WHIZ-TV

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WHIZ-TV
Zanesville, Ohio
Branding	WHIZ-TV News 18
Channels	Analog: 18 (UHF) Digital: 40 (UHF)
Affiliations	NBC
Owner	Southeastern Ohio Broadcasting System, Inc. (Southeastern Ohio Television System)
First air date	May 23, 1953
Call letters’ meaning	We're Here In Zanesville
Sister station(s)	WHIZ (AM), WHIZ-FM
Former channel number(s)	50 (1953-1955)
Former affiliations	All secondary: CBS/ABC (1953-1966) DuMont (1953-1955)
Transmitter Power	589 kW (analog) 620 kW (digital)
Height	161 m (analog) 169 m (digital)
Facility ID	61216
Transmitter Coordinates	39°55′42″N, 81°59′7″W
Website	www.whiznews.com

WHIZ-TV is the NBC affiliate in Zanesville, Ohio and its media market. Construction on WHIZ-TV began in 1952 at the Downard Road site for Zanesville's first television station. On May 23, 1953, WHIZ-TV began broadcasting on Channel 50, with just enough power to reach the 500 or so television sets in the Zanesville area. A year and a half later, WHIZ-TV moved to Channel 18, and increased its power output to 186 kW in addition to operating broadcast translators on Channel 71 in Coshocton and Channel 80 in Cambridge. In 1986, increased power output to 589 kW with a new antenna, and introduced stereo sound. Although this station is somewhat overshadowed by network affiliates in the nearby Columbus, Ohio market such as WCMH-TV, WHIZ-TV provides local news to its limited local area. In addition, WHIZ-TV provides local sports programming, including local basketball games on Friday. It is the only major television station in Zanesville, with the others being a PBS affiliate (WOUC-TV) and a TBN repeater (W16BT). Whiz is a local station that is low on graphics and not "HD".

WHIZ-TV has been a primary NBC affiliate since the station began but did not become a full-time NBC affiliate until 1966. It originally aired a mixture of ABC, CBS and NBC programming, as well as DuMont programming for a short period. In 2003, WHIZ-TV began broadcasting in digital on Channel 40.

[edit] Other stations

The WHIZ Media Group also operates the local CW Plus stations WBZV (Zanesville) and WBPB (Parkersburg), in addition to their radio outlets, WHIZ (AM) and WHIZ-FM ("Z102"). WHIZ stands for "We're here in Zanesville".

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WHIZ-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WHIZ-TV

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Zanesville market (Nielsen DMA #202) W16BT 16 (TBN) - WHIZ 18 (NBC) - WOUC 44 (PBS) Local cable television channels: WBZV Cable 13 (The CW) See also: Broadcast television stations in the Columbus, OH, Parkersburg, WV, and Wheeling, WV Markets

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Parkersburg market  (Nielsen DMA #190) WTAP 15 (NBC, FOX on DT2, MNTV on DT3) - W26AL 26 (TBN) - W57AG 57 (PBS/WVPB) Local cable television channels WBPB (The CW/The CW Plus) Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location Columbus: WSYX 6 (ABC) - WBNS 10 (CBS) - WOUB 20 (PBS) Huntington / Charleston: WSAZ 3 (NBC) - WCHS 8 (ABC) - WVAH 11 (FOX) - WOWK 13 (CBS) See also television stations in the Wheeling, WV, Zanesville, OH and Columbus, OH television markets.

v • d • e NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Ohio WDTN 2 (Dayton) - WKYC 3 (Cleveland) - WCMH 4 (Columbus) - WLWT 5 (Cincinnati) - WTOV 9 (Steubenville) - WHIZ 18 (Zanesville) - WFMJ 21 (Youngstown) - WNWO 24 (Toledo) - WLIO 35 (Lima) See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, PBS, MyNetworkTV, CW and Other stations in Ohio