Editing WSJV (section)

===Loss of Fox affiliation===
In June and July 2016, the station's general manager and news director stepped down and moved to other Quincy Media stations. The ''South Bend Tribune'' reported the possibility that Quincy was planning to shut down WSJV and consolidate its Fox affiliation onto another station in the market so it could sell WSJV in the FCC's then-forthcoming [[Spectrum reallocation|spectrum incentive auction]]—which would allow stations to relinquish their broadcast spectrum to the FCC in exchange for a share of the profit from its resale to wireless providers as part of a reallocation process. Spectrum was said to be particularly valuable in the South Bend market due to its proximity to several major markets such as Chicago and Indianapolis.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ted|last=Booker|title=Fox 28 execs leave station amid TV industry upheaval|url=http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/business/fox-execs-leave-station-amid-tv-industry-upheaval/article_dabd7722-5eb2-5001-9925-94f083c811a0.html|work=South Bend Tribune|access-date=July 26, 2016|archive-date=July 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703070259/https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/business/2016/07/13/fox-28-execs-leave-station-amid-tv-industry-upheaval/46442649/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sbt-tvlandscape">{{cite news|first=Ted|last=Booker|title=South Bend TV landscape could be flipped upside down|url=http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/business/south-bend-tv-landscape-could-be-flipped-upside-down/article_5a31b33a-2594-5cfb-a9c8-b8cda6f212fc.html|work=South Bend Tribune|access-date=July 26, 2016|archive-date=July 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703070325/https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/business/2016/05/29/south-bend-tv-landscape-could-be-flipped-upside-dow/116973506/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On July 25, 2016, Quincy announced the transfer of the Fox affiliation rights to [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]'s WSBT-TV in exchange for the ABC and CW affiliations in [[Peoria, Illinois]], from Sinclair-owned [[WHOI (TV)|WHOI]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/sinclair-and-quincy-make-affiliation-deal-wsjv-employees-wonder-whats-next/175045|title=Sinclair and Quincy Make Affiliation Deal, WSJV Employees Wonder What's Next|last=Eck|first=Kevin|date=July 26, 2016|work=[[AdWeek]]|access-date=August 1, 2016|archive-date=July 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729211016/http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/sinclair-and-quincy-make-affiliation-deal-wsjv-employees-wonder-whats-next/175045|url-status=live}}</ref> WSBT then announced that it would replace its two existing subchannels with ''Fox Michiana'', beginning on August 1, 2016. For a 60-day transition period until September 30, the new service was simulcast by WSJV to allow viewers and pay television providers time to transition from the former signal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elkharttruth.com/hometown/elkhart/wsbt-taking-over-elkhart-s-fox-affiliate-monday-programs-moving/article_5b33d16a-4a48-5f44-bbcb-effbca6ec7c0.html|title=WSBT taking over Elkhart's Fox affiliate Monday, programs moving to new channel|last=Hernandez|first=Sharon|date=July 27, 2016|work=[[Elkhart Truth]]|access-date=July 28, 2016|archive-date=July 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703070802/https://www.elkharttruth.com/hometown/elkhart/wsbt-taking-over-elkhart-s-fox-affiliate-monday-programs-moving/article_5b33d16a-4a48-5f44-bbcb-effbca6ec7c0.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Along with the transfer, the WSJV newsroom closed down, as the WSBT-TV newsroom was expanded to produce morning and late evening newscasts for Fox Michiana. WSBT-TV hired some of the former WSJV news staff; others went to other Quincy stations.<ref name="sbt-foxwsbt">{{cite news|title=WSBT to take over Fox affiliate on Aug. 1|url=http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/business/wsbt-to-take-over-fox-affiliate-on-aug/article_7441491d-b5b4-5ce0-9e28-a7df79794a92.html|first=Ted|last=Booker|work=South Bend Tribune|access-date=July 25, 2016|date=July 25, 2016|archive-date=July 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715213313/http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/business/wsbt-to-take-over-fox-affiliate-on-aug/article_7441491d-b5b4-5ce0-9e28-a7df79794a92.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Sout160820">{{Cite news|first=Ted|last=Booker|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-aiming-for-younge/127497835/|date=August 20, 2016|page=A1|title=Aiming for younger viewers: WSBT's Fox newscasts put emphasis on social media|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/20230703070804/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-aiming-for-younge/127497835/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat --><ref>{{cite news|title=An emotional goodbye as Fox 28 news team signs off for the final time|url=https://www.953mnc.com/2016/07/30/emotional-goodbye-fox-28-newsteam-signs-off-final-time/|first=Jon|last=Zimney|website=[[WTRC-FM]]|publisher=Federated Media|date=July 30, 2016|access-date=September 19, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919221304/https://www.953mnc.com/2016/07/30/emotional-goodbye-fox-28-newsteam-signs-off-final-time/|url-status=live}}</ref> After the transition, the station was reduced to a [[wikt:skeleton crew|skeleton crew]] and became mostly a pass-through for the [[Heroes & Icons]] network. Quincy donated the station's entire news and tape archive to the [[Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive]]; equipment from WSJV was shipped elsewhere in the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/filmarch/tag/wsjv/|title=History and Context for WSJV|last=Morrison|first=Katie|date=September 18, 2018|work=Blog post|publisher=Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive|access-date=May 4, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414164142/https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/filmarch/tag/wsjv/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Indi211205">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-new-insight-into-r/127497915/|first=Joseph|last=Dits|date=December 5, 2021|page=25A|agency=South Bend Tribune|title=New insight into Ryan White's struggles: TV tapes saved from trash reveal tension, confusion over AIDS in Indiana|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 3, 2023|archive-date=July 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703070828/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-new-insight-into-r/127497915/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun -->