WLUV

WLUV (branded as Love 43) (virtual channel 43, digital 18), is an NBC-affiliate located in Burbank, California (next to DiC's headquarters). While the channel is NBC 43, it appears as channel 16 on cable.

History
The station was first founded on April 11, 1994, as an unnamed station and signed-on on November 12, 1994, as a Studio Mooshroom Television channel. The station was built next door to DIC as a way to get syndicated programming from the company. The company's bond with DIC was fairly strong. At least until 1999, when its parent company, Studio Mooshroom Television Stations, closed down the deal in favor of the short-lived Discovery Kids on SMTN block (and later, Bullseye, their block). In 2004, it was clear that this was Studio Mooshroom's superstation. In 2013, SMTS announced that all of their stations would be adding a 24-hour version of their male-oriented action block, Bullseye.

Studio Mooshroom's Merger with HiT
On November 2, 2020, Studio Mooshroom announced that they would be merging with HiT Entertainment. On January 4, 2021, the transaction was completed. Studio Mooshroom went bankrupt on March 28, 2021, in order to prevent LandonToei from becoming a monopoly. WLUV announced that their channel affiliation would be changing to NBC.

On April 13, 2021, they replaced Smile with Jetix as well as a MyNetworkTV network following WPAW abandoning its MyNTV. With Jetix getting 6 Am to 8 Pm and MyNetworkTV getting the prime slots. LN airs every Saturday from 11 PM to 4 AM on the channel as well.

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Syndicated Programming
The station offers a handful of syndicated content. The station offers Judge Judy, Landon, and the Flintstones. The block also offers an afternoon slot containing programming from DiC Entertainment as well as a Sunday morning block containing programming syndicated from Fox Kids. It's Cozi TV subchannel includes a Saturday morning lineup containing Playhouse's older programming (such as Mister Roger's Neighborhood, Sesame Street, Thomas the Tank Engine, Sazae-san, and Kipper. Its MyNetworkTV subchannel contains a daytime Jetix lineup airing every day (except for Saturday) from 6 AM to 8 PM and on Saturday from 11 AM to 8 PM. With syndicated programming block Go Time airing from 6 AM to 11 AM instead. It also offers LN every day (except for Saturday) from 11 PM to 4 AM as well as a syndicated anime lineup every Saturday.

News Operations
WLUV operates News programming every day from 5 AM to 8 AM, 6 PM, and 11 PM. Its MyNetworkTV subchannel includes news every day at 5 AM and 10 PM. The station also offers exclusively local programming over the weekend to promote its "Politically Neutral Weekend" message that other LandonToei stations offer.

WLUV DT6
WLUV's 6th digital subchannel is a MyNetworkTV affilate that was launched on April 12, 2021 following the other MyNetworkTV station in the area becoming a TBN station. The MyNetworkTV channel itself, branded as Jetix 64 during the daytime hours and MyLN during the nighttime hours, appears to be a duel Jetix/MyNetworkTV station. The station too offers news programming everyday at 10 PM and 4 AM as well as one hour of Litton Entertainment block, Go Time at 5 AM (as well as 6 to 11 AM on Saturday) to comply with the FCC's regulations. WLUV also announced that Jetix 64 will likely become a full-time station in similar vein to WCIU's station.

Out of coverage Market
WLUV is the official station of the UK and Japan for a major NBC station. Though unlike the station itself, the station is 25% owned by NBCUniversal internationally. It, along with WLAR 38 (Fox), WJLA 7 (ABC), WPIX (The CW), and WTVR (CBS) offer the mainline local channels worldwide.