WLNS
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Lansing/Jackson, Michigan United States |
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| Branding | WLNS 6 (general) 6 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Here for You |
| Channels |
Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 6 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 6.1 CBS 6.2 GetTV 6.3 Ion Television |
| Affiliations | CBS (Secondary through 1959) |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Young Broadcasting of Lansing, Inc.) |
| First air date | May 1, 1950 |
| Call letters' meaning | LaNSing |
| Sister station(s) | WLAJ |
| Former callsigns | WJIM-TV (1950–1984) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 6 (VHF, 1950–2009) Digital: 59 (UHF, 2001–2009) |
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| Transmitter power | 984 kW |
| Height | 288 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 74420 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°41′19″N 84°22′35″W / 42.68861°N 84.37639°W |
| Website | wlns |
WLNS-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Central Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Licensed to Lansing, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 36 (or virtual channel 6.1 via ) from a transmitter on Van Atta Road in Meridian Charter Township. Owned by the Nexstar Media Group, WLNS operates ABC/CW affiliate WLAJ (owned by Shield Media, LLC) through joint sales and shared services agreements. The two stations share studios on East Saginaw Street (along U.S. 127/BL I-69/M-43) in Lansing's Eastside section.
The station signed-on May 1, 1950 as WJIM-TV and was owned by Harold F. Gross along with WJIM radio (1240 AM). It is Michigan's second-oldest television station outside Detroit (behind WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids). Gross had started WJIM, the oldest continually operated commercial radio station in Lansing, in 1934 and both stations were named after his son Jim. According to local legend, Gross won the original radio license in a card game. Lansing's first radio station, WREO, folded in 1927.
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