WYCW

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WYCW
city = Asheville, North Carolina
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Carolinas' CW
NewsChannel 7 HD
analog = 62 (UHF)
digital = 45 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = The CW
network =
founded =
airdate = 1985
location = Asheville, North Carolina -
Greenville / Spartanburg, South Carolina
callsign_meaning = We're Your CW
former_callsigns = WASV-TV (1985-2006)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Media General
licensee = Media General Communications Holdings, LLC
sister_stations = WSPA-TV
WNEG-TV
former_affiliations = Independent (1985-1997)
The WB (1997-1999)
UPN (1997-2006, secondary until 1999)
effective_radiated_power = 5,000 kW (analog)
1,000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 556 m (analog)
555 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 70149
coordinates = coord|35|13|20.5|N|82|32|56.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.carolinascw.com/ carolinascw.com]

WYCW, channel 62, is the CW-affiliated television station for western North and South Carolina that is licensed to Asheville, North Carolina. Its transmitter is located in rural southwestern Henderson County, North Carolina. Owned by Media General, the station is sister to CBS affiliate WSPA-TV. The two stations share studios on International Drive in Spartanburg. Syndicated programming on WYCW includes: "Dr. Phil", "The King of Queens", "Family Guy", and "That '70s Show".

History

WYCW began operation in 1985 as WASV-TV, a locally owned station. It was licensed as a full-power station but operated at low-power initially simulcasting Christian programs from WGGS. The station began to run infomercials and shop-at-home programming in the early-1990s. It was sold in 1995 to Pappas Telecasting, which previously owned WHNS, and began to transmit at full-power in 1996. At that time, Pappas entered into a local marketing agreement (LMA) with WSPA which took control of WASV's programming and airtime. The WB moved from secondary status on WSPA to primary affiliation on WASV in October of 1997. The station also became a secondary UPN affiliate.

The station identified on-air as "The New 62" from 1997 to 2002 and then as "Super 62" from 2002 until early-2004. From 1998 to 2000, WASV aired sporting events pre-empted from CBS and NBC (that local affiliates WSPA and WYFF-TV pre-empted in favor of local programming, special reports, or yearly telethons). The WB affiliation moved to WBSC on September 6, 1999 and WASV became a primary UPN station branded as "UPN 62". WASV continued its local marketing agreement with WSPA even after the latter was sold to Media General in 2000. The station was purchased outright by Media General in 2001. In its first year from 1997-1998, WASV signed off every night around Midnight until 7 A.M. Later in 1998 they began 24/7 broadcasting by running Shop At Home in the overnight hours. Since late-2005 / early-2006, they have discontinued Shop At Home and now run movies, infomercials, and other programming.

On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents: CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. On February 22, News Corporation announced that they would start up another new network called MyNetworkTV. This new service, which would be a sister network to Fox, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division, Twentieth Television. MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming independent.

It was also created to compete against The CW. On March 2, 2006, it was announced that WBSC (now WMYA-TV), the Sinclair Broadcast Group-controlled WB affiliate, would become an affiliate of MyNetworkTV effective September 5. Nearly four weeks later, on March 28, it was confirmed that WASV would join The CW network. WASV officially changed its call letters to WYCW on April 22. However, it continued to use its previous WASV call letters on-air until UPN officially ceased operations on September 15. When The CW launched on September 18, the station re-branded itself as "Carolinas' CW".

Newscasts

Sister station WSPA produces three newscasts for WYCW. This includes weekday mornings and evenings as well as on the weekends. On September 16, 2007, WSPA began producing their newscasts in high definition and adopted graphics similar to what is used at sister station WFLA-TV. It was the first television station in South Carolina to upgrade local news broadcasts to HD level. The WYCW newscasts were included in the upgrade. The nightly 10 o'clock news is presented in an interactive format. In 2008, anchor Amy Wood launched "CW Live Chat". It is one of the nation's first live chats conducted during a newscast. She hosts the chat on weeknights while simultaneously anchoring on-the-air.

"NewsChannel 7 Daybreak on Carolinas' CW"
"(Weekday Mornings 7 to 9 A.M.)"
*Anchor:
**Heather Sullivan
*Weather:
**Dan Bickford
*Reporter:
**Carrie Davis

"Carolinas' CW News at 10" "(10 to 10:30 P.M.)"
"Weeknights"
*Anchor:
**Amy Wood
*Weather:
**Christy Henderson
*Sports:
**Pete Yanity

"Weekends"
*Anchor:
**Dianne Derby
*Weather:
**Richard McCollough
*Sports:
**Todd Summers

"WYCW features additional news personnel from WSPA. See that article for a complete listing."

External links

* [http://www.carolinascw.com/ WYCW "Carolinas' CW"]
* [http://www.wspa.com WSPA-TV/DT "NewsChannel 7 HD"]
*TVQ|WYCW