WWJE-DT

True Crime Network affiliate in Derry, New Hampshire
the former channel 50 in the Boston area

WWJE DT (channel 50) is a television station licensed to Derry, New Hampshire, United States, serving the Boston area as an affiliate of True Crime Network. It is owned by TelevisaUnivision alongside Marlborough, Massachusetts–licensed Univision owned station WUNI (channel 66). The two stations share main studios and transmitter facilities on Parmenter Road in Hudson, Massachusetts. WWJE is operated separately from WUNI's joint sales agreement (JSA) with Entravision Communications–owned UniMás affiliate WUTF TV (channel 27) in Worcester. WWJE formerly broadcast local newscasts from a studio located in Concord, branded as the NH1 News Network or NH1 News. Besides WBIN, sister radio station WNNH also used the NH1 News branding from August 2015 to August 2017. WBIN TV was one of only two television stations based in the state of New Hampshire to broadcast local newscasts (alongside WMUR TV), as much of the state is part of the Boston media market. On February 17, 2017, WBIN canceled its newscasts as part of a wind down of the station's operations following the sale of its spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s incentive auction. The station shut down its channel 35 transmitter on Merrill Hill in Hudson, New Hampshire, on September 15, 2017, and began operating on channel 27 through a channel sharing agreement with channel 66 (then WUTF DT); the WBIN TV license was subsequently sold by Carlisle One Media, a company controlled by Bill Binnie, to WUNI's owner, Univision Communications.

The channel 50 allocation in the Boston market originally belonged to WXPO TV, which launched in October 1969. It operated from two studios: its offices and master production facilities were located on Dutton Street in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts; however, its transmitter and "main" studio was on Governor Dinsmore Road in Windham, New Hampshire, to comply with FCC regulations requiring that a station's transmitter be located within 15 mile (24 km) of its city of license. However, the station's coverage in many parts of Greater Boston was spotty at best. The station's Lowell studios were located less than 1,000 feet (305 m) from the transmitter of WLLH, making high quality production impossible during the day due to RF interference with the cameras. Advertisers were scared off when the Lowell Sun blacklisted anyone who bought commercials on the station. Bills went unpaid for several months. By early 1970, 90% of the station's staff was removed from the payroll, although many continued with the station, believing it could pull through. The Lowell studio was closed down that spring; finally, in June the power company pulled the plug at the Windham studios during a Maverick rerun, taking WXPO off the air. On July 17, 1973, channel 50 returned to the air with a test transmission, with plans to return the station to the air later that year, possibly as New Hampshire's CBS affiliate. Those plans never materialized, and the WXPO TV license was deleted in 1975.

The current iteration of channel 50 signed on the air on September 5, 1983, as WNDS, an independent station known on air as "The Winds of New England." It was owned by CTV of Derry, a company not related to the CTV Television Network in Canada. The program included some cartoons like Scooby Doo and Super Friends in the morning hours, religious shows like The 700 Club late in the morning, sitcoms on midday afternoons, cartoons for an hour or so after 3 p. m., more sitcoms in the evenings and late nights, and a movie in prime time. Sitcoms came from the Viacom and Paramount libraries, including such well known series as I Love Lucy, The Brady Bunch, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley and The Andy Griffith Show, among others. The station acquired some of the programming assets of WNHT (channel 21, frequency now occupied by WPXG TV) in 1989 after that station shut down on March 31; the deal did not include the channel 21 license or WNHT's CBS affiliation. In the 1990s, the station increased cartoons a bit and began running more recent sitcoms and drama shows. In 1996, WNDS added programming from the Global Shopping Network (GSN) overnights. In January 1997, the station began running Global Shopping Network programming 15 hours a day, with entertainment programming continuing from 3 to 11 p. m. On April 5, 1997, GSN began programming the station full time with a 24 hour home shopping format as part of a planned purchase of the station. However, GSN soon ran into financial problems; after it missed a payment for the station, CTV of Derry canceled the sale and reverted WNDS to its previous general entertainment format that June. CTV held onto channel 50 until 2004, when it sold the station to Shooting Star Broadcasting.

Soon after assuming control, in August 2005, Shooting Star Broadcasting announced that WNDS would change its call letters to WZMY TV and its branding to "My TV". At that time, the station overhauled its schedule, based on viewer responses on the old WNDS website. The changes were implemented on air on September 26, 2005. On February 22, 2006, News Corporation announced the launch of a new network called MyNetworkTV, which created in response to another upstart network that was also set to launch that September, The CW (an amalgamated network that originally consisted primarily of UPN and The WB's higher rated programs). Since WZMY had already filed a trademark in mid 2005 for use of the "MyTV" name, it was speculated that WZMY would take legal action against News Corporation over its similar name. Ultimately on July 21, 2006, WZMY's My TV Club newsletter announced that the station would become the region's MyNetworkTV affiliate – giving channel 50 the first network affiliation in its history – this was later revealed on July 24 to the media and visitors to WZMY's website, and to the general public on July 26. Until the announcements were made, Boston and Southern New Hampshire had been the largest market where MyNetworkTV had not yet signed a full time affiliate. With WZMY affiliating with MyNetworkTV upon the network's launch on September 5, 2006, the station continued to use its "My TV" branding, though the logo was changed to reflect MyNetworkTV's logo scheme (a different logo had been in use in the year following the 2005 relaunch). In December 2009, the station laid off seven employees as part of strategy change to streamline operations and change some of the programming options to be more hyperlocal. Operation of WZMY was taken over by New Age Media, LLC, making it a sister station to WPXT and WPME in Portland, Maine. The station added a digital subchannel affiliated with Universal Sports in June 2010.

On March 3, 2011, Portsmouth based Carlisle One Media, Inc., a company controlled by Bill Binnie, announced that it had reached an agreement to purchase WZMY TV. The sale was completed on May 17; ten days later, the call letters were changed to WBIN TV. It also dropped the "My TV New England" branding (becoming one of a number of MyNetworkTV affiliates to not feature the programming service's branding), choosing to refer to itself using its call letters. Binnie originally indicated that WBIN TV would retain its affiliations with MyNetworkTV and Universal Sports; while Universal Sports restructured itself into a cable and satellite only channel in January 2012, then shut down in October 2015. Nonetheless, the station added an additional subchannel, carrying TheCoolTV, in October 2011; additionally, it replaced Universal Sports with Live Well Network on January 1, 2012. In July 2012, WBIN TV terminated its affiliation with TheCoolTV; it was replaced with WeatherNation TV on January 14, 2013. The station also made moves to strengthen its programming, including the addition of Entertainment Tonight and The Insider on September 10, 2012 (Entertainment Tonight had previously aired in New Hampshire on WMUR TV; both programs also remained on WSBK TV). In December 2014, Grit replaced WeatherNation TV on their DT3 sub channel. In January 2015, Live Well Network was replaced with "WBIN Classics" on the DT2 sub channel, featuring original programming as well as programming from the Antenna TV network. WBIN was the flagship of Binnie Media, a group that also included WYCN LP (channel 13) in Nashua and 16 northern New England radio stations formerly owned by Nassau Broadcasting Partners.

On February 17, 2017, Binnie Media announced that WBIN TV had sold its spectrum in the FCC's spectrum incentive auction for $68.2 million; concurrently, the station's "remaining television license rights" would be acquired by an undisclosed "major television group" for an estimated $10–30 million in what it described as a "channel sharing sale". In a statement, Bill Binnie said that the sale "makes WBIN TV one of the most valuable media properties in the history of New Hampshire media." Binnie Media also announced that WBIN TV would "cease broadcasting in the coming months", with proceeds from the sale going toward the acquisition of additional digital, outdoor, and radio assets. On May 4, 2017, WBIN TV filed to channel share with WUTF DT (channel 66, now WUNI). In the channel sharing agreement, reached on January 11, 2016, the stations agreed to grant put and call rights that could result in WUTF's owner, Univision Local Media, acquiring the WBIN license; under the terms of the agreement, Univision would be required to change WBIN TV's call letters as a condition of the sale. Univision exercised its option to buy the WBIN TV license for $16,764,133.70 on May 8, 2017. WBIN TV ceased broadcasting on channel 35 on September 15, 2017, and began to share channel 27 with WUTF DT; as of 2017, only WBIN's main channel is broadcast using virtual channel 50. the station then became a Justice Network affiliate. The call letters were changed to WWJE DT on January 12, 2018. Grit is now carried on the primary channel of WDPX TV.

During its first year on the air, WNDS ran a number of locally produced programs, including a cooking show (The Yankee Gourmet), a children's show (Just Kidding Around) and a weekly prime time variety show (The Best of New Hampshire). All of these shows were canceled by the end of 1985. The station also covered live local sports, including high school football, college hockey and minor league baseball. WNDS also ran a candlepin bowling show each weekend at noon called Candlepin Stars and Strikes, which aired from 1984 until August 2005. Prior to affiliating with the Global Shopping Network in April 1997, WNDS also ran three additional shows: High School Sports Review (which provided high school sports news in the New Hampshire and Massachusetts region), Sports Wrap (a sports talk show discussing Boston sports), and WNDS News Up Front (a local newsmagazine). When regular programming was restored in June, these three shows were not resurrected. In addition, during the early 2000s, channel 50 ran a public affairs program titled Capitol Ideas hosted by Arnie Arnesen. Friday Night Chaos, a 30 minute weekly show from independent wrestling promotion Chaotic Wrestling, aired on WNDS from 2001 to 2002. The station also aired a locally produced talk show hosted by singer comedian Bucky Lewis. After the station's relaunch as WZMY TV, much of its local programming consisted of visits to businesses around the region, in a format known as "My Shows". The original show under this format was My New England, Many of these programs were produced in collaboration with independent production companies through what the station referred to as "MyTV New England Studios". Some of these programs were retained following the relaunch as WBIN TV, though Quiet Desperation was dropped following the sale to Carlisle One due to concerns over the program's content, and Scorch's PFG TV and the local history show Regional Chronicles subsequently moved to WMFP. Following Carlisle One Media's acquisition of the station, WBIN TV announced that it would offer increased coverage of high school, college, and professional sports; Merrimack Warriors hockey, and the UMass Minutemen. The Language of Business, a locally produced business newsmagazine, began airing on WBIN TV on June 5, 2016.

Soon after signing on in the fall of 1983, WNDS began airing nightly newscasts at 6 and 10 p. m. The news staff included news anchor Larry Sparano, sportscaster Doug Brown, and meteorologist Al Kaprielian. The weekend newscasts were dropped in 1985, followed by the weeknight editions by 1986. On September 28, 1998, WNDS debuted News Now, consisting of newscasts at 7 and 10 p. m. weeknights, as well as weekend afternoons (the latter of which were dropped by early 2002). By 2003, the 11:57 a. m. weekday news update was expanded into a half hour newscast at noon. Shortly after Shooting Star bought the station, the noon broadcast was discontinued, and the 10 p. m. edition was cut down to 10 minutes. In addition to the full newscasts, some news/weather updates as well as standalone weather updates from chief meteorologist Al Kaprielian were provided throughout the day. When the station was relaunched as WZMY TV, the 10 p. m. newscast was dropped entirely; the early evening newscast was renamed MyTV Now and aired weeknights from 7:30 to 8 p. m. An additional 60 minute news and commentary program, MyTV Prime, aired from 9 to 10 p. m. Kaprielian returned to WBIN TV on August 20, 2012, providing hourly forecasts from 2 to 9 p. m.; he also provided forecasts for Binnie Media's radio stations. Kaprielian left the station in 2015. Soon after the sale to Carlisle One, the station announced plans to re establish a local news department, including a bureau at Carlisle One's headquarters in Portsmouth; rival ABC affiliate WMUR TV (channel 9) already operated a Portsmouth bureau. On September 29, 2011, WBIN debuted a new half hour weeknight newscast. Known as News at 10 on WBIN, the show was produced in partnership with the Davenport, Iowa based Independent News Network (INN). The news anchor and meteorologist were provided by the centralized news operation and other personnel from INN filled in as necessary. WBIN maintained three local reporters who contributed relevant Southern New Hampshire content. All of the broadcasts originated from INN's Davenport studios. In addition to News at 10, WBIN TV sponsored several debates, including a Charlie Rose moderated Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College on October 11, 2011, in association with Bloomberg and The Washington Post, The station also aired a daily INN produced half hour political newscast, Campaign Countdown, at 5 p. m. during the latter portion of the 2012 election season. WBIN also established bureaus throughout New Hampshire, including Laconia), Manchester, and Lebanon, in addition to Derry and Portsmouth. The cancellation did not impact WBIN's plans for the former Walker School; Binnie stated in August 2013 that "it's more important to make a wholesale commitment, which we will do with NH1 Network," while Robb Atkinson, WBIN's news director, would subsequently concede that "we weren't happy with the quality." The station debuted a weeknight 90 minute early evening news block at 5 p. m. and a nightly 10 p. m. newscast on September 15, 2014

WBIN TV aired its final newscasts on February 16, 2017; the following day, the station laid off most of the news staff concurrent with the announcement of the sale of the station's spectrum in the FCC spectrum auction.

The station's ATSC 1.0 channel is carried on the multiplexed signal of ABC affiliate WCVB TV:
+Subchannel provided by WWJE DT (ATSC 1.0) Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming ATSC 1.0 host 50.1 480i 16:9 WWJE TV True Crime Network WCVB TV

+ Subchannel of WWJE DT (ATSC 3.0) Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming 50.1 480i 16:9 WWJE*NX True Crime Network

WWJE DT (as WZMY TV) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 50, on December 1, 2008, which was within the permissible 90 day window prior to the original February 17, 2009, deadline for full power television stations in the United States to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (this deadline was later moved to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre transition UHF channel 35, using virtual channel 50. In 2010, WZMY TV began broadcasting prime time MyNetworkTV programming in high definition.