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1950–1970	1970–1975	1975–1977	1977–1983	1983–1985


1985–1987	1987–1996	1996–2007	2007–present

WKZO-TV[]

1950–1970[]

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Channel 3 signed on the air on June 1, 1950 as WKZO-TV (the call letters standing for "Kalamazoo"). It was West Michigan's second television station to debut after WLAV-TV (channel 7, now WOOD-TV on channel 8) and was owned by broadcasting pioneer John Fetzer, along with WKZO radio, which Fetzer had owned since 1930. It carried programming from all four networks of the time; however, it has always been a primary CBS affiliate owing to its radio sister's longtime affiliation with the CBS Radio Network.

1970–1975[]

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1975–1977[]

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1977–1983[]

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1983–1985[]

1985[]

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In 1985, Fetzer retired and began selling off his vast broadcasting empire, which by this time included, among other holdings, WWTV/WWUP-TV in Cadillac, Michigan and KOLN-TV/KGIN-TV in Lincoln, Nebraska. The FCC had grandfathered existing radio-television clusters when it barred common ownership of radio and television stations, but with Fetzer's announcement WKZO-AM-TV lost its grandfathered protection. The Fetzer television stations were initially sold to Gillett Holdings. However, due to FCC ownership limits in effect at the time, WKZO-TV and KOLN-TV/KGIN-TV were spun off to Busse Broadcasting. On December 5, 1985, per a since-repealed FCC rule restricting TV and radio stations in the same market but with different ownership from sharing the same callsigns, Busse changed the station's call letters to the current WWMT (standing for "We're West Michigan Television").

Its Souvenir Bold "3" was carried on for two years.

1985–1987[]

1987–1996[]

This logo is of similar design to the "3" emblem used at the time by eventual sister stations KVBC (now KSNV) in Las Vegas, Nevada and KTVO in Kirksville, Missouri/Ottumwa, Iowa. In 1995, Granite Broadcasting acquired the station.

1996–present[]

1996–2007[]

Freedom Communications purchased WWMT in 1998 from Granite, along with sister station WLAJ in Lansing.

2007–present[]

WWMT news opens-2

External links[]

Official website

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Sinclair Broadcast Group

Television stations

Regional cable news:
WJLA 24/7 News

National cable networks:
Marquee Sports Network¹⁶ | Tennis Channel | YES¹⁵

Defunct cable network: Stadium College Sports¹⁴

Magazines: Tennis

Digital subchannel networks:
Charge! | Comet | Roar | The Nest

Former / Defunct Streaming services:
Honor Club | NewsON | Stirr

¹Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an outsourcing agreement.
²Nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. However, trusts belonging to members of Sinclair's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock.
³Operated by Nexstar Media Group under an LMA.
⁵Owned by Manhan Media and managed by Sinclair.
⁶Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings, operated by Sinclair under an LMA.
⁷Owned by Mercury Broadcasting Company and operated by Sinclair.
⁸Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under an LMA.
⁹Owned by Roberts Media, but operated by Sinclair.
¹⁰Owned by Mitts Telecasting and operated by Sinclair.
¹¹Owned by Granite Broadcasting Corporation and operated by Sinclair through a JSA and SSA.
¹²Owned by New Age Media and operated by Sinclair under an MSA.
¹³Owned by MPS Media, but operated by New Age Media under an LMA.
¹⁴Owned by Main Street Sports Group
¹⁵Co-owned with Yankee Global Enterprises, The Blackstone Group, Amazon, RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company.
¹⁶Co-owned with Chicago Cubs.
¹⁷Owned by Palm Television, L.P. and operated by Cunningham Broadcasting under an LMA.
¹⁸Operated by Marquee Broadcasting under an SSA.
¹⁹Owned by Standard Media, but operated by Sinclair under an SSA.

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