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TV station in Grand Rapids, Michigan

WXMI
CityGrand Rapids, Michigan
Channels
BrandingFox 17West Michigan;Fox 17 News
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedJune 1, 1981
First air date
March 18, 1982 (42 years ago) (1982-03-18)
Former call signs
WWMA-TV (1982–1983)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 17 (UHF, 1982–2009)
Independent (1982–1987)
Call sign meaning
"Across West Michigan" (callsign predated Fox's launch by three years)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID68433
ERP725kW
HAAT306 m (1,004 ft)
Transmitter coordinates42°41′15″N85°31′57″W / 42.68750°N 85.53250°W /42.68750; -85.53250
Translator(s)
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.fox17online.com

WXMI (channel 17) is atelevision station licensed toGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States, serving West Michigan as an affiliate of theFox network. Owned by theE. W. Scripps Company, the station maintains studios on Plaza Drive (nearM-37) on the northern side of Grand Rapids, and its transmitter is located southwest ofMiddleville.

History

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The station signed on the air on March 18, 1982,[2] as anindependent station under the call sign WWMA, standing for "West Michigan's Alternative" (as it was the first locally based independent station in the market not associated with a religious organization). The station was founded and originally owned by Heritage Broadcasting Company. Approximately a year after signing on, additional shareholders bought control of the station and changed the call sign to the current WXMI on August 15, 1983. In 1987, WXMI signed an affiliation deal to become the market's Fox affiliate; it joined the network on April 9, 1987, when Fox expanded its programming offerings to include prime time programming. In 1989, the station's stock was purchased by aNew York-based company headed by Robert Dudley called Odyssey Television Partners.

WXMI logo used from 1999 to April 20, 2009.

Nine years later, WXMI was purchased byIndianapolis-basedEmmis Communications, which traded the station with sisterKTZZ inSeattle toTribune Broadcasting in 1998 in exchange for FM stationWQCD inNew York City.

Aborted acquisition by Sinclair Broadcast Group and resale to Standard Media Group

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On May 8, 2017,Hunt Valley, Maryland-basedSinclair Broadcast Group entered into an agreement to acquire Tribune Media for $3.9 billion, plus the assumption of $2.7 billion in debt held by Tribune. Sinclair was precluded from acquiring WXMI directly, as it already ownedCBS affiliateWWMT (channel 3).[3][4][5][6][7] On April 24, 2018, Sinclair announced that it would sell WXMI and eight other stations – Sinclair-operatedKOKH-TV inOklahoma City,WRLH-TV inRichmond,KDSM-TV inDes Moines,WOLF-TV (along with LMA partnersWSWB andWQMY) inScrantonWilkes-Barre andWXLV-TV inGreensboro/Winston-SalemHigh Point, and Tribune-ownedWPMT inYork, Pennsylvania – toStandard Media Group (an independent broadcast holding company formed byprivate equity firm Standard General to assume ownership of and absolve ownership conflicts involving the aforementioned stations) for $441.1 million.[8][9][10][11][12]

Tribune terminated the Sinclair deal on August 9, 2018, and filed abreach of contract lawsuit, three weeks after the FCC's July 18 vote to have the deal reviewed by anadministrative law judge amid "serious concerns" about Sinclair's forthrightness in its applications to sell certain conflict properties; the sale to Standard Media was also cancelled, as it was predicated on the closure of the Sinclair–Tribune merger.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

Sale to Scripps

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On December 3, 2018,Irving, Texas–basedNexstar Media Group announced it would acquire the assets of Tribune Media for $6.4 billion in cash and debt. Nexstar was precluded from acquiring WXMI directly or indirectly, as it already ownedNBC affiliateWOOD-TV (channel 8),MyNetworkTV affiliateWXSP-CD (channel 15), andBattle Creek–basedABC affiliateWOTV (channel 41).[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] On March 20, 2019, theCincinnati-basedE. W. Scripps Company announced it would purchase WXMI from Nexstar upon consummation of the merger, as part of the company's sale of nineteen Nexstar- and Tribune-operated stations to Scripps andTegna Inc. in separate deals worth $1.32 billion;[29][30] the sale was completed on September 19, 2019.[31]

News operation

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WXMI presently broadcasts68+12 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with11+12 hours each weekday and5+12 hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). In regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the highest local newscast output of any television station in the Grand Rapids market.

On January 11, 1999, WXMI started its news department and launched themarket's first prime time newscast at 10 p.m. It originally aired for 35 minutes on weeknights and for a half-hour on weekends. The program would expand to a full hour seven nights a week in 2004. On August 28, 2006, the station premiered theFox 17 Morning News. Originally a two-hour-long broadcast, it expanded to four hours (running from 5 to 9 a.m.) on September 15, 2008. On April 17, 2009, WXMI became the first station in West Michigan to begin broadcasting its local newscasts inhigh definition; at the time, WOOD-TV and ABC affiliatesWZZM (channel 13) and WOTV produced their newscasts in merelywidescreenenhanced-definition (WWMT became the second station in the market to upgrade to HD newscasts on April 16, 2011, followed by WOOD-TV/WOTV on October 22, 2011, and finally, by WZZM on December 3, 2011). On April 20, 2011, during the weekday morning show, the station officially unveiled a new logo, graphics, music package ("The Unexpected" by615 Music), and set.

On September 21, 2009, WXMI debuted an hour-long newscast at 6 p.m. that competes against half-hour newscasts on WWMT, WOOD-TV, and WZZM and their national network evening newscasts.[32] On March 7, 2011, the station debuted an hour-long lifestyle program at weeknights 5 p.m. calledThe One Seven; the final broadcast of the program aired only five months later on August 19, 2011. It was hosted by Michele DeSelms and Tim Doty and featured lifestyle segments, art, entertainment stories, cooking segments and some local news.[33] The program was replaced by a traditional hour-long local newscast at 5 p.m. (which debuted without any promotion) on August 22, 2011. On March 2, 2013, WXMI debuted weekend morning newscasts, running for four hours from 5 to 9 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The station added a nightly 11 p.m. newscast on June 2, 2014; a promo for the new newscast references the shift from the common Fox affiliate news tagline of "at 10 (o'clock) it's news, at 11 (o'clock) it's history," with the additional wording "we changed our mind." A 4 p.m. newscast debuted on September 8, 2014.[34]

Notable former on-air staff

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Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's signal ismultiplexed:

Subchannels of WXMI[36]
ChannelRes.AspectShort nameProgramming
17.1720p16:9FOX17DTFox
17.2480iAntennaAntenna TV
17.3BounceBounce TV
17.4ION+Ion Plus
17.5GetTVGet
17.6QVCQVC
15.2480i16:9theNestThe Nest (WXSP-CD)
  Broadcast on behalf of another station

From August 2006 to September 2007,The Tube aired on the station's second digital subchannel. In July 2010, the station reactivated its seconddigital subchannel to carryThis TV, which moved to a new third subchannel on December 9 in anticipation of the December 31 launch ofAntenna TV. In October 2019, WXMI-DT3 switched toCourt TV (a network owned by Scripps sister companyKatz Broadcasting), though it was a move planned by Tribune even before WXMI's sale to Scripps.

Analog-to-digital conversion

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WXMI shut down its analog signal, overUHF channel 17, on June 12, 2009, as part of thefederally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[37] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 19,[38] usingvirtual channel 17.

Translators

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In addition to its main signal, the station also operates twotranslators, mainly to provide clear service of the station to lakeshore cities with varying terrain blocking reception of the main signal, and to address interference in farther portions of the market by former sister stationWGN-TV from Chicago, which also broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 19. Two additional transmitters in the southern part of the market, officially classed as WXMI digital repeaters, serve the directKalamazoo area on channel 30 from the tower ofWGVU-TV's Kalamazoosatellite WGVK, along with a second repeater licensed to Battle Creek on channel 17 transmitting from the city's south side; all four translators carry WXMI and its subchannel services, and all map via PSIP to channel 17. As of 2021, the six-station repeater network of WXSP-CD also carries 17.1 in the ATSC 3.0 format across West Michigan. This means it is possible for a television or receiver in the Grand Rapids market receiving an over-the-air signal to map out up to eleven different versions of WXMI's channel 17.1 on itschannel map.

W42CB (channel 42) completed aflash-cut to digital-only broadcasting in November 2010. W52DB on analog channel 52 was replaced by a digital signal on channel 17 in December 2010. In late June 2011, the W52DB calls became W17DF-D. In mid-March 2019, W17DF-D moved from channel 17 to channel 18.[39]

References

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  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for WXMI".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^Miller, Bill (March 19, 1982)."Channel 17 is finally on the air".Battle Creek Enquirer. pp. A-1,A-2. RetrievedJuly 2, 2021.
  3. ^Battaglio, Stephen (May 8, 2017)."Sinclair Broadcast Group to buy Tribune Media for $3.9 billion plus debt".Los Angeles Times. RetrievedJune 6, 2017.
  4. ^Littleton, Cynthia (May 8, 2017)."Sinclair Broadcast Group Sets $3.9 Billion Deal to Acquire Tribune Media".Variety.Prometheus Global Media. RetrievedJune 6, 2017.
  5. ^Frankel, Todd (May 8, 2017)."Sinclair Broadcast to buy Tribune Media for $3.9 billion, giving it control over 215 local TV stations".The Washington Post.Nash Holdings, LLC. RetrievedJune 6, 2017.
  6. ^Baker, Liana; Toonkel, Jessica (May 7, 2017)."Sinclair Broadcast nears deal for Tribune Media".Reuters. RetrievedJune 6, 2017.
  7. ^Jessell, Harry A.; Miller, Mark K. (May 8, 2017)."The New Sinclair: 72% Coverage + WGNA".TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media.
  8. ^Jessell, Harry A. (April 24, 2018)."Sinclair Spins Off 23 TVs To Grease Trib Deal".TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. RetrievedApril 25, 2018.
  9. ^"Sinclair Enters Into Agreements to Sell TV Stations Related to Closing Tribune Media Acquisition"(PDF) (Press release). Sinclair Broadcast Group. April 24, 2018. RetrievedApril 25, 2018.
  10. ^"Sinclair Revises TV Spinoff Plans For Tribune Deal, Announces Deals For Several Stations".All Access. April 24, 2018. RetrievedApril 25, 2018.
  11. ^"Station Trading Roundup: 7 Deals, $571.7M".TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. May 1, 2018. RetrievedMay 2, 2018.
  12. ^"Form of Transition Services Agreement".Federal Communications Commission. April 30, 2018. RetrievedMay 2, 2018.
  13. ^"Tribune Terminates $3.9 Billion Sinclair Merger, Sues Broadcast Rival".The Wall Street Journal.News Corp. August 9, 2018.
  14. ^Miller, Mark K. (August 9, 2018)."Tribune Kills Sinclair Merger, Files Suit".TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media.
  15. ^Dinsmore, Christopher (August 9, 2018)."Tribune Media pulls out of Sinclair Broadcast merger".Baltimore Sun.Tronc.
  16. ^Lee, Edmund; Tsang, Amie (August 9, 2018)."Tribune Ends Deal With Sinclair, Dashing Plan for Conservative TV Behemoth".The New York Times.
  17. ^Lafayette, Jon (August 9, 2018)."Tribune Ends Deal with Sinclair, Files Breach of Contract Suit".Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media.
  18. ^Fung, Brian; Romm, Tony (August 9, 2018)."Tribune withdraws from Sinclair merger, saying it will sue for 'breach of contract'".The Washington Post. Nash Holdings LLC.
  19. ^"Acquisition of Tribune Media Company"(PDF).Nexstar Media Group. December 3, 2018.
  20. ^Miller, Mark K. (December 3, 2018)."Nexstar Buying Tribune Media For $6.4 Billion".TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media.
  21. ^White, Peter; Hayes, Dade (December 3, 2018)."Nexstar Confirms $4.1B Tribune Media Acquisition To Become Leading Local TV Station Owner".Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation.
  22. ^Smith, Gerry; Ahmed, Nabila; Newcomer, Eric (December 3, 2018)."Nexstar to buy WGN owner Tribune Media for $4.1 billion".Chicago Tribune.Tribune Publishing.Bloomberg News.
  23. ^Panchadar, Arjun; Rai, Sonam (December 3, 2018)."Nexstar to buy Tribune Media for $4.1 billion".Reuters.
  24. ^Lafayette, Jon (December 3, 2018)."Nexstar Announces Deal to Buy Tribune for $6.4B".Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media.
  25. ^Jacobson, Adam (December 3, 2018)."It's Official: Nexstar Takes Tribune In Billion-Dollar Stock Deal".Radio-Television Business Report. Streamline-RBR, Inc.
  26. ^Jessell, Harry A.; Miller, Mark K. (December 3, 2018)."Nexstar To Spin Off $1B In Stations".TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media.
  27. ^"Nexstar Media Group Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Tribune Media Company for $6.4 Billion in Accretive Transaction Creating the Nation's Largest Local Television Broadcaster and Local Media Company".Nexstar Media Group. December 3, 2018. RetrievedDecember 3, 2018.
  28. ^"Nexstar Media Group Enters Into Definitive Agreement To Acquire Tribune Media Company".Tribune Media. December 3, 2018. RetrievedDecember 3, 2018.
  29. ^Miller, Mark K. (March 20, 2019)."Nexstar Selling 19 TVs In 15 Markets For $1.32B".TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media.
  30. ^Ahmed, Nabila; Sakoui, Anousha (March 20, 2019)."Nexstar to Sell Stations to Tegna, Scripps for $1.32 Billion".Bloomberg News.Bloomberg, L.P.
  31. ^"TODAY.... Nexstar Takes Control of Tribune — FTVLive".
  32. ^WXMI-TV Fox 17 adds 6 p.m. newscast starting Sept. 21, MLive.com, September 10, 2009.
  33. ^Fox-17's 'One Seven' co-hosts Michelle DeSelms and Tim Doty ease into new afternoon show,The Grand Rapids Press, March 18, 2011.
  34. ^Kaczmarczyk, Jeffrey (May 22, 2014)."FOX 17 announces plans to air news at 11 p.m. in West Michigan".The Grand Rapids Press. RetrievedMay 22, 2014.
  35. ^"NBC Sports Bay Area's Ahmed Fareed Named National Studio and Event Host for NBC Sports".NBC Sports Pressbox. February 5, 2019.
  36. ^"RabbitEars TV Query for WXMI".RabbitEars.info. RetrievedJune 30, 2024.
  37. ^List of Digital Full-Power Stations
  38. ^CDBS Print
  39. ^"FCC TV Query Results W17DF-D". RetrievedMarch 14, 2019.
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This region also includes the following cities:
Muskegon
Kalamazoo
Battle Creek
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Grand Rapids
WOOD-TV (8.1NBC, 8.2REW, 8.3Defy)
WZZM (13.1ABC, 13.2 Local WX, 13.3Crime, 13.4Quest, 13.5365BLK, 13.6Outlaw, 13.7QVC, 13.8Shop LC, 13.9Start)
WXSP-CD (15.1MNTV, 15.2Nest, 15.3Comet)
WXMI (17.1Fox, 17.2ANT, 17.3Bounce, 17.4Ion+, 17.5Get, 17.6QVC)
WUHQ-LD (29.1Daystar)
WGVU-TV (35.1PBS, 35.2PBS Kids, 35.3Create, 35.4World)
W48CL 48 (3ABN)
Kalamazoo
WWMT (3.1CBS, 3.2Ind., 3.3TBD)
WUHO-LD (18.1 Ind.)
WOKZ-CD (50.1CBS,50.1NBC,50.1Fox,50.1ABC, 50.4MNTV)
WGVK (52.1PBS, 52.2PBS Kids, 52.3Create, 52.4World)
WJGP-LD (54.1TCT SD, 54.2SBN, 54.3 Healing Streams TV, 54.4Story, 54.5Movies!, 54.6Shop LC)
WLLA (64.1Rel.Ind., 64.2MeTV, 64.3H&I, 64.4Catchy, 64.5Retro TV, 64.6Dabl, 64.7MeToons)
Battle Creek
WOBC-CD (14.1CBS,14.1NBC,14.1Fox,14.1ABC, 14.4MNTV)
WOTV (41.1ABC, 41.2CW, 41.3Charge!, 41.4Dabl)
WZPX-TV (43.1Ion, 43.2Court, 43.3Grit, 43.4Laff, 43.5Mystery, 43.6Scripps News, 43.7JTV, 43.8HSN, 43.9QVC2)
Muskegon
W17DF-D / W42CB-D (15.2Nest, 17.1Fox, 17.2ANT, 17.3Bounce, 17.4Ion+, 17.5Get, 17.6Shop LC)
WOMS-CD (29.1CBS,29.1NBC, 29.4MNTV,29.1Fox,29.1ABC)
WMKG-CD (38.1FAM)
WTLJ (54.1TCT, 54.2SBN, 54.3 Healing Streams TV, 54.4Story, 54.5Movies!, 54.6Shop LC)
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