City Jackson Slogan Jackson Television First air date July 2000 | Branding JTV Founded 2000 Call letters' meaning Jackson TeleVision | |
JTV is a commercial cable television station that serves the Jackson County, Michigan metropolitan area, which has a population of approximately 160,000. The station reaches 80,000 households in south central Michigan. It is considered a primary media outlet. JTV is carried on Comcast cable channel 90, WOW! Cable channel 161, and AT&T U-Verse on channel 5380 and live online at JTV.TV. The station broadcasts 24/7 and carries "The Bart Hawley Show", which is a daily two-hour live afternoon talk show, along with cooking, home, design, business, music, arts and health shows. The station also airs a weekly high school sports magazine show and more than 200 annual high school sports broadcasts, claiming the title of "World Leader in High School Sports Television". It operates a non-commercial Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable tv channel called JTV 21.