WFMJ-TV

WFMJ-TV
Channels
Branding
  • 21 WFMJ; 21 News
  • The CW WBCB (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Maag family
  • (WFMJ Television, Inc.)
History
FoundedJuly 1952[1]
First air date
March 8, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-03-08)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 73 (UHF, 1953–1954), 21 (UHF, 1954–2009)
  • Digital: 20 (UHF, 2003–2019)
Call sign meaning
William F. Maag Jr. (former publisher of the Youngstown Vindicator)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID72062
ERP740 kW
HAAT295 m (968 ft)
Transmitter coordinates41°4′48.6″N 80°38′24.4″W / 41.080167°N 80.640111°W / 41.080167; -80.640111
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wfmj.com

WFMJ-TV (channel 21) is a television station in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW. The station is locally owned by the Maag family. WFMJ-TV's studios are located on West Boardman Street in downtown Youngstown, and its transmitter is based in the city's Lansingville neighborhood.

From its inception until 2019, the station was owned by the Vindicator Printing Company, former publisher of Youngstown's lone newspaper, The Vindicator. On September 1, 2019; the Maags sold The Vindicator to Ogden Newspapers, which now operates it as an edition of the Tribune Chronicle in Warren. The Maags retained WFMJ-TV.

  1. ^ "Television grants and applications, July 11 to 17–New station grants" (PDF). Broadcasting - Telecasting. July 21, 1952. p. 32.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFMJ-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.