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80.06917 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.yourerie.com wjet tv is the abc affiliated television station for pennsylvania s northwest region . licensed to erie it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on uhf channel 24 from a transmitter at its studios on us 19 peach street in summit township . wjet s over the air signal covers the city of erie and its suburbs conneaut ohio and nearby communities in chautauqua county new york . the station has been cut from time warner cable in the ohio market being replaced by wtae tv from pittsburgh pennsylvania . owned by the nexstar broadcasting group wjet tv operates fox affiliate wfxp owned by mission broadcasting through a local marketing agreement lma and the two share studios . contents 1 digital channels 2 history 3 news operation 3.1 former on air staff 4 references 5 external links digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 24.1 720p 16 9 wjet dt main wjet tv programming abc 24.2 480i 4 3 laff 24.3 escape history edit 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 analog signal on uhf channel 24 and the first program shown was a 24 hour movie marathon . the station immediately joined abc which had been shared as a secondary affiliate on nbc station wicu tv and cbs outlet wsee tv 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 london st. thomas and other communities in ontario canada near lake erie . 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 hamilton niagara and grand river areas but was dropped by the early 2000s . wjet tv continues to supply its former radio sister with newscast support 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 has entered into an affiliation agreement with katz broadcasting for the escape laff grit and bounce tv networks the last one of which is owned by bounce media llc whose coo 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 . 2 news operation edit unlike most abc affiliates in the eastern time zone 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 high school football 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 wsee dt2 . 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 . former on air staff edit kevin benson meteorologist now at wpxi tv in pittsburgh jim connors fill in weatherman & wjet radio midday air personality from the mid 1960s to 1971 . one of wjet radio s original good guys john evans sports director anchor reporter 1979 2000 ; current member pa house of representatives john stehr anchor reporter 1979 1980 now primary anchor at wthr tv in indianapolis anita vogel reporter now a reporter for fox news references edit http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign wjet station bounce tv grit escape laff multicast deal covers 81 stations 54 markets . broadcasting & cable . june 15 2016 . retrieved june 21 2016 . external links edit yourerie.com official wjet tv wfxp website query the fcc s tv station database for wjet tv v t e broadcast television in northwestern pennsylvania including erie reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wlep ld 9.1 sonlife wicu tv 12.1 nbc 12.2 metv 12.3 cbs wjet tv 24.1 abc 24.2 laff 24.3 escape w32dh d 32.1 3abn 32.2 3abn proclaim 32.3 dare to dream 32.4 3abn latnio 32.5 3abn radio 32.6 3abn radio latino 32.7 radio 74 wsee tv 35.1 cbs 35.2 the cw 35.3 nbc w45ec d 45.1 silent future station wqln 54.1 pbs 54.2 create 54.3 world wfxp 66.1 fox 66.2 grit 66.3 bounce tv pennsylvania broadcast television binghamton new york buffalo new york elmira new york erie johnstown altoona state college new york city philadelphia pittsburgh scranton wilkes barre susquehanna valley harrisburg washington dc youngstown ohio see also cleveland buffalo ontario tv v t e abc network affiliates in the state of pennsylvania wtae 4 pittsburgh wpvi 6 philadelphia wnep 16 scranton watm 23 altoona wjet 24 erie whtm 27 harrisburg see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in pennsylvania v t e nexstar broadcasting group abc kamc2 kcau kmid kode2 kqtv ksvi ktvx watn wawv2 wdhn weht wivt wjet wmbb woi wsyr wtvo2 wutr2 wvny2 wwti cbs kgpe klas klbk klst kolr2 krex kreg krey ktab kxmb kxmc kxmd kxma wcia wfrv whbf wjmn wmbd wroc wtaj wyou2 the cw kasn2 kasw kcwi kgcw kget1 kucw wbrl wcwj wlmt wtvw2 wwcw wwti1 fox kadn kard kcit2 khmt2 kfqx kfta3 kfxk6 kjtl2 kljb5 klrt2 kmss5 kpej5 kwkt wfff wfft wfxp2 wfxr wfxv wgmb wjkt wlax weux wntz wqrf wyzz4 wzdx mynetworktv karz kcpn2 kgjt kjbo2 kadn1 kozl kshv6 ktpn klpn6 kyle wzdx1 wcix wlmt1 wntz wpny wtvo1 2 nbc kadn1 kamr kark ketk kfdx kget klaf knwa krbc2 ksan2 ksee ksnf ktal ktsm ktve2 kveo wbgh wbre wetm wtwo wvla6 other telemundo kkey ktab1 independent station kzup independent station heroes & icons whag tv cms company lakana online ad company yashi acquisitions communications corporation of america grant broadcasting newport television west virginia media holdings 1 these stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels . 2 nexstar operates these stations owned by mission broadcasting . 3 sale of the station to mission broadcasting is awaiting fcc approval . nexstar will continue to operate the station . 4 nexstar operates wyzz owned by cunningham broadcasting . 5 nexstar operates this station owned by marshall broadcasting . 6 nexstar operates this station owned by white knight broadcasting . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wjet tv & oldid 744451665 categories abc network affiliatesnexstar broadcasting grouptelevision stations in erie pennsylvanialaff affiliatesescape affiliatestelevision channels and stations established in 1966hidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2012all articles needing additional referencesarticles lacking in text citations from march 2011all articles lacking in text citations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 09 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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