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WSYM-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Central Michigan that is licensed to Lansing. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 38 (or virtual channel 47.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in Hamlin Township along M-50/M-99/South Clinton Trail. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, WSYM operates MyNetworkTV affiliate WHTV (owned by Venture Technologies Group, LLC) through a local marketing agreement. The two stations share studios on West Saint Joseph Street, along I-496, in downtown Lansing. ==History== WSYM signed on for the first time on December 1, 1982, as WFSL-TV. It was owned by Lansing businessman Joel Ferguson and his company, F&S Development Company, and aired an analog signal on channel 47. WFSL was the first new commercial station in the area since WILX-TV signed-on 23 years earlier. Conventional wisdom suggested it should have debuted as an ABC affiliate. Lansing was one of the largest markets in the nation that still didn't have full service from all three major networks. Indeed, Lansing had been large enough to support three full network affiliates since the 1960s. However, after all attempts to land an ABC affiliation failed, it signed on as an independent. Flint's WJRT-TV (channel 12) had long been the default ABC affiliate in Lansing, since it covered the immediate area with an adequate signal. During its pre-sign-on test pattern, an on-screen crawl thanked numerous people and companies for their help including "All the people who said 'No way will that station get on-the-air by December 1st'".〔(YouTube 0:40 mark )〕 WFSL was a typical UHF Independent airing syndicated cartoons, game shows, movies, and off-network sitcoms. For a time, the station also simulcasted the ABC game show ''Family Feud'' and soap opera ''The Edge Of Night'' from eventual sister station WXYZ-TV in Detroit in hopes of eventually landing a full-time ABC affiliation. Ferguson sold the station to the Journal Company, now the Journal Broadcast Group, in 1985. The new owners changed the call sign to WSYM-TV--an acronym meaning We Say Yes to Michigan, in reference to a Michigan tourism campaign running at the time.〔Federal Communications records: "CANCELLED PER LETTER FROM C/G 1-2-85 WSYM-TV"〕 The call letters once belonged to a ship but that registration was cancelled by the United States Coast Guard to allow channel 47 to use them. Five years later, Ferguson used the proceeds from the sale of this station to start Lansing's first ABC affiliate, WLAJ. WSYM affiliated with Fox in 1990. Previously, Detroit's WKBD served as the "fourth" network's default affiliate in Lansing; it had been available on cable in Lansing for decades. Some parts of the market could also receive Fox from WXMI in Grand Rapids and WSMH in Flint. WSYM is also part of the Detroit Lions Television Network which airs Detroit Lions pre-season games and the syndicated ''Ford Lions Report'' during the regular season. It airs Lions games during the regular season as part of the ''NFL on Fox'' contract. Since portions of the Lansing area are within 75 miles of Ford Field (home of the Lions), WSYM is part of the team's blackout area. The Detroit Tigers also appear on this station during ''Fox Saturday Baseball''. Originally, WSYM-DT2 featured the TheCoolTV. Me-TV was added on October 1, 2011 on 47.2 and is available on Comcast digital channel 296.〔(Where to Watch Me-TV: WSYM )〕〔(Me-TV Signs With Stations in New Markets )〕 A lawsuit filed by Journal Communications for "non-payment of broadcast operations" against TheCoolTV's parent company and the oncoming removal of TheCoolTV from Journal's stations in Wisconsin, resulted in Me-TV replacing TheCoolTV on 47.2. On July 30, 2014, it was announced that the E. W. Scripps Company would acquire Journal Communications in an all-stock transaction. The combined firm will retain their broadcast properties, including WSYM, and spin off their print assets as Journal Media Group. The deal will make WSYM a sister station to WXYZ and WMYD in Detroit. Also in July 2014, WSYM began operating MyNetworkTV outlet WHTV through a local marketing agreement. That station was previously operated by Media General (owner of CBS affiliate WLNS-TV) and was based out of that station's facility. Through the new arrangement with WSYM, WHTV will offer additional local programming.〔http://www.jrn.com/fox47news/news/sports/New-Brand-Coming-to-FOX-47-Partner-Station-My18-Launching-this-September-269377541.html〕 The FCC approved the deal on December 12, 2014. It was approved by shareholders on March 11, 2015. It closed on April 1. On September 24, 2014, it was announced that the African-American digital network Bounce TV will be added to their digital subchannel lineup in the near future.〔http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2014/09/24/bounce-tv-adds-stations-sponsors-viewers-movies-and-originals-381115/20140924bouncetv01/〕 On October 6, 2014, it was added to 47.3. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WSYM-TV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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