WJYS

CTL-E-3290 · Business · tv-station · 1991–present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Independent television station (channel 62) licensed to Hammond, Indiana, serving the Chicago market; signed on March 2, 1991; call letters honor original owners Joseph and Yvonne Stroud; studios in Tinley Park, transmitter atop Willis Tower; a full-power Black-owned Chicago-market station.

The record

Also known as: WJYS-TV, WJYS 62, The Way

Notes

RELP75 new entity (2026-10-06). Name-collision check clean. Stays Provisional: ownership history disputed (see CTL-CFL-001857).

Relationships

Joseph Stroud — founded by
WJYS's call letters honor original owners Joseph and Yvonne Stroud.

Referenced by

Joseph Stroud — affiliated with → this record

Sources

Wikipedia - WJYS
Pew Research Center - 'African American news media: Number of black-owned TV stations (2016)'
Journal-isms - 'Boost for Black TV-Station Ownership'

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