WYZZ-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WYZZ-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Your Place to Be (general)
An Hour Earlier & Never Too Late (news)
station_branding = Fox 43
analog = 43 (UHF)
digital = 28 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = 43.1 Fox HD (720p)
network =
founded =
airdate = October 18, 1982
location = Bloomington/Peoria, Illinois
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WBLN (1982-1985)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
"(operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.)"
licensee = WYZZ Licensee, Inc.
sister_stations = WMBD-TV
former_affiliations = independent (1982-1986)
effective_radiated_power = 1120 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 293 m (both)
class =
facility_id = 5875
coordinates = coord|40|38|40.5|N|89|10|45.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/ www.centralillinoisproud.com]

WYZZ Fox 43 is the only TV station licensed to Bloomington, Illinois. Channel 43 was founded as WBLN by members of Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois on October 18, 1982, but is unrelated to the old WBLN on channel 15 in the 1950s. Channel 43 was later sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station is still owned by Sinclair, but is managed by Nexstar Broadcasting Group as a sister station of WMBD-TV. WYZZ's transmitter is located near a dairy farm in Congerville, Illinois.

In May 2006, Sinclair and Fox Broadcasting Company finalized a six-year affiliation contract extension for Sinclair's 19 Fox affiliates, including WYZZ. WYZZ's affiliation contract now expires in March 2012. [cite web
url=http://www.sbgi.net/press/2006/release_200652_160.shtml
title="Sinclair Secures Renewal of FOX Station Affiliations"
author=Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
archiveurl=http://www.newscentral.tv/news_releases/2006/release_200652_160.pdf
archivedate=2007-04-03
type=PDF
accessdate=2007-09-07 See also Sinclair Broadcast Group second quarter 2006 10-Q SEC filing: "FOX has agreed to provide each affiliate station with two hours of programming on Monday to Friday, seven hours on Saturday and four hours on Sunday. Each Affiliation Agreement will expire on March 6, 2012."]

Digital Television

After the analog television shutdown scheduled for February 17, 2009 http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf] , WYZZ will remain on channel 28, using PSIP to display WYZZ's virtual channel as 43.

Current on-air personalities

*Will Koch
*Chuck CollinsThe rest are reporters/anchors from WMBD-TV.

Former on-air personalities

*Maria Henneberry (News anchor)
*Mitch Robinson (creator and host of the former Fox 43 Kids Club)
*Missy (of the former Fox 43 Kids Club)

External links

* [http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/ WYZZ Fox 43] - station site (shared with WMBD)
*TVQ|WYZZ
*BIA|WYZZ|TV|TV

References