WROC-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WROC-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = We're your Eye on Rochester.
station_branding = News8 Now
analog = 8 (VHF)
digital = 45 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = CBS (1989-Present)
network =
founded =
airdate = June 11, 1949
location = Rochester, New York
callsign_meaning = ROChester
former_callsigns = WHAM-TV (1949-1956)
former_channel_numbers = 6 (1949-1954)
5 (1954-1962)
owner = Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.
licensee = Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
sister_stations = WUHF
former_affiliations = NBC (1949-1989)
DuMont secondary (1949-1955) [http://www.ellwanger.tv/collect/tvg/eds/old/lo.html]
effective_radiated_power = 316 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 152 m (analog)
122.3 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 73964
coordinates = coord|43|8|8.3|N|77|35|1.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://rochesterhomepage.net/ www.rochesterhomepage.net]

WROC-TV is the CBS affiliate in Rochester, New York. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 8 and its digital signal on UHF channel 45. The station is owned and operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group. Its transmitter is located on Pinnacle Hill in Brighton, New York.

WROC was the market's first television station, signing on June 11, 1949 as WHAM-TV, an NBC affiliate, on channel 6. The station was also affiliated with the now defunct DuMont Television Network. [http://www.ellwanger.tv/collect/tvg/eds/old/lo.html] It was owned by Stromberg-Carlson, a telephone equipment manufacturer, along with WHAM radio. It moved to channel 5 on July 24, 1954 due to interference issues with CBLT, which operated on channel 6 in Toronto, about 70 miles (150 km) away on the north shore of Lake Ontario. Stromberg-Carlson sold its broadcast holdings in 1956. WHAM-TV was sold to Transcontinent Broadcasting of Buffalo and changed its calls to WROC-TV. (The WHAM-TV callsign is now used on channel 13, previously WOKR-TV.) The station switched to channel 8 on September 8, 1962 as part of a channel reassignment involving stations in Rochester and Syracuse. After 40 years with NBC, WROC joined CBS in 1989, swapping affiliations with WHEC-TV.

The station has changed owners several times over the years. In 1961, Transcontinent sold the station to Veterans Broadcasting Company, which had just sold its half of what is today WHEC-TV to Gannett earlier that year. Veterans merged with Rust Craft Broadcasting in 1964. Ziff Davis bought out Rust Craft in 1979. WROC and then-sister stations WEYI-TV in Saginaw, Michigan, WRDW-TV in Augusta, Georgia and WTOV-TV in Steubenville, Ohio were sold to Television Station Partners LP in 1983. Television Station Partners sold WROC along with WEYI and WTOV to Smith Broadcasting in 1996. Nexstar bought WROC in 1999.

The station's syndicated programming includes "Jeopardy!", "Wheel of Fortune", "Montel" and "Inside Edition". Its newscasts are currently titled "News 8 Now."

For many years WROC-TV was one of 3 Rochester area stations offered on Cable in the Ottawa/Gatineau and Eastern Ontario regions. The Rochester area stations were replaced with Detroit stations when the microwave relay system that provided these signals was discontinued. However, WROC and several other Rochester stations are still on cable in several communities along the north shore of Lake Ontario, such as Belleville and Cobourg.

News cast

Anchors

*Kevin Doran
*Maureen McGuire
*Katrina Irwin

Reporters

*Evan Axelbank
*Jecoliah Ellis
*Kevin Jolly
*Matt Molloy
*Meghan Backus
*Ali Touhey

Weather

*Scott Hetsko
*Brian Neudorff
*Bob Metcalfe

ports

*John Kucko
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*Thad Brown

Past personalities

*Marty Aarons, former Anchor
*Linda Allen, former Anchor, now at WJTV Jackson, MS
*Melanie Barnas, former Morning and Noon Anchor
*Rachel Barnhart, former Reporter, now at WHAM-TV Rochester
*Duane Brozek, former Anchor/Features Reporter
*Virginia Butler, former Anchor, now at R News Rochester
*Ty Chandler, former Reporter, now at KCTV Kansas City
*Chris Cimino, former Meteorologist, now at WNBC-TV New York
*Eric Collins, former Reporter, now at ESPN
*Christine Crafts, former Meteorologist, now at SUNY Brockport
*Brett Davidsen, former Reporter, now at WHEC-TV Rochester
*Tom Decker, former Anchor
*J.C. DeLass, former Sports Anchor, now station manager at WYSL-AM
*Robin DeWind, former Anchor/Reporter, now at WHEC-TV Rochester
*Tina Dunbar, former Reporter
*Jerry Fiore, former Anchor/Features Reporter
*Pete Gallivan, former Reporter, now at WGRZ Buffalo
*Rob Haswell, former Meteorologist, now at WITI Milwaukee
*Kai Kim, former Anchor
*Bob Kirk, former Anchor
*Valerie Lacy, former Anchor
*Lia Lando, former Anchor
*Steve Levine, former "On Your Side" Investigative Reporter now at WBFF, Baltimore
*Johanne Lochard, former Reporter, now at KSAT-TV San Antonio
*Melissa Long, former Anchor/Reporter, now at CNN
*Dave McKinley Former Acchor and Reporters Now at WGRZ-TV Buffalo NY
*Wanda Miller, former Anchor
*Anne Montgomery, former sports reporter (1980s), later at ESPN, now a teacher at South Mountain High School
*Bob Mills, former Weather
*Matt Morano, former Meterolgist, now at News 14 Carolina
*Jonathan Myers, former Meteorologist, now at WWL-TV New Orleans
*Wanda Neal, former Reporter
*Cathy Orosz, former Reporter, now at WITI Milwaukee
*Jim Parsons, former Anchor, now at WTAE-TV Pittsburgh
*Renee Phillips, former Anchor
*Glenn Richards, former Meteorologist, now at WOFL-TV Orlando
*Dave Savini, former Reporter, now at WBBM-TV Chicago
*Lisa Scott, former Anchor, now at WIVB-TV Buffalo
*Peter Standring, former Reporter, now at NOVA ScienceNOW (PBS)
*John Stehlin former Meteorologist
*Bob Stokes, former Meteorologist, formerly of The Weather Channel
*Robin Taylor, former Reporter
*Liz Vega, former Anchor
*Jacquie Walker, former Anchor, now at WIVB-TV Buffalo
*Darin Watkins, former Anchor
*Joylynn Whitfield, former Reporter
*Kevin Williams, former Chief Meteorologist, now at WHEC-TV Rochester
*Mark Wolf, former Anchor
*Mary Beth Wrobel, former Chief Meteorologist, now at WIVB-TV Buffalo
*Dave Yates, former Sports Anchor/Reporter

External links

* [http://www.rochesterhomepage.net/ WROC-TV Homepage]
* [http://www.rnyn.com/wroc.htm RNYN - WROC Television]
* [http://www.nexstar.tv/stations/wroc.asp Nexstar Broadcasting Group: WROC Station Profile]
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