WSTE

For the real-life station, see its article on Wikipedia.

WSTE (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States, serving as the Central affiliate for the northern Lower and eastern Upper peninsulas of Michigan. It is owned by JD Broadcasting Properties and maintains a transmitter located on US 23 east of the city. Aside from its transmitter, WSTE does not maintain any physical presence in Sault Ste. Marie. WSTE's signal reaches as far as Petoskey, Cedarville, Indian River, and Brevort. It was originally intended to serve Cheboygan and the Eastern Upper Peninsula as well, but the current digital signal does not cover this area.

Like other network affiliates in this vast and mainly rural area, WSTE is a full-time, full-power satellite of WGTU (channel 16) in Traverse City. WSTE is a straight simulcast of WGTU; on-air references to WSTE are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during newscasts and other programming.

Collectively known on-air as CEN 16&5, the two stations serve the largest television market by land area east of the Mississippi River: 23 counties in the Northern Lower Peninsula, three counties in the Eastern Upper Peninsula, and portions of Northern Ontario including Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. However, WSTE has not been available in Canada on cable since the early 2000s when Shaw Communications replaced it with Detroit's WDRQ (channel 4) and Toronto owned-and-operated station CJDA-DT (channel 5). WSTE also serves as the default Central affiliate for Alpena.

v · d · e JD Broadcasting Properties

affiliates	KAQY • KARB-TV • KARN-TV • KARS-TV • KBAN • KBH-TV • KFYV • KGVL • KINY • KIXT • KJBS • KLTP-TV • KLVY • KORN • KTCM • TXYZ • WCHE • WDAN-TV • WGRV • WKHY • WNPC¹ • WPLF⁴ • WRXP-CD • WWCT

affiliates	BCDN • BCHR • BHBF • BNTN • BSSY • KAGG⁴ • KBRI-TV • KDFT • KEYT • KLVE • KMEE-TV • KNLS • KNVA • KQJA • KRNF • WBOI • WHNF • WJTB • WSLA • WWNF

affiliates	BWYG • KCWV-LD • KELA • KLTP-DT2 • KXCN • MSCS • WDEF • WGTU / WSTE • WMEZ-TV • WRXP-CD2 • WTHL • WWCP • WXNE-TV

affiliates	KBCY-LD • KCTL-TV • KEYT-DT2 • KJI-TV • KLSR-TV • KMEE-DT2 • KQJA-DT2 • WHNF-DT2 • KNVA-DT2 • WTVA⁴

affiliates	RXEST-LD • KNVA-CD3 • WAZC-LD

affiliates	BSTE • KFGV⁴ • KFNV-TV⁴ • KGLX • KGXF-LD • KLRJ • KQJA-DT3 • KTAM • MFXD • WBID • WBRT-TV¹ • WFIW • WKYX • WPFX-TV • WPKG⁵ • WQYZ • WSSM • WXAF • WXFX⁴

Independent stations	KRCF-DT • LDPC-TV • WIRI • WVCN

affiliates	KFNV-TV (secondary) • KMEE-DT3 • KNPY³ • RXGVL-LD

affiliates	BEJH • BGAU • BLIA • BRDN • BTVX • KCPM • KEAU-TV • KTCC-TV • LAXI • WAKD • WGXQ • WKDM • WQGU

affiliates	KNVA-DT3 • WTCO • WTDM-LD

affiliate	KNVA-CD2

affiliates	KNVA-CD • WUNC

affiliate	KIAH • KRTS²

Other stations	BLMN (BMBN)

Cable channels	Amity Park Cable News Channel • Cambridge Cable News Channel

Notes ¹Owned by PolyGram Broadcasting, while JDBP operates the station through an LMA/JSA/SSA. ²Owned by Mac Broadcasting, while JDBP operates the station through an SSA. ³Owned by Lockwood Broadcast Group, while JDBP operates the station through a JSA/SSA. ⁴Owned by KT Broadcasting, while JDBP operates the stations through an SSA. ⁵Owned by Swift Television Group, while JDBP operates the station through an SSA

v · d · e Central network affiliates in the state of Michigan

WGGN 2 Crawford WMQM 2 Marquette WPTD 2 Dickson WSCN 2 Steelport WRWI 3 Ryder, WI WDRQ 4 Detroit WJRT 5 Flint WMOC 5 Motor City WLAG 6 Lansing WLLM 8 Grand Rapids WATU 13 Roscoe WGTU 16 / WSTE 5 Traverse City/Sault Ste. Marie WDTB 19 Denise WREX 22 Rexton

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