WJM

WJM is the CBS affiliate serving the Alexandria, MN area. It broadcasts on channel 12. WJM currently operates as a full time satellite station to KOKV in Minneapolis, MN.
== History ==
WJM first began in 1948 as a CBS affiliate and was one of the top rated CBS stations in the country. In 1971, the station was brought by CBS and it was made as a CBS owned-and-operated station as well as a semi-satellite of CBS O&O station KOKV. Until 2002, WJM simulcasted KOKV's 6pm and 10pm newscasts, while still operating a separate studio in Alexandria and broadcasting separate 12pm and 5pm newscasts. WJM as well as KMNP in Walker, MN simulcasted KOKV's programs for most of the broadcast day, except for separate commercials and inserts placed into KOKV's 6pm and 10pm newscasts. However, in 2002, KOKV suspended WJM and KMNP's local operations and shut down WJM's Alexandria studio, converting the two stations to full-time satellites. Since then, channel 10 has identified as "Minneapolis-St. Paul/Alexandria/Walker", with virtually no on-air evidence that WJM and KMNP were separate stations.
== Spectrum sale ==
CBS sold WJM's spectrum in the FCC's spectrum incentive auction, but was expected to engage in a channel-sharing agreement. In a request for a waiver of requirements that WJM broadcast public service announcements related to the shutdown (as the station no longer has the capability to originate separate programming, such announcements would also need to air on KOKV-TV and KMNP-TV despite not being relevant outside of WJM's viewing area; CBS intends to insert a crawl at the WJM transmitter for broadcast every fifteen minutes), CBS disclosed that WJM would shut down December 30, 2017. KOKV-TV will remain available on cable and satellite providers in the Alexandria area; CBS also is negotiating with Selective TV, Inc., a local translator collective, to carry KOKV programming.
Category:CBS network affiliates
Category:Minnesota
Category:Channel 12
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1948
Category:Paramount Global
Category:CBS owned and operated stations
Category:Alexandria, Minnesota
Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2017
Category:Satellite stations
Category:CBS News and Stations