WMTV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WMTV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Coverage You Can Count On
station_branding = NBC 15
analog = 15 (UHF)
digital = 19 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = NBC
The AccuWeather Channel (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = July 8, 1953
location = Madison, Wisconsin
callsign_meaning = Watch Madison TeleVision
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers = 33 (1953-1960)
owner = Gray Television, Inc.
licensee = Gray Television Licensee, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = Both secondary:
ABC (1953-1956)
DuMont (1953-1955)
effective_radiated_power = 891 kW (analog)
56 kW (digital)
HAAT = 415 m (analog)
386.8 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 6870
coordinates = coord|43|3|2.5|N|89|29|13|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://nbc15.com/ nbc15.com]

WMTV, channel 15, is a NBC television affiliate serving Madison, Wisconsin. It is owned by Gray Television. Its transmitter is located in Madison.

WMTV signed on the air in July 1953 on channel 33 and was an affiliate of ABC, DuMont, and NBC. In 1956, WKOW-TV, which had the CBS affiliation, picked up the ABC affiliation from WMTV after losing CBS to then-new VHF station WISC-TV, thus resulting in WMTV becoming solely affiliated with NBC.

In 1960 WMTV switched channels from 33 to 15, where it remains today.

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

*"WMTV News" (1953-1975)
*"WMTV News and Sports Service" (1975-1981)
*"NewsScene 15" (1981-1990)
*"15 News" (1990-1998)
*"NBC 15 News" (1998-present)

tation Slogans

*"Coverage You Can Count On" (1999-present)

Anchors

*Christine Bellport (5am-7am)
*Sarah Carlson (5am-7am)
*Charlie Shortino (5am-7am and 11am Meteorologist)
*Carleen Wild (11am, 4pm and 5pm anchor)
*Leigh Mills (5pm, 6pm, 10pm anchor)
*John Stofflet (6pm, 10pm anchor)
*David George (4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 10pm Meteorologist)
*Robb Vogel (Sports Director)
*Nick Austin (Weekend Sports Anchor)
*Chris Papst (Weekend Morning News Anchor)
*Michelle Riell (Weekend Morning Weather)
*Dana Brueck (Weekend Evening News Anchor)
*Amy Carlson (Weekend Evening Weather)
*Adam Elliot (WOLX traffic reporter)
*Gabe Buch (WOLX traffic reporter)
*Zac Schultz (Reporter)
*Chris Woodard (Reporter)
*Barclay Pollak (Reporter)

Former on-air personalities

*Diane Carbonara, anchorwoman and award-winning producer at WFLD-TV in Chicago
*Steve Rudin, former weather anchor, (now at WJLA in Washington, DC)
*Carole Walker
*Renee Charles
*Craig Coshun(Sports) Now with FSN North
*Elmer Childress (Weather) Now travels with wife June
*Judy Fraser ("Miss Judy" on Romper Room), Now at WCIA-TV
*Mike "Jocko" Jacques (Weekend Sports Anchor) 2005-2007
*Michael McKinney, popular anchor who died in 2006 after a long battle with cancer
*Pam Tauscher
*Jeremy Woods (Sports)
*Jack Eich (Sports Director 1981-1986)
*Sarah Gardner, Weekend Weather Anchor, Writer/producer
*Shawn Prebil, WTDY traffic reporter
*Morgan Welk, WTDY traffic reporter
*Michael Rigsby (Sports) Now runs dirt bike racing website
*Brock Bergey (Weekend Evening News Anchor, Started Weekend Mornings) - Position eliminated

External links

* [http://nbc15.com/ WMTV Website]
*TVQ|WMTV
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