Mississippi Entertainment Television

Mississippi Entertainment Television (commonly known as ETV) are a group of stations located in the state of Mississippi. Owned and operated by the Mississippi Association for Better Television, ETV holds the license to all the stations that are a part of ETV. Even though each station is affiliated with different networks, they all share the same news department. It has sinced merged with Galaxy Broadcasting.
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Location 	
Jackson, MS
Branding 	
Mississippi ETV
Slogan 	
Now THAT'S Entertainment!
Affilliations 	
FOX
ABC
NBC
MyNetworkTV
Prime
Owners 	
Galaxy Broadcasting (QTV Inc.)
Stations in operatation 	
ABC- 2
NBC- 1
FOX- 2
Prime- 1
MyNetworkTV- 2
== History ==
In 1992, Jeanie Smith and William Kellogg decided that it was well past time for Mississippi to have a network of stations owned and operated under the same umbrella. After going to the FCC and getting approval to do it, the first station was launched in Jackson, Mississippi as WMAA on March 4, 1995 as a FOX affiliate. By 2005, 7 more stations started by Smith and Kellogg, and they decided to group them up together and named the ownership Mississippi Association for Better Television, and named the group of stations that they owned Mississippi Entertainment TeleviInsion (or ETV for short). On March 7, 2016 its owner sold it to Galaxy Broadcasting.
== Hurricane Katrina ==
In 2005, the Mississippi Gulf Coast was hit by Hurricane Katrina. Mississippi ETV aired all-day coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the damage that it caused. Mississippi ETV (in working with WBOX's owner Morris Multimedia) did a 2-day telethon to raise Hurricane Relief for the affected Gulf Region.
== Newscast ==
Launched in 2005 after the formation of the Mississippi Entertainment Television, The Newshour broadcasts from ETV studios in Jackson, Mississippi and is broadcast statewide on the ETV stations. The Newshour carries coverage of the Mississippi state elections, as well as the national elections (via whichever affiliates the respectable station is affiliated with at the time. The Newshour broadcasts twice a day. ETV also airs a 6 and 10 PM edition for WMAF, WMAN, and WMAT.
5 & 9 PM Editions
Josh Edwards: Anchor
Andrew Hunter: Co-Anchor
Deontae Styles: Sports
Lawrence Furdge: Weather
6 & 10 Editions:
Kathy Burks: Anchor
Steven Cugini: Sports
Brandon Adams: Weather
== Local Programming ==
In addition to Newshour, ETV also airs local programming during the station's free time for educational purposes. Including: Tomes & Talisman, The Write Channel, and Clyde Frog Show. In addition, ETV also carries coverage of the state high school football and basketball playoffs.
==Affiliates==
Station Name	City of License	Channel	First air date	Affiliation
WMAA-TV 	Jackson, MS 	20 	March 4, 1995 	FOX
WMAF-TV 	Biloxi, MS 	16 	March 10, 1998	ABC
WMAJ-TV 	Boonville, MS 	12 	March 1, 2002 	FOX
WMAK-TV 	Bude, MS 	18 	March 20, 2004	Prime
WMAN-TV 	Greenwood, MS 	25 	April 2, 2000 	NBC
WMAS-TV 	Meridian, MS 	44 	Aug. 22, 2002 	MyNetworkTV
WMAT-TV 	Starkville, MS 	10 	Mar. 10, 1996 	ABC
WMBA-TV 	Oxford, MS 	38 	Mar. 10, 1997 	MyNetworkTV
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