As Seen On TV Mississippi

NEWS CHANNEL 3

The television station, as the radio station had done for many years, operated out of the Hotel Peabody location. New staff members, technicians, news and production people were added, and the "new" Channel 3 enjoyed years of success. In 1962, Wooten sold his properties to Cowles Communication, Incorporated. In 1971, Cowles transferred WREC-TV to The New York Times Company. The change in the station's call letters, from WREC-TV to WREG-TV, came later as the radio and television operations finally severed their connections. WREG-TV is now housed in downtown Memphis along the banks of the Mississippi river. In May 2007, the station transferred ownership from The New York Times Company to Local TV LLC.

http://www.wreg.com/

WAPT 16

WAPT began broadcasting in October 1970, becoming Jackson's first ABC affiliate. The first program telecast was ABC's coverage of the Ole Miss-Alabama football game, featuring quarterback Archie Manning. Our first newscast aired nearly one year later.

WJTV

WJTV, Mississippi's first and oldest broadcast television station, signed on the air January 20, 1953, with the Inauguration Ceremony of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Originally owned by the Mississippi Publishers Corporation, WJTV first began broadcasting on Channel 25. It was not until WJTV & WSLI-TV merged to form Capitol Broadcasting Company and WJTV that the station found a home at Channel 12.In 1994, WJTV made Mississippi broadcasting history with it's highly acclaimed "12 In Your Town" series of interactive town meetings. No other broadcast entity had performed a production that allowed citizens to share their views with the air personalities and staff of WJTV.