WJET-TV (channel 24) is a

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, United States, affiliated with

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. It is owned by

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, which provides certain services to

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affiliate

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(channel 66) under a

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(LMA) with

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. Both stations share studios on US 19/Peach Street in Summit Township (with an Erie mailing address), where WJET-TV's transmitter is also located. However,

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and some internal operations are based at

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–licensed Nexstar

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and

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/ CW+ affiliate

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's studios in Chicopee. WJET's over-the-air signal covers the city of Erie and its suburbs and nearby communities in

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and northern

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. The station has been dropped from

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(now

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) in the eastern portion of the

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TV market, in favor of

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from Cleveland.

History

WJET-TV signed on as the third station in Erie during the 6 p.m. hour on April 2, 1966. Owned by Jet Broadcasting along with WJET radio, it aired an

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signal on UHF channel 24 and the first program shown was a 24-hour movie marathon. The station immediately joined ABC. Previously, ABC had been limited to off-hours clearances on

station

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(channel 12) and

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outlet

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(channel 35) until this point. In January 1998, Nexstar acquired WJET-TV. Later that year, it began performing non-programming functions for Mission Broadcasting-owned WFXP as was standard for most Nexstar stations. That station was then consolidated into WJET's facilities. On April 3, 2006, the station celebrated its 40th anniversary. It began airing its digital signal on UHF channel 58 in high definition in 2008. WJET's broadcasts became digital-only, effective June 12, 2009. It is carried on cable in

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, St. Thomas and other communities in

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, Canada near

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. In recent years, the station has been bumped to high dial positions on cable systems in those locations. WJET-TV was once available on cable in the

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, and Grand River areas but was dropped by the early 2000s. WJET-TV continues to supply its former radio sister with news and weather updates during the day, even though the two have been under separate ownership for several years. The station celebrated its 50th anniversary in April 2016. On June 15, 2016, Nexstar announced that it had entered into an affiliation agreement with

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for the

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, Grit, and

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networks (the last one of which is owned by Bounce Media LLC, whose

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Jonathan Katz is president/CEO of Katz Broadcasting), bringing the four networks to 81 stations owned and/or operated by Nexstar, including WJET-TV and WFXP.

News operation

Unlike most ABC affiliates in the

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, WJET-TV did not air a full two-hour weekday morning show until the start of September 2014, when ''Good Morning Erie'' began to start at 5 a.m. On Friday nights at 11:20 (11:15 during the

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season), it airs a local sports highlight show called ''Friday Night Lights''. When the station began operating WFXP, it took over production of that station's nightly half-hour prime time broadcast (known as ''Fox 66 News at 10''). This had previously been produced by WICU through a news share agreement; WICU's 10 p.m. newscast now airs on

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. On September 10, 2007, WJET-TV began airing an hour-long weekday morning show at 8 on WFXP (called ''Fox 66 News in the Morning''). This is the only local newscast in the area broadcasting in the time-slot. In June 2011, the station rolled out a new logo and on-air graphics, replacing a logo used since the early 1980s and graphics that were used for over 10 years. On October 23, 2013, WJET-TV began broadcasting newscasts in HD.

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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Notable former on-air staff

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– meteorologist, now at

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in Pittsburgh * John Evans – sports director/anchor/reporter (1979–2000); current member,

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– anchor/reporter (1979–1980), later the primary anchor at

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– reporter, now a reporter for

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wjet-Tv JET-TV ABC network affiliates Laff (TV network) affiliates Ion Mystery affiliates Cozi TV affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1966 1966 establishments in Pennsylvania Nexstar Media Group