WTVW

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WTVW
city =
station_
station_slogan = The Most Local News. The Most Local Coverage.
station_branding = Fox 7
analog = 7 (VHF)
digital = 28 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = Fox
network =
founded =
airdate = August 1956 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says August 26, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says August 21.]
location = Evansville, Indiana
callsign_meaning = TeleVision of Western Indiana
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.
licensee = Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = ABC (1956-1995)
effective_radiated_power = 316 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 305 m (analog)
273 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 3661
coordinates = coord|38|1|26.9|N|87|21|44.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.tristatehomepage.com/ www.tristatehomepage.com]

WTVW is an affiliate of the Fox Network in Evansville, Indiana. It broadcasts on analog channel 7 and digital channel 28. Its transmitter is located in Chandler.

History

Prior to 1995, the station was the ABC affiliate since beginning its broadcasting operations in 1956. In 1995, the station was involved in a three-way affiliation switch which also involved stations WEHT and WEVV. WTVW changed affiliation to Fox, while WEHT changed affiliation from CBS to ABC. Former Fox affiliate WEVV picked up the CBS affiliation. WFIE kept its NBC affiliation.

Throughout the station's affiliations with ABC and Fox, the station has always operated a local news department. Branded for years as "Eyewitness News" until 1995, the station changed branding to "Fox 7 News" following the affiliation switch. News was expanded to two hours on weekday mornings, plus the addition of a 5 p.m. newscast.

Newscasts came and went, with the cancellation of the midday news in the late 1990s, then later the 5 p.m. and finally, the morning news. For a few years this left only the 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. newscasts (the 10 p.m. news had earlier been 'moved' into the 9 p.m. timeslot, and expanded to an hour). However, in March 2002, the morning and midday newscasts made a return, under the names "Fox 7 Morningside" and "Fox 7 Midday," respectively. In 2006, the morning news, now known as "A.M. Evansville," expanded to three hours, the midday newscast moved to a later time slot, and a 6:30 p.m. weeknight newscast was added to the schedule.

The news branding changed a number of times as well, from "Fox 7 News" to "Fox 7 First News," then back to "Fox 7 News." The station once briefly used "WTVW NewsChannel 7" before again returning to the "Fox 7 News" title.

WTVW is owned by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group, which acquired the station in 2003 as part of its purchase of Quorum Broadcasting. Previous ownership included Woods Communications, and before Quorum, Petracom Communications, which had switched the station's network affiliation.

Broadcating Range

WTVW can be picked up by antenna in every county in Southeastern Illinois, Southwestern Indiana, and Northwestern Kentucky, as well as just about every county bordering these regions.Their Warning Area consists of all ten Southeastern Illinois Counties, all eleven Southwestern Indiana Counties, all nine Northwestern Kentucky counties plus two more in South Central Indiana: Crawford and Orange, two more in North Central Kentucky: Breckinridge and Grayson, and one more in Southern Illinois: Hardin

Logo History

Trivia

* Jackie Monroe, the weekday 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. co-anchor for "Fox 7 News," was a contestant on NBC's "Deal or No Deal" on January 24, 2007, where she won $83,000 on a "deal".
* WTVW is one of three original ABC affiliates in Indiana to have switched to Fox. The other two are WBAK (now WFXW) in Terre Haute and WSJV in South Bend.

Personalities

Current

*Randy Moore - Anchor
*Jackie Monroe - Anchor
*Jason Claspell - Anchor
*Lauren Matter - Anchor
*Kelli Carlisle - Weekend Anchor/Reporter
*Ron Rhodes - Meteorologist
*Matt Madigan - Meteorologist
*Lauren Jones - Weekend Weather/Reporter
*Doug Kufner - Sports Anchor
*Rick Peltier - Sports Reporter
*LaTonya Stephens - Reporter
*Julie Dolan - Reporter
*Michael Chesney - Reporter
*Sarah Lovett - Western Kentucky Reporter

Notable Alumni

*Rob Spicker, Weekend Anchor (now Morning Anchor at WINK-TV Fort Myers, FL, was at WFTS-TV in Tampa, FL, also been on Good Morning America, Weather Channel and ABC Radio)
*Jennifer McGilvray, reporter (now at WISH-TV Indianapolis)
*Chris Cannon, Morning/Midday anchor (now at WTVF-TV Nashville)
*Casey Stegall, reporter (now network correspondent for FOX News Channel, Los Angeles)
*Jill Carlson, sports anchor/reporter (currently sports anchor at WFLD-TV Chicago, Fox O & O. Was first daily female sports anchor in Chicago)

External links

* [http://www.wtvw.com/ Fox 7 WTVW home page]
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References