- WOAY-TV
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WOAY-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = TV4 (general)
NewsWatch 4 (newscasts)
analog = 4 (VHF)
digital = 50 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = ABC
network =
founded =
airdate =December 14 ,1954
location = Oak Hill/Beckley/Bluefield, West Virginia
callsign_meaning = WOAK, standing for OAK Hill was intended, but handwritten application was misread by FCC
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Thomas Broadcasting Company
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = DuMontCBS UPN (secondary)
effective_radiated_power = 100 kW (analog)
600 kW (digital)
HAAT = 226 m (analog)
200.1 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 66804
coordinates = coord|37|57|26.7|N|81|9|2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.woay.com/ www.woay.com]WOAY is a broadcast
television station in southernWest Virginia and locally owned by Thomas Broadcasting. It is licensed to the town of Oak Hill and It is affiliated with ABC.History
WOAY took to the airwaves on December 14, 1954.
In previous decades, the station was known throughout the area for a very theatrical
professional wrestling show that it produced itself with local "talent." However, this ended shortly after Thomas Broadcasting took over ownership in 1979, when the station's main studio, control room, office and transmitter building burned to the ground. The station's studio, control room and transmitter were relocated and rebuilt in the adjacent wrestling arena, where they remain today.As for programming, WOAY clears the entire ABC schedule, with the exception of
World News Now , which is available on cable systems throughout the area when WOAY signs off; andWorld News Sunday, which WOAY has long since pre-empted.WOAY still signs-off every night, resuming at 6:00 a.m., making it a few in the country to still sign-off every night.
Current Personalities
Anchors
*Bob Brunner: News Director/Reporter
*Alycia Pence: Morning Anchor/Morning Weather
*Mike Pickett: Weekend Anchor/Reporter
*Kandi Lynn: Noon Anchor/Reporter
*Keke Vencill: 6 pm and 11 pm AnchorReporters
*Leslie Draffin: Reporter
*Matt Earle: Reporter
*Kristin Sommer: Assignment Editor/ReporterWeather
*Ross Ellet: Chief Meteorologist
*Bryan Shaw: Weekend Meteorologist/Reporterports
*Marty Longhi: Sports Anchor
*Dan Toth: Sports DirectorDigital television
WOAY-TV will be leaving analog channel 4 (at this frequency will be reassigned for non-television use) and will remain on digital channel 50 after the analog shutdown of February 17, 2009. [http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf]
External Links
* [http://www.woay.com/ WOAY Online]
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