WJTC

WJTC

ATSC 3.0 station
Pensacola, Florida Mobile, Alabama United States
City	Pensacola, Florida
Channels	Digital: 35 (UHF) Virtual: 44
Branding	UTV 44 (general) NBC 15 News (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations	44.1: Independent 44.2: Rewind TV 44.3: Dabl
Ownership
Owner	Deerfield Media (Deerfield Media (Mobile) Licensee, LLC)
Operator	Sinclair Broadcast Group via LMA
Sister stations	WPMI-TV, WEAR-TV, WFGX
History
First air date	December 24, 1984 (39 years ago) (1984-12-24)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 44 (UHF, 1984–2009) Digital: 45 (UHF, 2001–2020)
Former affiliations	Independent (1984–1995) UPN (1995–2006)
Call sign meaning	"JTC" stands for the surnames of the three original owners
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	41210
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	457 m (1,499 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	30°35′16.7″N 87°33′12.7″W / 30.587972°N 87.553528°W / 30.587972; -87.553528
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	utv44.com

WJTC (channel 44) is an independent television station licensed to Pensacola, Florida, United States, serving northwest Florida and southwest Alabama. It is owned by Deerfield Media alongside Mobile, Alabama–licensed NBC affiliate WPMI-TV (channel 15); Deerfield maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of Pensacola-licensed ABC affiliate WEAR-TV (channel 3) and Fort Walton Beach–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WFGX (channel 35), for the provision of certain services.

WJTC and WPMI-TV share studios on Azalea Road in Mobile; master control and some internal operations are based at the shared facilities of WEAR-TV and WFGX on Mobile Highway (US 90) in unincorporated Escambia County, Florida (with a Pensacola mailing address). WJTC's transmitter is located near Robertsdale, Alabama.