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WILX News 10 company history timeline

1959

The station signed on March 15, 1959 and was owned by Jackson Telecasters along with WJCO radio (1510 AM, now WJKN). Jackson Telecasters was half-owned by Lansing Broadcasting, owner of WILS (1320 AM), from which channel 10 took its calls.

1964

However, it had difficulty getting viewers because television sets were not required to have UHF tuning until 1964.

1978

Jackson Telecasters sold WILX to Figgie Communications in 1978.

1983

Figgie then sold it to Adams Communications in 1983.

2002

Benedek filed for bankruptcy in March 2002.

FCC granted approval of WILX transfer to Gray on August 29, 2002.

2006

WILX-TV affiliated a subchannel with The Local AccuWeather Channel in late 2006.

2008

Construction permit for permanent digital equipment is granted in April 2008, and its digital signal was broadcast on channel 57.

2020

On February 14, 2020, Tri-State Christian Television agreed to sell WLNM-LD to Gray for $175,000; the sale, which was completed on May 1, includes a lease agreement allowing TCT to program a WLNM subchannel for five years after closing.

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