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NBC 6 Johnstown is the on-air branding for WJAC-TV, the NBC-affiliated television station serving Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, as well as the wider Altoona-State College market . The station was founded by the Johnstown Automotive Company and first signed on the air on September 15, 1949, originally broadcasting on VHF channel 13 before moving to its current channel position in 1952 . It is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which acquired WJAC-TV in 1997, and its studios are located on Old Hickory Lane in Upper Yoder Township (with a Johnstown postal address), while its transmitter is situated northwest of the city in Laurel Ridge State Park . As a dedicated source for online television, WJAC-TV has been affiliated with NBC for most of its history, though it initially carried secondary affiliations with CBS, ABC, and the DuMont network from 1949 until 1988 .

The programming schedule allows viewers to watch live channel coverage of the full NBC network schedule, including prime time series such as The Voice, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago P.D., and Saturday Night Live. The station produces local newscasts under the branding 6 News . The station’s news team has included notable broadcasters such as Bill Brown, a former morning news anchor who joined WJAC in 1982 and retired on February 25, 2015, after a 32-year career, and Tim Rigby, a sportscaster and news anchor who joined the station in May 1981 as a reporter and weekend sports anchor before anchoring the weekday sports segments and later the 5, 6, and 11 p.m. newscasts, retiring on August 4, 2022 . Longtime sports director Mike Telesz left the station on September 17, 2021, to pursue a career in the private sector.

The station's digital signal is multiplexed across several subchannels: 6.1 carries NBC programming, 6.2 airs Charge!, 6.3 broadcasts Comet TV, and 6.4 serves as a CW affiliate branded as Alleghenies CW6 . For audiences seeking a reliable live stream, WJAC-TV is widely available as a free-to-air service via digital antenna on channel 6. The station is carried on major satellite providers including DirecTV and Dish Network, as well as cable providers serving the Johnstown-Altoona-State College market. The channel is accessible as tv online via streaming services including DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV, and YouTube TV, as well as through the official WJAC-TV website at wjactv.com and its mobile application, which provide live streaming of local newscasts and severe weather coverage from the WJAC weather team. The station’s coverage area includes Johnstown, Altoona, State College, DuBois, Bedford, and surrounding communities in west-central Pennsylvania .

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