- WTRF-DT2
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WTRF-DT2
station_
location =Wheeling, West Virginia /Steubenville, Ohio
station_branding = Fox Ohio Valley| station_slogan = Live and Local
From Your Town
analog =Comcast 12| digital = WTRF-DT 32.2 (PSIP 7.2) (UHF )| affiliations = Fox (primary)MyNetworkTV (secondary)
owner =West Virginia Media Holdings
founded =2007
callsign_meaning = seeWTRF-TV
effective_radiated_power = 730.9 kW (digital)
HAAT = 293 m (digital)
facility_id = 6869 (digital)
coordinates = coord|40|3|41.1|N|80|45|8.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.myfoxov.com myfoxov.com]WTRF-DT2 is the primary Fox and secondary
MyNetworkTV -affiliatedtelevision station forWheeling, West Virginia andSteubenville, Ohio . It is a seconddigital subchannel ofCBS affiliateWTRF-TV which is owned byWest Virginia Media Holdings . Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a digital signal onUHF channel 32.2 (virtual channel 7.2) from WTRF's transmitter which is located located in Boydsville, Ohio. WTRF-DT2 is also offered onComcast cable channel 12. The station is known on-air as "Fox Ohio Valley". WTRF-DT2's parent station has studios on 16th Street in downtown Wheeling. Syndicated programming on the station includes: "Everybody Loves Raymond ", "Two and a Half Men ", "TMZ", and "Maury".On weeknights, programming from MyNetworkTV airs from 11 P.M. to 1 A.M. For Saturday prime time, it airs early on Sunday morning from 12:30 to 2:30. Launched in
2007 , WTRF-DT2 is the newest channel in the Wheeling / Steubenville area. Previously,WPGH-TV out of nearby Pittsburgh served the market as thede facto affiliate. However, it is still widely available on cable in the area. WTRF-DT2 was picked up by several cable systems. Since it is on WTRF's second digital subchannel, its officialcall sign is WTRF-DT2. As a result of Fox and MyNetworkTV airing on WTRF-DT2 and the recent launch of ABC on WTRF's third digital subchannel, the tiny Wheeling / Steubenville market no longer lacks any major network affiliate.Newscasts
WTRF-DT2 is home to the Valley's only weeknight 10 o'clock newscast which mirrors WTRF's news format. On weekday mornings, the station rebroadcasts the second hour of WTRF's morning news at 7 A.M.
"7 News at 6 A.M."
"(Weekday Mornings 7 to 8 A.M., rebroadcasted from WTRF)"
*Anchors:
**Nate Fluharty
**Stacy Rich
*Weather:
**Ashley Dougherty"Fox Ohio Valley News"
"(Weeknights 10 to 10:30 P.M.)"
*Anchors:
**Jim Forbes
**Leigh Ann Towne
*Weather:
**Dr. Dave Walker
*Sports:
**Scott Nolte"WTRF-DT2 uses additional news personnel from WTRF. See that article for a complete listing."
External links
* [http://www.myfoxov.com WTRF-DT2 "Fox Ohio Valley"]
* [http://www.wtrf.com/ WTRF-TV/DT "7 News"]
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