WMSN-TV
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| WMSN-TV | |
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| Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Branding | Fox 47 |
| Slogan | Your City/Your Source |
| Channels | Analog: 47 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (WMSN Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | June 8, 1986 |
| Call letters’ meaning | MadiSoN (airport code for Madison's Dane County Airport/Truax Field) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1986) |
| Transmitter Power | 1150 kW (analog) 15 kW (digital) |
| Height | 450 m (analog) 471 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 10221 |
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| Website | www.fox47.com |
WMSN-TV is a Fox station in Madison, Wisconsin. It is a typical Fox station, running primarily first run and off-network syndicated shows along with Fox programming, and a 9:00 p.m. newscast. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcasting Group. Its transmitter is located in Madison.
WMSN began as an independent station before becoming affiliated with Fox; WKOW Television, Inc. manages and directs Fox 47 News at Nine.
WMSN is located on Big Sky Drive, the site of the former Big Sky Drive-In Theater. For several years, WMSN broadcast "Big Sky Theater" on Saturday nights, featuring classic movies, mostly westerns, from the drive-in era.
Sinclair and Fox recently finalized a six-year affiliation contract extension for Sinclair's 19 Fox affiliates, including WMSN. WMSN's affiliation contract now expires in March 2012. [1]
WMSN is a station that still signs off at night, doing so at 2:05 am Monday morning and returning to the air at 5:00 am.
[edit] Fox 47 News at 9 On-air Personalities
- Julie Lund (Weekday Anchor)
- Laurie Mercurio (Chief Meteorologist)
- Matt Zahn (Sports Director)
- Paul Garcia (Sports)
- Jake Zimmermann (Sports)
- Amanda Wagner (Weekend Anchor)
- Kelly Curran (Weekend Meteorologist)
- Brian Custar (Sports)
Former personalities
- Kim Sveum (Now with WKOW-TV, Madison, WI)
- Mitch Weber (Now in Green Bay, WI)
- Jay Wilson (Sports) Retired
- Marc Lovicott (Now with WISC-TV, Madison, WI)
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