WWIA

WWIA is an independent station licensed to serve Lansing, Michigan. The station signed on in 1984 as a Paramount affiliate, before being bought by Confection Broadcasting in 2000, which changed its affiliation to independent. 
== As a PTN station (1984-2000) ==
WWIA first went on-air on June 8, 1984 (its call sign references its original owner, Wendy Irma Anderson) as a Paramount Network affiliate. Sister station WTBH also signed on, and, during its 14 years on the air, it would carry any programs WWIA preempted. 
In 1989, WWIA's news operation began when an 11 pm newscast titled NewsCenter 4 Nightcast debuted. In 1990, an 8 pm newscast on WTBH, NewsCenter 4 Early Edition, had also debuted. The newscasts used Move Closer To Your World as their theme song; the station currently uses Inspire v3, one of the news themes produced by Confection Broadcasting for their stations. 
In 1997, as a result of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, channel 4 began Lansing's Kidzone, a children's programming block consisting of E/I programs. The block runs for 3 hours on Saturday and one hour on Sunday. 
In 1999, Wendy Anderson announced she would be selling the station to Confection Broadcasting the following year; this announcement came just over one year after WTBH signed off. 
== As an independent (2000-present) ==
In March 2000, WWIA had officially been sold to Confection Broadcasting; the station kept the call letters as a tribute to Anderson, who had passed away in December 1999. 
In 2005, the station's news operation expanded when an hour-long weekday morning newscast, Lansing AM, debuted. The newscast received good ratings, and was expanded to two and a half hours in 2006. Lansing AM now runs from 4 am to 11 am and is one of the highest rated morning news programs, local or national, in the city of Lansing.
In 2009, a weekend edition of NewsCenter 4 Nightcast debuted. A Saturday edition of Lansing AM debuted shortly after; the newscast airs at 10 am following Lansing Kidzone's conclusion.
Currently, syndicated programming on WWIA includes The Wendy Williams Show, Monk, and Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen. As Lansing does not have a Classix affiliate, the station carries the Forever Classix programming block, weekdays from noon until 3 pm.
== Subchannels ==
WWIA currently operates three subchannels.
Channel	SD/HD	PSIP Short Name	Programming
4.1 	HD 	WWIA-HD 	Main WWIA programming
4.2 	SD 	WWIA-GR 	Grit
4.3 	SD 	WWIA-ST 	Stadium
4.4 	SD 	WWIA-TW 	Twist
Category:Former Paramount Network affiliates
Category:Grit network affiliates
Category:Quest network affiliates
Category:Lansing, Michigan
Category:Confection Broadcasting