WSBT to take over Elkhart Fox affiliate on Aug. 1

Quincy Media, the family-owned parent company of WSJV that has run a local news operation here for more than 40 years, entered into a business agreement to transfer the Fox affiliation to Sinclair Broadcast Group, the parent company of WSBT, according to Ralph Oakley, president and chief executive officer of Quincy.

Viewers won't lose any Fox programming, such as sitcoms and professional sports. Starting Aug. 1, over-the-air and cable television viewers will notice "Fox Michiana" offered on different channels.

For over-the-air viewers, the move will mean Fox programming and the local news operation will move from channel 28 to 22.2 as a digital subchannel offered by WSBT, a CBS affiliate. The existing SBT2 subchannel 22.2 will become Fox Michiana. To make room for the new subchannel, the existing First Alert Weather subchannel 22.3 will go off the air.

Fox will appear on channel 30 for Dish Network viewers and channel 16 for Comcast viewers, according to a WSBT report.