weekend evenings.įor many years, WILX's main studios were on Springport Road in Jackson while it operated a newsroom in Downtown Lansing. WILX broadcasts news on weekdays from 5-7 a.m., a half hour midday newscast at 11 a.m., and in the afternoon at 4, 5 and 6 p.m. News operation Īs of 2021, WILX currently broadcasts 30½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5½ hours each weekday and 3 hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). Syndicated programming seen on WILX-TV includes Rachael Ray, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Wheel of Fortune, and Jeopardy! among others. WILX-DT4 affiliated with Ion on December 20, 2019. WLNS-TV had carried Ion on its third digital subchannel until Jwhen it discontinued the 6.3 subchannel. The network was formerly seen via Grand Rapids-based WZPX-TV until 2019 when that station moved its transmitter from Vermontville Township to the Gun Lake area between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo. Prior to WILX-DT4's affiliation, the Lansing/Jackson market was one of the two television markets in Michigan to not have an over-the-air affiliate of Ion (the other being Alpena).
WILX-DT4 is the Ion Television-affiliated fourth digital channel of WILX-TV, broadcasting in standard definition on channel 10.4. WILX-DT3 also carries Xploration Station on weekends in place of WSYM-TV. WILX-DT3 is the Circle-affiliated third digital subchannel of WILX-TV, broadcasting in widescreen standard definition on channel 10.3. In October 2016, WeatherNation was replaced with Heroes & Icons. WILX-DT2 started in 2006 by affiliating with AccuWeather in late 2014, it was changed to WeatherNation TV. WILX-DT2 is the Heroes & Icons-affiliated second digital subchannel of WILX-TV, broadcasting in widescreen standard definition on channel 10.2. On February 14, 2020, Tri-State Christian Television agreed to sell WLNM-LD to Gray for $175,000 the sale, which was completed on May 1, includes a lease agreement allowing TCT to program a WLNM subchannel for five years after closing. Construction permit for permanent digital equipment is granted in April 2008, and its digital signal was broadcast on channel 57. WILX-TV affiliated a subchannel with The Local AccuWeather Channel in late 2006. FCC granted approval of WILX transfer to Gray on August 29, 2002. In April 2002, Gray Communications indicated that they would acquire Benedek's assets. Benedek filed for bankruptcy in March 2002. The station went through two more ownership changes: Brissette Broadcasting in 1991, and finally Benedek Broadcasting in 1996 before it was acquired by current owner Gray Television. Figgie then sold it to Adams Communications in 1983. Jackson Telecasters sold WILX to Figgie Communications in 1978. This arrangement continued until MSU restarted WKAR on UHF channel 23 in 1972. In the event breaking news occurred, or a sporting event or special on NBC was scheduled during WMSB's allocated time, that station would often cede its time to WILX. WILX occupied channel 10 for about 70 percent of the broadcast day, including all of prime time. However, both stations shared the same tower and transmitter in Onondaga. As such, WMSB was located on MSU's campus in East Lansing while WILX was licensed to Onondaga with studios in Jackson, the market's second-largest city. Looking for a way to increase its viewership, MSU agreed to share channel 10 with WILX, renaming WKAR as WMSB for that purpose. Viewers had to buy an expensive converter to watch WKAR and usually the picture was not clear even with one. However, it had difficulty getting viewers because television sets were not required to have UHF tuning until 1964. That outlet was originally WKAR-TV, broadcasting on UHF channel 60. WILX shared the analog VHF channel 10 frequency with WMSB, an educational station owned by Michigan State University. Jackson Telecasters was half-owned by Lansing Broadcasting, owner of WILS (1320 AM), from which channel 10 took its calls. The station signed on Maand was owned by Jackson Telecasters along with WJCO radio (1510 AM, now WJKN).
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