WOWK-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WOWK-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = From Studios in Charleston and Huntington
station_branding = WOWK 13 TV (general)
13 News (newscasts)
analog = 13 (VHF)
digital = 47 (UHF)
13 (post 2009)
other_chs =
affiliations = CBS
network =
founded =
airdate = October 2, 1955
location = Huntington/Charleston, West Virginia
callsign_meaning = Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
former_callsigns = WHTN-TV (1955-1975)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = West Virginia Media Holdings, LLC
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = ABC (1955-1958)
CBS (1958-1962)
ABC (1962-1986)
effective_radiated_power = 114.8 kW (analog)
562 kW (digital)
HAAT = 414 m (analog)
396 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 23342
coordinates = coord|38|30|21.8|N|82|12|32.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.wowktv.com/ www.wowktv.com]

WOWK-TV is a television station in Huntington, West Virginia. Broadcasting on channel 13, it is the CBS affiliate for the Charleston–Huntington market, the second largest television market (in terms of area) east of the Mississippi River. It is owned by West Virginia Media Holdings and serves 61 counties in central West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio.

The station went on air on October 2, 1955 as WHTN-TV (for HunTingtoN), an ABC affiliate. It swapped affiliations with WCHS-TV and became a CBS station for the first time in 1958. It went back to ABC in 1962 and stayed with that network for 24 years. In 1975, it changed its call letters to WOWK to reflect the three states it served--Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. In 1986, WOWK changed affiliations again, returning to CBS.

The station was headquartered at the Radio Center Building in Huntington from its inception until 1984, when WOWK moved to its current location at 555 Fifth Avenue.

WOWK had been owned by Gateway Communications (which merged with SJL Broadcasting in 2000), until it was sold to West Virginia Media Holdings in 2002. The station's newscasts have long rated third in the market, behind WSAZ-TV and WCHS, although for a time in the mid 90's it was the highest rated station in the Charleston metro area of the market.

News team

Anchors
*Sandra Coles - weeknights 6, 7 & 11pm
*Rick Dayton - weeknights 6, 7 & 11pm
*Gina Long - weekday mornings/reporter
*Jack Kane - weekday mornings & Noon/reporter
*Craig McKee - weekday mornings

Meteorologists
*Spencer Adkins - weeknights chief meteorologist
*Jared Hoffman - meteorologist
*Alexandra Wilson - meteorologist
*Jason Kratzwald - meteorologist

Sports
*Steve McGehee - sports director
*Jared Fialko - sports/news reporter

Reporters
*Martina Bills - reporter
*Dee DeLancey - reporter
*Sara Gavin - reporter
*Sarah Lieu - consumer reporter
*Gil McClanahan - reporter
*Kristen Sell - reporter
*Deanne Stein - reporter
*Nicky Walters - reporter
*Jon Bernard - webmaster

Past personalities

*Matt Lauer, anchor (1979-1980)

Past Slogans

*"We're the One To Turn To" (late 70's)
*"Share the Spirit (of West Virginia)"
*"13 Believes in You"
*"Live. Local. LateBreaking."
*"Your Town - Your State - Your Future"

Digital television

Analog-to-digital conversion

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009 http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf] , WOWK-TV will move its digital broadcasts back to its present analog channel number, 13. [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cbds/forms/prod/cdmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101234258&formid=387&fac_num=23342 CDBS Print ] ]

References

External Links

* [http://www.wowktv.com/ WOWK Website]
* [http://www.wvmh.com/ West Virginia Media]
*TVQ|WOWK
*BIA|WOWK|TV|TV