s ▁Main ▁Studio ▁Rule ▁earlier ▁in ▁the ▁year ▁and ▁a ▁decision ▁by ▁T CT ' s ▁operators ▁to ▁cons olid ate ▁all ▁programming ▁operations ▁at ▁its ▁headquarters ▁in ▁Mar ion , ▁Illinois . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁U H F ▁channel ▁ 5 4 ▁allocation ▁in ▁Michigan ▁was ▁originally ▁assigned ▁to ▁L ans ing . ▁It ▁was ▁occupied ▁by ▁Du Mont ▁affili ate ▁W IL S , ▁which ▁later ▁became ▁W TO M - TV ▁( call ▁letters ▁now ▁used ▁on ▁channel ▁ 4 ▁in ▁Che bo yg an ), ▁and ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁air ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 6 . ▁The ▁channel ▁ 5 4 ▁allocation ▁was ▁then ▁re ass igned ▁to ▁Mus k eg on . ▁Full - power ▁station ▁WM K G - TV ▁broadcast ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁from ▁the ▁Occ ident al ▁Hotel ▁in ▁dow nt own ▁Mus k eg on . ▁That ▁station , ▁which ▁operated ▁as ▁an ▁independent ▁station ▁and ▁re lied ▁heavily ▁on ▁live , ▁local ▁programming , ▁had ▁left ▁the ▁air ▁by ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 7 0 s . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early - 1 9 8 0 s , ▁W TL J ▁was ▁originally ▁assigned ▁the ▁call ▁letters ▁WM K T ▁with ▁the ▁intention ▁of ▁foc using ▁on ▁the ▁Mus k eg on ▁and ▁Holland ▁areas . ▁That ▁station ▁was ▁never ▁built ▁( Mus k eg on ▁has ▁its ▁own ▁station , ▁WM K G - CD , ▁which ▁ful