lansing michigan . for the religious network see world harvest television . not to be confused with khtv cd wtvh or ktvh . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message whtv jackson lansing michigan united states branding my 18 channels digital 34 uhf virtual 18 psip subchannels 18.1 mynetworktv 18.2 jewelry tv affiliations mynetworktv 2006 present owner venture technologies group spartan tv llc operator e. w. scripps company first air date august 20 1999 ; 17 years ago 1999 08 20 call letters meaning television sister station s wsym tv former channel number s analog 18 uhf 1999 2009 former affiliations bloomberg jewelry 1999 2000 returned in 2015 to dt2 upn 2000 2006 transmitter power 185 kw height 263 m class dt facility id 29706 transmitter coordinates 42 22 25.5 n 84 4 10.2 w 42.373750 n 84.069500 w 42.373750 ; 84.069500 website my18.tv whtv is the mynetworktv affiliated television station for the central lower peninsula of michigan . licensed in jackson it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on uhf channel 34 or virtual channel 18.1 via psip from a transmitter on m 52 in lyndon township . owned by venture technologies group the station is operated through a local marketing agreement lma by e. w. scripps company as a sister outlet to fox affiliate wsym tv . both stations share studios on west saint joseph street along i 496 in downtown lansing . syndicated programming on whtv includes two and a half men the middle the jerry springer show and divorce court among others . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channel 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 references 4 external links history edit the station signed on august 20 1999 carrying programming from bloomberg television and jewelry television . it aired an analog signal on uhf channel 18 from a transmitter near onondaga on the ingham and jackson county line . it became a upn affiliate on october 16 2000 and prior to this programming from that network was seen on area cable systems from detroit s wkbd . from 2002 until 2006 whtv s internal operations such as advertising sales were housed at the studios of abc affiliate wlaj which was then owned by freedom communications on south pennsylvania avenue in lansing . it then relocated to the facilities of cbs outlet wlns tv on east saginaw street after entering into a joint sales agreement with wlns then owner young broadcasting . as a upn affiliate and under control by young whtv carried the cbs sports feed of the u.s. open tennis championship while wlns aired the jerry lewis mda telethon on labor day . this station also occasionally carried saturday ncaa football games from abc when they conflicted with wlaj s commitment to broadcast the espn plus college football and basketball packages which later ended with the launch of the big ten network for the 2007 2008 season . as a result of being operated by wlns whtv could also run cbs programming should the former station preempt network shows in the event of a local special or breaking news . this station would later move its transmitter to van atta road in meridian charter township . whtv had a construction permit to substantially increase power and relocate its transmitter to a tower previously used by detroit s ion television affiliate wpxd tv in lyndon township . essentially the new transmitter would be located in the detroit market but the station would continue to serve as a lansing jackson market television outlet . the planned move date of its signal to the new antenna was scheduled to occur on november 1 2012 but the parts delivery for the new transmitter was delayed until december 20 . on december 4 2012 wlaj was sold from the sinclair broadcast group to shield media llc owned by white knight broadcasting vice president sheldon galloway . shield then entered into certain shared services and joint sales agreements with young broadcasting . at some point in february 2013 wlaj moved from its studios into the wlns facility . in effect this move reunited whtv s intellectual unit with wlaj since the former station was once housed at the abc outlet s studios . however wlns technically operated whtv through a separate outsourcing arrangement from wlaj that was already established . young broadcasting would merge with media general on november 12 2013 . 1 as a result of these changes whtv announced that it would not renew its operational outsourcing agreement with wlns . 2 in july 2014 it entered into a new local marketing agreement with wsym and relocated its advertising sales operation to the fox affiliate s studios . 3 digital television edit digital channel edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 4 18.1 720p 16 9 whtv main whtv programming mynetworktv 18.2 480i 4 3 jtv jewelry television analog to digital conversion edit whtv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 18 on december 1 2008 . 5 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 34 using psip to display whtv s virtual channel as 18 on digital television receivers . references edit media general young now officially one . tvnewscheck . november 12 2013 . retrieved november 12 2013 . http apps.fcc.gov ecfs document view id 7520938710 http www.jrn.com fox47news news sports new brand coming to fox 47 partner station my18 launching this september 269377541.html rabbitears tv query for whtv list of digital full power stations external links edit whtv my 18 wsym tv fox 47 query the fcc s tv station database for whtv v t e broadcast television in south central michigan including lansing and jackson reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wlns tv 6.1 cbs 6.2 gettv 6.3 ion wilx tv 10.1 nbc 10.2 h & i 10.3 ant whtv 18.1 mntv 18.2 jtv wkar tv 23.1 pbs 23.2 world wkar am on sap 23.3 create wkar fm on sap w27cn d 27.1 tct 27.2 tct hd 27.3 tct kids family wzpx tv 43.1 ion 43.2 qubo 43.3 ion life 43.4 ion shop 43.5 qvc 43.6 hsn wsym tv 47.1 fox 47.2 metv 47.3 bounce tv wlaj 53.1 abc 53.2 cw 53.3 justice cable channels fox sports detroit hom tv 21 jtv mgtv msu telecasters comcast television michigan broadcast television areas by city alpena detroit duluth mn flint saginaw bay city grand rapids kalamazoo green bay wi lansing jackson marquette northern michigan south bend in toledo oh see also fort wayne tv v t e mynetworktv network affiliates in the state of michigan wnem 5.2 bay city wllz lp 12 traverse city wbkb 11.2 alpena wxsp cd 15 grand rapids whtv 18 jackson wzmq 19.2 marquette wmyd 20 detroit see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in michigan v t e e. w. scripps company radio stations am kfaq kffn kfti ksgf kxsp wtmj fm kbez kezo fm kfdi fm kfxj khtt kict fm kjot kkcd kmxz fm kqch kqth kqxr krvb krvi ksgf fm kspw ksrz ktgv kthi ktts fm kvoo fm kxbl kyqq wcyq wkht wkti wnox wwst television stations by affiliations abc kero kgtv kgun kivi ksaw kmgh knxv ktnv wcpo wews wfts wkbw wmar wrtv wxyz azteca kzco ld kzcs lp kzfc lp kzkc lp kzsd lp fox knin 1 wflx 1 wftx wsym mynetworktv wacy whtv 2 wmyd nbc kjrh kshb wgba wptv wtmj other cbs kmtv wtvf independent stations kmci the cw kwba tv acquisitions journal communications mcgraw hill people edward w. estlow jack r. howard ted knap jim g. lucas ernie pyle al schottelkotte charles scripps e. w. scripps related national journalism awards national spelling bee scripps howard foundation united media zacchini v. scripps howard broadcasting co. syndicated programming let s ask america rightthisminute 1 scripps operates this station under a shared services agreement with raycom media . 2 whtv is owned by venture technologies group with scripps operating the station under a local marketing 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