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WLUC-TV
WLUC-TV (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Marquette, Michigan, United States, serving the Central and Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan as an affiliate of NBC and Fox. Owned by Gray Media, the station has studios on US 41/ M-28 in Negaunee Township, and its transmitter is located on South Helen Lake Road in Republic Township southeast of unincorporated Republic. WLUC is relayed on translator station W14EM-D channel 14 (also mapped to virtual channel 6) from the top of the Landmark Inn in Marquette in order to extend its primary signal; the translator is used for areas of Marquette that get a poor reception from the station's main transmitter. History Channel 6 signed on April 28, 1956, as WDMJ-TV, the Upper Peninsula's first television station. The station carried programming from all three networks offered at that time, but was a primary CBS affiliate. WDMJ-TV was owned by the '' Daily Mining Journal'' along with WDMJ radio (1320 AM). Its studios were on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Peninsula Of Michigan
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan—also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. or Yoop—is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac. It is bounded primarily by Lake Superior to the north, separated from the Canadian province of Ontario at the east end by the St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario), St. Marys River, and flanked by Lake Huron and Lake Michigan along much of its south. Although the peninsula extends as a geographic feature into the state of Wisconsin, the state boundary follows the Montreal River (Wisconsin–Michigan), Montreal and Menominee River, Menominee rivers and a line connecting them. First inhabited by Algonquian languages, Algonquian-speaking native American tribes, the area was explored by French colonists, then occupied by British forces, before being ceded to the newly established United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquette, Michigan
Marquette ( ) is the county seat of Marquette County, Michigan, Marquette County and the largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Located on the shores of Lake Superior, Marquette is a major port known primarily for shipping iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range. The city is partially surrounded by Marquette Township, Marquette County, Michigan, Marquette Township, but the two are administered autonomously. Marquette is named after Jacques Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary who had explored the Great Lakes region. Marquette had a population of 20,629 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the largest city in Michigan north of the Tri-Cities (Michigan), Tri-Cities. Marquette is also the third-largest American city on Lake Superior, behind Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. Marquette's urban area extends south toward the community of Harvey, Michigan, Harvey and west toward Negaunee, Michigan, Negaunee and Ishpeming, Michigan, Ish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLUK-TV
WLUK-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Suring-licensed CW affiliate WCWF (channel 14). The two stations share studios on Lombardi Avenue (US 41) on the line between Green Bay and Ashwaubenon; WLUK-TV's transmitter is located on Scray Hill in Ledgeview. History Early years with NBC and ABC WMBV-TV, licensed to Marinette, Wisconsin (the callsign stood for "Marinette, Bay, Valley"), was approved for VHF channel 11 on November 18, 1953. M & M Broadcasting Company, owned by William Walker, announced the license grant after settling with a competing company for the rights to the license. An affiliation with NBC was confirmed on March 9, 1954. WMBV-TV signed on the air on September 10, 1954. Walker sold the station to Morgan Murphy Stations in 1958. 1959 saw several changes for the station. On February 1, WMBV swapped affiliations with WFRV-TV (cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mining Journal
''The Mining Journal'' is the predominant daily newspaper of Marquette, Michigan, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Like most market-dominant daily papers, the ''Journal'' is a six-day paper. ''The Mining Journal'' is distributed over a wide area, in part because Marquette is the largest city for a considerable radius in any direction. The ''Journal'' can be found in 14 of the 15 Upper Peninsula counties on weekends; distribution on other days is limited because of budget reductions. ''The Mining Journal'' either maintains bureaus in many of the cities of the U.P., or shares news coverage with other Ogden-owned papers. In August 2019, the ''Journal'' announced that they would be discontinuing the Sunday print edition and become a six-day-per-week newspaper. Broadcasting The Mining Journal was the proprietor of Marquette's first television and radio stations. First known as WBEO, AM 1320 began broadcasting in 1931, later changing its call sign to WDMJ on November 15, 1939; D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFRV-TV
WFRV-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with CBS. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios on East Mason Street in Green Bay and a transmitter north of Morrison, Wisconsin. WFRV-TV traces its history to WNAM-TV, which began broadcasting in January 1954 from studios in Neenah. Owned by the Neenah-Menasha Broadcasting Company, it was the only ultra high frequency (UHF) outlet in northeastern Wisconsin at a time when UHF stations faced severe technical and economic handicaps against very high frequency (VHF) stations. At the end of 1954, WNAM-TV suspended operations and merged with the Valley Telecasting Company, a consortium of area investors that had obtained the construction permit for channel 5 in Green Bay. The new station, WFRV-TV, debuted on May 20, 1955, from the former WNAM-TV studios in Neenah and became owned entirely by Neenah-Menasha. In January 1957, the station opened its present studios in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJMN-TV
WJMN-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Escanaba, Michigan, United States, serving the Central and Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan as a satellite of ABC affiliate WBUP (channel 10). The station is owned by Sullivan's Landing, LLC, which maintains joint sales and shared services agreements with Morgan Murphy Media, owner of WBUP and CW+ affiliate WBKP. The three stations share studios off US 41/ M-28 on Wright Street in Marquette Township, and its transmitter is located in unincorporated northern Delta County (south of the Alger County line). WJMN was originally established in 1969 by Orion Broadcasting as a semi-satellite of WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to expand its reach into Upper Michigan and far Northeastern Wisconsin. WJMN became more autonomous from WFRV in April 2014, when station owner Nexstar Media Group (who acquired WFRV and WJMN in 2011) launched Upper Peninsula-specific newscasts from a newly-built studio in Marquette. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDMJ
WDMJ (1320 AM broadcasting, AM) is an oldies radio station licensed to Marquette, Michigan, with a power output of 5,000 watts during the day and 140 watts at night, covering much of Marquette County, Michigan. The station is owned by Armada Media Corporation, through licensee AMC Partners Escanaba, LLC, doing business as the ''Radio Results Network'' and broadcasts from studios on Ridge Street in West Marquette. History WDMJ has been broadcasting for nearly 100 years. It is the oldest radio station in Marquette County, Michigan and is the second oldest in the Upper Peninsula, only behind WCCY in Houghton, Michigan, Houghton. First known as WBEO, AM 1320 began broadcasting on July 2, 1931, later changing it's call sign to WDMJ on November 15, 1939, with DMJ standing for the ''The Mining Journal, Daily Mining Journal'', Marquette's daily newspaper. The newspaper would later add an FM station in 1966, known as WDMJ-FM, and would later become WHWL. The station's call sign also appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPBN-TV
WPBN-TV (channel 7) and WTOM-TV (channel 4) are television stations licensed respectively to Traverse City and Cheboygan, Michigan, United States, serving as the NBC affiliates for the northern Lower and eastern Upper peninsulas of Michigan. They are owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provides certain services to regional ABC affiliates WGTU and WGTQ under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Cunningham Broadcasting. However, Sinclair effectively owns WGTU/WGTQ as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The stations share studios on M-72 just west of Traverse City; WPBN-TV's transmitter is located east of Kalkaska, Michigan, and WTOM-TV's transmitter is on US 23 east of Cheboygan, in addition to simulcasts on WGTU and WGTQ's transmitters. The two stations, known as "TV 7&4" and together with WGTU/WGTQ as "UpNorthLive", carry the same programming and one of the largest television markets east of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrington Broadcasting
Barrington Broadcasting Group, LLC, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, was an American corporation focused on broadcast television, primarily in middle and small size media markets. Barrington was owned or operated via duopoly twenty-four television stations, with the potential to reach about 3.4 percent of households in the U.S. It was owned by Pilot Group, a private equity firm. History Barrington Broadcasting is a media company that was established in May 2003 by a team of former executives from Benedek Broadcasting. Following Benedek's bankruptcy and subsequent divestiture of all television assets in 2002, K. James Yager, the former President, along with Senior Vice-Presidents Chris Cornelius, Keith Bland, and Mary Flodin, formed a company for medium and small market broadcasting. The company began operations in January 2004 with its purchases of former Benedek stations WHOI-TV (Peoria, Illinois) and KHQA-TV (Hannibal, Missouri/Quincy, Illinois) along with WEYI-T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Peninsula Of Michigan
The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the Geography of Michigan, two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the Straits of Mackinac. It is surrounded by water on all sides except its southern border, which it shares with Indiana and Ohio. Although the Upper Peninsula is commonly referred to as "the U.P.", it is uncommon for the Lower Peninsula to be called "the L.P.". Because of its recognizable shape, the Lower Peninsula is nicknamed The Mitten, with the eastern region identified as "The Thumb". This has led to several folklore, folkloric creation myths for the area, one being that it is a handprint of Paul Bunyan, a giant lumberjack and popular European-American folk character in Michigan. When asked where they live, Lower Peninsula residents may hold up their right palm and point to a spot on it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, wi-fi, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was established pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the previous Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries in North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Corporation
The Liberty Corporation was a media corporation originally based in Greenville, South Carolina. At its peak, Liberty owned 15 network-affiliated television stations across the Midwest and Southern regions of the United States. Cable advertising sales group CableVantage Inc., video production facility Take Ten Productions and broadcast equipment distributor Broadcast Merchandising Corporation were also some of its assets. Liberty was founded in 1919 when W. Frank Hipp, a former top agent at Spartanburg-based Southeastern Life Insurance Company, struck out on his own. Within a decade, Liberty had grown large enough to buy his former employer. It entered broadcasting in 1930, when it bought WIS in Columbia—the start of what would become the Broadcasting Company of the South, renamed Cosmos Broadcasting in 1965. Under Francis Hipp, who succeeded his father in 1943, Liberty reorganized as a holding company, The Liberty Corporation, in 1967. Liberty sold its insurance subsidiari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
