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WJAC-TV
Johnstown/Altoona/State College, Pennsylvania
Branding WJAC-TV (general)
WJAC-TV News (newscasts)
Slogan Coverage You Can Count On Across the Alleghenies
Channels Analog: 6
Subchannels 6.1 NBC
6.2 RTN
Owner Cox Enterprises, Inc.
(WPXI, Inc.)
First air date September 15, 1949
Call letters’ meaning Johnstown
Automotive
Company
(original owner)
Former channel number(s) 13 (1949–1952)
Former affiliations All secondary:
CBS (1949–1953)
ABC (1949-1980s)
DuMont (1949–1955)
Website www.wjactv.com

WJAC-TV is the local NBC channel in the Johnstown-Altoona-State College, Pennsylvania area. It is owned by Cox Enterprises, which also owns WPXI-TV in nearby Pittsburgh.

History

WJAC-TV first appeared on television on September 15, 1949. It was originally owned by Johnstown Automotive Company. It was originallly on channel 13 before moving to channel 6 in 1952. In the 1960s, Johnstown Automotive sold the television station to The Tribune-Democrat. In 1997 it was sold to Sunrise Television, which later became part of Cox in 2000.

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