16 Facts About WLAJ

WLAJ is a television station in Lansing, Michigan, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW Plus.

WLAJ began broadcasting on October 13,1990, operating from a converted appliance store.

On September 24,2007, WLAJ was re-branded as "ABC 3" since most Lansing-area cable providers carry it on channel 3.

WLAJ aired ESPN Plus' Big Ten college football coverage until the launch of the Big Ten Network.

WLAJ shut down its local advertising sales office and former news studio on South Pennsylvania Avenue.

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On September 21,1998, alongside the launch of The WB 100+ Station Group, WLAJ began operating a cable-only affiliate of The WB which was part of the national service.

On that date, WLAJ created a new second digital subchannel to simulcast WBL and offer non-cable subscribers access to The CW.

That channel then began using the WLAJ-DT2 call letters in an official manner and relocated to Comcast channel 5.

WLAJ is one of a few ABC affiliates to air paid programming on weekdays.

WLAJ launched a news department a month after it began operations.

Since WLAJ lacked a weather department, all weather forecasts were taped in advance by meteorologists from WWMT's studios on West Maple Street in Kalamazoo.

Except for a news anchor and sports director based in Lansing, WLAJ maintained a very minimal news presence in Lansing with only two news reporters.

WWMT continued to provide WLAJ with taped local weather cut-ins during Good Morning America on weekday mornings.

In 2014, WLAJ began carrying the Justice Network on a newly created third subchannel.

WLAJ shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 53, on June 12,2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.

On May 22,2015, WLAJ relocated its digital signal to UHF channel 25, with the FCC license issued on June 5,2015.