WIJO

WIJO is a FOX affilate that serves the eastern part of the Fair City vicinity. Sister channels include WARC. It broadcasts on channel 59 on virtual, and broadcasts on channel 3 on digital. Syndicated programming on WIJO includes: The Simpsons. Family Guy, and Fox Major League Baseball.

History
Prior to WIJO's launch; there was a plan for a FOX channel in Fair City. This plan dates as far back as 1987. However, it took more than a decade. WIJO launched with no problems on April 15, 1999. On December 31, 1999; everyone began being hyped to the point where every Fair City channel that existed in 1999; with the exception of ones that existed after 1999, aired the "New Year's Ball of 1999" on FOX. They also aired on CBS, PAX, NBC, Univision, etc.

In 2001, they had to change their slogan all because of 9/11. However they changed their very sad slogan in 2002 due to it being way too sad. In 2004, they officially began using new EAS' because the previous version that was used from 1999 to 2004 was thought to be very bad. In 2005; they announced a new rebranding that would last into 2006. In 2006, they changed their logo to what it is today.

Then, 2007 came and massive changes went through the whole year. Unlike KGIS, WIQP and WSHU; WIJO did not get bought by AllTelevision Channels until May of 2007. The rebranding was finished on October 3, 2007. No major changes were made until June 12, 2009. Every single channel in Fair City; and all other cities in the US all switched to digital.

For the coming decade, slight improvements were made. "News at 6" which was added in 2007; was removed in 2011 and was replaced by "News at 7" which caused the existing timeslot program to be re-scheduled to the original "6pm" slot that was previously taken by "News at 6" between 2007 and 2011. This problem was resolved by 2012.

Oddly enough, in 2012; the news people themselves even aired a possibility of the end of the world, which was debunked; when 2013 came.

2013 marked the end of changes, with the exception of a 15th anniversary marathon in 2014. The marathon in 2014 was the first episode of The Simpsons aired on WIJO. It was then followed by the first episode of Family Guy, which aired just 3 months before WIJO was launched. The next marathon would be on April 15, 2019; with a marathon of Family Guy episodes.

Ownership History

 * News Corporation (1999-2007)
 * AllTelevision Channels (2007-present)

Station ID History

 * "The Best of Fox, Now on 59!" (1999-2003)
 * "Balancing Shows" (2003-2005)
 * "Fair and Balanced" (2005-2014)
 * "We Are Fox" (2014-present)