History
WSJV began broadcasting on March 15, 1954 initially as an NBC station with secondary ABC affiliation. The market was unique because it was a UHF island; it was sandwiched between Chicago to the west, Grand Rapids to the north and Indianapolis to the south, meaning no VHF licenses could be assigned there. It was owned by Elkhart's daily newspaper The Truth. In 1955, the channel became a sole ABC affiliate after losing its NBC affiliation to WNDU-TV. During the late-1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.
Initially broadcasting on channel 52, WSJV switched to channel 28 in 1958. WSJV began broadcasting in color in 1966 after ABC began airing some of its programs in color in 1961. All local shows aired in color starting in 1968. In 1971 and 1972, it was completely remodeled and enlarged to the station's present facility. In 1974, the Truth Publishing Company sold WSJV to Quincy Newspapers after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began tightening its cross-ownership rules which forbid common ownership of a newspaper and a broadcasting outlet in the same market except in a few grandfathered cases. While the FCC granted grandfathered status to Schurz Communications for its combination of the South Bend Tribune and WSBT-AM/FM/TV, it would not do the same to the Truth Publishing Company for its combination of The Truth and WSJV. As a result, the Truth Publishing Company was forced to divest WSJV.
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