Station 73 was the source for the transmission at that time. It was also owned the radio stations WNIO AM and WQXX FM which is tunned on 1390 and 105.1 signals. NBC for television transmission and NBC Red Network was affiliated with WFMJ throughout its entire history in the market. WFMJ NBC 21 was originally issued to WUTV which was later bought the construction permit from Maags and shifted to the original channel on August 7, 1954. During the process of channel shifting, it was on-aired on channel 73 without having any affiliation with other networks while WYTV was operated on channel 45 during 1959. Northern areas of the Pittsburg market were captured by WFMJ-TV as an NBC-associated television network until 1957.
WFMJ Local News Live:
WJAC-TV and WTRF in Johnstown and West Virginia were not sufficient for the broadcasting service of NBC programming. In September 1957, WIIC-TV start its own transmission for the area of Pittsburg which was also briefly covered the market of Northeastern Ohio and Northwestern Pennsylvania. Channel 3 was acquired by Westinghouse Broadcasting in Cleveland which helps to enhance WFMJ services to the eastern and southern parts of Cleveland with help of a digital antenna. NBC programming was undone after purchasing WKYC during 1965 which was accessed by area channels for transmission. WFMJ was the only channel left in the area which has local ownership and operational activities carried out in Ohio besides WBNX was serving Akron and WHIZ was providing its transmission services to Zanesville.
News App:
WFMJ 21 has its own news mobile application for getting the latest and reliable source of news on your devices. Locally based exclusive news, Breaking news alerts, weather segments, sports updates, and match details are reported and covered by NBC 21 news team anchors and reporters. This app is bugs-free and ad-supported which is faster than any other available market-based news application.
News Team:
Co-anchor of WFMJ NBC 21 news team have Madison Tromler and also working as multimedia Journalist. Erin Simonek is performing her duties and skills as a news team anchor. Weeknight and co-anchor of WFMJ are Derek Steyer. Eric Wilhelm is working in NBC 21 weather department as a meteorologist. Sports events are reported and covered by Dana Balash and Corey McCrae. Morning weather is hosting by Emily Frazzini and working as an anchor of the weather department.
Weather App:
The weather application of WFMJ will provide you with quality information regarding weather conditions and alerts during normal and bad conditions. There is a channel meteorologist who has detailed reporting in the weather garden is fully equipped with digital screens. You can get wind speed and direction, Temperature and Heat Index, Humidity level, and percentage during the summer season.
First Weather Alert:
Andrew DiPaolo and Tyler Ryan are working as meteorologists of WFMJ NBC 21 in the weather forecasting team. First weather alerts and advisories about heat and health are continuously updated 24 hours an entire week. Flood and storm predictions and their location are monitored by the weather team and National Weather service members during the time frame mentioned in the weather report.
Live Streaming:
Live streaming service is totally dependent on the quality of internet connection and browser of your mobile/laptop devices. WFMJ TV has many entertainment and news programs which can be watched during weekdays and weekends in high and standard resolution video quality. Subscription plans of direct streaming services need to buy from users of channel 21.
WFMJ 21 is a virtually based television station that is operated by UHF frequency 33 in the digital medium. It has dual affiliation which is NBC and CW network programming and the broadcasting area is nominated to Youngstown, Ohio in the United States. Magg Family which belongs to Youngstown acquired the channel and other operational facilities is situated in downtown Youngstown on West Boardman Street. The area of Landisville has WFMJ NBC 21 transmitter tower and technical rooms.
