WJLP and WNWT-LD share studios in Freehold Township, New Jersey, and transmitter facilities at 4 Times Square in midtown Manhattan.
The station was originally located in Ely, Nevada and signed on July 9, 2001, as KBJN, a satellite of KVBC (now KSNV), the NBC affiliate in Las Vegas.
The sale was approved on September 17, 2008, and was consummated on November 12, 2008; soon afterward, the station was relaunched as Intelliweather 3, carrying looping weather conditions and a news ticker.
[6] KVNV also began to simulcast the noon and 6 p.m. newscasts of former sister station KRNV-DT in Reno,[7] and added the statewide political show Nevada's Eye on Washington.
[9] The full commission denied PMCM's application for review in a memorandum opinion and order released on September 15, 2011;[10] however, this denial was reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
[11] KVNV applied for a construction permit to move on May 28, 2013, to Middletown Township, New Jersey (though its transmitter location would be at the Condé Nast Building in midtown Manhattan to serve the entire New York media market).
[12] In January 2014, MeTV announced that KVNV, would become its New York City affiliate, replacing Bridgeport, Connecticut-based WZME.
Immediately at the base of the black text box, a white rectangular square rapidly moved back-and-forth horizontally.
Immediately at the base of the black text box, a white rectangular square rapidly moved back-and-forth horizontally.
WJLP returned to the air a day after with a bumper that explained that the station was granted an emergency stay to continue broadcasting until at least December 1, 2014.
On October 11, 2021, PMCM TV announced a pending sale of WJLP and WNWT-LD to Weigel Broadcasting of Chicago for $62.5 million.
Your New Jersey, hosted by Lisa Marie Falbo, is a public affairs show focused on the Garden State that airs on Saturdays at 6 a.m. and Sundays at 8 am.
On March 20, 2016, WJLP added two standard definition subchannels to its lineup, Escape (now Ion Mystery) and Grit.