WNBJ-LD
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Jackson, Tennessee United States |
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| City | Jackson, Tennessee |
| Branding | NBC 39 |
| Slogan | NBC For Mid-West Tennessee |
| Channels |
Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 39 () |
| Affiliations | NBC & ASN |
| Owner | Jackson TV, LLC (Operated by Waypoint Media under an outsourcing agreement) |
| Founded | February 22, 2011 |
| First air date | October 2, 2014 (on Dish Network) November 6, 2014 (Over-the-air) |
| Call letters' meaning | W NBC for Jackson |
| Former callsigns | W16DE-D (2011–2014) (construction permit) |
| Transmitter power | 15,000 Watts |
| Height | 78.334 metres (257.00 ft) |
| Class | Low-power Digital (LD) |
| Facility ID | 185218 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°36′11.3″N 86°47′52.2″W / 35.603139°N 86.797833°W |
| Website | wnbjtv.com |
WNBJ-LD is the NBC-affiliated low-powered television station licensed to and serving Jackson, Tennessee. The station is owned by Jackson TV, LLC, and it is broadcast on UHF channel 16 (displayed as channel 39 through the use of ) It is branded as NBC 39. Their broadcast facilities are located at 101 North Highland Avenue in Downtown Jackson.
Within the Jackson television market, it is currently available over the air Channel 39.1 or on Dish Network channel 6 and DirecTV Channel 5, and on local cable systems, such as Jackson Energy Authority (JEA) Cable on channel 4 (basic) or in HD on channel 188.
Plans for an NBC affiliate in Jackson originated with the 2011 acquisition of former TBN repeater W35AH channel 35 from the Minority Media and Television Council (an organisation designed to preserve equal opportunity and civil rights in the media) by New Moon Communications, as part of a package deal that also included former TBN repeaters in Dothan, Alabama; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Ottumwa, Iowa. Of the four stations, only the Dothan station became NBC, but under different owners, as WRGX-LD. KJNE-LP Jonesboro was sold to Waypoint Media LLC, owners of Fox/CBS affiliate KJNB-LD (and is scheduled to become a satellite of that station), while the licenses in Ottumwa (KUMK-LP) and Jackson (whose transmitter would be re-called WZMC-LP) would later be cancelled, with the Jackson station cancelled in July 2013.
The history of WNBJ-LD originates with the station's construction permit granted in 2011, under the call sign W16DE-D. The current WNBJ-LD call letters replaced their previous translator-style call sign on July 9, 2014.
In September 2014, it was confirmed that WNBJ would sign on as an NBC affiliate for the Jackson market.WMC-TV in Memphis or WSMV in Nashville were previously the default NBC affiliates for the Jackson area via over the air with a very strong antenna, or through cable television. Some of the far northern parts of the local media market (e.g. Northern Gibson County north of Trenton) could pick up WPSD in Paducah, Kentucky until the DTV transition for full-power station took place in 2009.
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