The station signed-on May 1, 1950 as WJIM-TV and was owned by Harold F. Gross along with WJIM radio (1240 AM). It is Michigan's second-oldest television station outside Detroit (behind WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids). Gross had started WJIM, the first commercial radio station in Lansing, in 1934 and both stations were named after his son Jim. According to local legend, Gross won the original radio license in a card game.
WJIM-TV originally aired an analog signal on VHF channel 6 from a transmitter from the top of a bank in Downtown Lansing before moving to its current location on Saginaw Street (known as "the country house") in 1953. Gross was skeptical of the success of television, so the new facility was designed as a motel complete with a pool in case the station did not catch on. As it turned out, the pool had very little use except for the occasional employee party.
The defending NBA ChampionMilwaukee Bucks are bucking the status quo, as they bring on Lisa Byington as the first woman to do full-time TV play-by-play for a major men’s pro sports team.READ MORE ... She went on to spend the next decade at CBS affiliate WLNS-TV 6 in Lansing, where she worked with CBS 2’s Brad Edwards.
While fishing on Lake Michigan with Icebreaker Charters, Martinez landed the behemoth that broke the state record which had stood for 43 years, as reported by the newspaper and local TV station WLNS... “I honestly fell asleep the whole way until my mom said, ‘You’re up,’ and I was like, what?” Martinez explained to WLNS.
Luke Combs, one of the headliners of Michigan’s Faster Horses country music festival, has paid to cover the funeral costs of three fans who died at the music and camping festival earlier this month. A representative for Combs confirmed an original report by Michigan TV station WLNS to Rolling Stone... ....
MASON, Mich ... The Ingham County sheriff’s office transport unit responded Friday to a report of cattle blocking a road near Mason, WLNS-TV reported Monday.READ MORE. Michigan Reports 650 New COVID-19 Cases, 31 Deaths ...Related. .
TV host Chris Hansen has spoken out after a warrant for his arrest was issued over a missed court date (Picture... According to WLNS, the TV personality was subpoenaed to be in court Thursday in Shiawassee County but failed to return discovery materials related to a sex trafficking case.
... as the first woman in sales at a local Lansing TV affiliate and founding an internationally recognized marketing agency ... Eventually, her love of Michigan brought her home and she became the very first female sales representative in the history of WLNS TV, Lansing’s CBS affiliate.
Authorities had received anonymous complaints about the welfare of the animals at the home. Williams told WLNS-TV the animals were seized because they were in unsanitary conditions and were not receiving proper care ....
LANSING, Mich ... Authorities had received anonymous complaints about the welfare of the animals at the home. Williams told WLNS-TV the animals were seized because they were in unsanitary conditions and were not receiving proper care ...All rights reserved ... .
LANSING, MI – About 40 animals, including lizards, tarantulas, a prairie dog and a 22-year-old desert tortoise, were removed from a Lansinghome this week ...Williams told WLNS-TV the animals were seized because they were in unsanitary conditions and were not receiving proper care. Note to readers ... .
Fireworks exploding on the Fourth of July can have unintended consequences for some war veterans who suffer from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). WLNS-TV's Christa Lamendola reports from Lansing, Michigan... .
In the freeway crash, the police car was parked on Interstate 96 in Eaton County near the state capital of Lansing while a trooper investigated a car-deer crash early Wednesday, WLNS-TV reported ... crash, police said ... WJBK-TV quoted a Detroit police deputy chief as saying all indications are that the car was not in Autopilot mode ... .