Editing WSJV (section)

===Affiliation switch to Fox===
{{Further|1994–1996 United States broadcast television realignment}}
In December 1993, Fox gained the [[Fox NFL|broadcast rights]] to televise games from the [[NFL]]'s [[National Football Conference]],<ref>{{cite news|title=NBC Gets Final N.F.L. Contract While CBS Gets Its Sundays Off|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/21/sports/nbc-gets-final-nfl-contract-while-cbs-gets-its-sunday-off.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|access-date=June 22, 2012|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 21, 1993}}</ref> which firmly established Fox as the fourth national network. After this acquisition, it began a campaign to upgrade its affiliate base. South Bend was the largest market in the United States without a dedicated Fox affiliate; in the 1994 NFL season, CBS affiliate WSBT-TV aired Fox football and lost the rights to air ''[[60 Minutes]]'' as a result.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Redding |first=Alesia I. |date=April 7, 1994 |title=WSBT: CBS aims to set example by taking away '60 Minutes' |page=C1 |work=South Bend Tribune |location=South Bend, Indiana |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-wsbt-cbs-aims-to/127522691/ |access-date=July 2, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=July 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703065757/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-wsbt-cbs-aims-to/127522691/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Quincy signed an agreement with Fox on April 19, 1995, to become a full-time Fox affiliate on October 18 of that year and begin carrying its NFL games sooner.<ref name="Sout950420">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-wsjv-signs-agreem/127497412/|date=April 20, 1995|page=A1|first=Alesia I.|last=Redding|title=WSJV signs agreement to make switch to Fox by Oct.|newspaper=The South Bend Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 3, 2023|archive-date=July 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703065757/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-wsjv-signs-agreem/127497412/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> With the other two secular commercial television stations in the market uninterested in switching affiliations, ABC faced the prospect of having cable systems import affiliates from nearby markets.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox takes South Bend|page=68|work=Variety|first=Joe|last=Flint|id={{ProQuest|1401390016}} }}</ref> In August, [[Weigel Broadcasting]], which had a South Bend translator for its flagship station, [[WCIU-TV]] in Chicago, obtained the rights to the ABC affiliation for South Bend<ref name="Sout950803">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-wbnd-is-the-new-a/116960656/|date=August 3, 1995|page=A1|first=Alesia I.|last=Redding|title=WBND is the new ABC affiliate|newspaper=The South Bend Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 3, 2023|archive-date=July 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703065757/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-wbnd-is-the-new-a/116960656/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> and launched a low-power station, "[[WBND]]", in time for the switch to take place.<ref name="Sout951018">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-phones-jangling-o/33686490/|date=October 18, 1995|pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-switch/116960958/ A2]|first=Alesia I.|last=Redding|title=Phones jangling over TV switch|newspaper=The South Bend Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 3, 2023|archive-date=July 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703065757/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-phones-jangling-o/33686490/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed -->

In retaliation for Quincy's decision to spurn ABC for Fox in South Bend, the network pulled its programming from [[WREX]] in [[Rockford, Illinois]], which had recently been acquired by Quincy. ABC moved its Rockford affiliation to [[WTVO]], the previous NBC affiliate in that market; it had recently made a significant investment into WTVO's owner, [[Young Broadcasting]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flint |first=Joe |date=May 29, 1995 |title=Affils in Fine Feather at NBC Meet in Hawaii |url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/affils-in-fine-feather-at-nbc-meet-in-hawaii-99127220/ |access-date=April 29, 2023 |website=Variety |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415050513/https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/affils-in-fine-feather-at-nbc-meet-in-hawaii-99127220/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

To coincide with the affiliation switch, WSJV relaunched and shuffled its news offerings. It moved its late news into prime time and saw growing ratings. However, the two-hour morning show, ''Wake Up'', failed to attract viewers: originally aired from 6–8 a.m., it moved to 7–9 a.m. in July 1996 to compete against the network morning shows, though it later moved back.<ref name="Sout961117">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-in-the-picture/33686751/|date=November 17, 1996|pages=E1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-one-year-after-fo/33686775/ E3]|first=Alesia I.|last=Redding|title=In the picture|newspaper=The South Bend Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 3, 2023|archive-date=July 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703070302/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-in-the-picture/33686751/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --> This trend continued into the early 2000s; in one [[Nielsen Media Research|Nielsen]] survey in 2001, WSJV's morning newscast drew a fraction of the offerings of its competitor, while 12 percent of households watching TV at the time tuned to WSJV's late newscast.<ref name="Sout010408">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-stay-tuned-for-th/127523244/|date=April 8, 2001|pages=E1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-redding/127523250/ E2]|first=Alesia I.|last=Redding|title=Stay tuned for this story, after this...|newspaper=The South Bend Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 3, 2023|archive-date=July 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703070258/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-stay-tuned-for-th/127523244/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --> This was ascribed to the fewer news resources at channel 28's command as well as its location in Elkhart.<ref name="Sout001119">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-gunning-for-no-2/127523433/|date=November 19, 2000|pages=E1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-fox/127523447/ E7]|first=Alesia I.|last=Redding|title=Gunning for No. 2: Being second best is quickest way to top for WSJV-TV news|newspaper=The South Bend Tribune|location=South Bend, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 21, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun --> In 2003, the morning newscast was extended to air for three hours, and an early evening newscast at 5:30&nbsp;p.m. was introduced; this was the only newscast aired year-round at that time slot in the market, because program schedules changed in the market during [[Time in Indiana|daylight saving time]].<ref name="Sout030914">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-wsjv-tv-to-add-ex/127523488/|date=September 14, 2003|page=E6|first=Alesia I.|last=Redding|title=WSJV-TV to add extra newscast|newspaper=The South Bend Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 3, 2023|archive-date=July 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703070258/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-wsjv-tv-to-add-ex/127523488/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun -->

WSJV began broadcasting a digital signal in October 2002; having been assigned channel 58 by the FCC, its launch forced WBND-LP to move to channel 57.<ref name="Sout021010">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-tv-stations-to-sw/121782948/|date=October 10, 2002|page=D1|title=TV stations to switch channel spots soon|newspaper=The South Bend Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 3, 2023|archive-date=July 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703070303/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-tv-stations-to-sw/121782948/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> The station shut down its analog signal on February 17, 2009, the original [[digital television transition in the United States|digital television transition]] date for full-power stations, joining WNDU-TV and WSBT-TV in doing so.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29245267|agency=Associated Press|title=List of TV stations ending analog broadcasts|date=February 17, 2009|work=NBC News|access-date=March 20, 2023|archive-date=January 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106052115/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29245267|url-status=live}}</ref> The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 58, which was among the high band UHF channels (52–69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to channel 28 for post-transition operations.<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2006 |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |access-date=August 29, 2021 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref>