Sony Pictures Television's GetTV network, offering classic movies from its library. In the same month,

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launched over a new DT7 subchannel. In February 2017, WYJJ's DT5 subchannel began broadcasting Heroes & Icons. In the same month, WYJJ's DT6 subchannel began broadcasting Decades.Decades - Where To Watch
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Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

References

External links

* {{Other Tennessee Stations YJJ-LD Court TV affiliates Bounce TV affiliates GetTV affiliates Cozi TV affiliates Decades (TV network) affiliates Low-power television stations in the United States Television channels and stations established in 2014 2014 establishments in Tennessee DTV America