Mississippi Entertainment Television

Mississippi Entertainment Television (commonly known as ETV) are a group of stations located in the state of Mississippi. Owned and operated by the Mississippi Association for Better Television, ETV holds the license to all the stations that are a part of ETV. Even though each station is affiliated with different networks, they all share the same news department.

History
In 1992, Jeanie Smith and William Kellogg decided that it was well past time for Mississippi to have a network of stations owned and operated under the same umbrella. After going to the FCC and getting approval to do it, the first station was launched in Jackson, Mississippi as WMAA on March 4, 1995 as a FOX affiliate. By 2000, 7 more stations started up by Smith and Kellogg, and they decided to group them up together and named the ownership Mississippi Association for Better Television, and named the group of stations that they owned Mississippi Entertainment TeleviInsion (or ETV for short).

Newscast
Launched in 2000 after the formation of the Mississippi Entertainment Television, The Newshour broadcasts from ETV studios in Jackson, Mississippi and is broadcast statewide on the ETV stations. The Newshour carries coverage of the Mississippi state elections, as well as the national elections (via whichever affiliates the respectable station is affiliated with at the time. The Newshour broadcasts twice a day (depending on whichever time their affiliates air news).

Local Programming
In addition to Newshour, ETV also airs local programming during the station's free time for educational purposes. Including: Tomes & Talisman, The Write Channel, and Clyde Frog Show. In addition, ETV also carries coverage of the state high school football and basketball playoffs.