WMTV
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| WMTV | |
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| Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Branding | NBC 15 |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Channels | Analog: 15 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | NBC The AccuWeather Channel (DT2) |
| Owner | Gray Television, Inc. (Gray Television Licensee, Inc.) |
| First air date | July 8, 1953 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Watch Madison TeleVision |
| Former channel number(s) | 33 (1953-1960) |
| Former affiliations | Both secondary: ABC (1953-1956) DuMont (1953-1955) |
| Transmitter Power | 891 kW (analog) 56 kW (digital) |
| Height | 415 m (analog) 386.8 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 6870 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | nbc15.madison.com |
WMTV, channel 15, is a NBC television affiliate serving Madison, Wisconsin. It is owned by Gray Television. Its transmitter is located in Madison.
WMTV signed on the air in July 1953 on channel 33 and was an affiliate of ABC, DuMont, and NBC. In 1956, WKOW-TV, which had the CBS affiliation, picked up the ABC affiliation from WMTV after losing CBS to then-new VHF station WISC-TV, thus resulting in WMTV becoming solely affiliated with NBC.
In 1960 WMTV switched channels from 33 to 15, where it remains today.
[edit] Anchors
- Christine Bellport (5am-7am)
- Sarah Carlson (5am-7am)
- Charlie Shortino (5am-7am and 11am Meteorologist)
- Carleen Wild (11am, 4pm and 5pm anchor)
- Leigh Mills (5pm, 6pm, 10pm anchor)
- John Stofflet (6pm, 10pm anchor)
- David George (4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 10pm Meteorologist)
- Robb Vogel (Sports Director)
- Nick Austin (Weekend Sports Anchor)
- Chris Papst (Weekend Morning News Anchor)
- Michelle Riell (Weekend Morning Weather)
- Brock Bergey (Weekend Evening News Anchor)
- Dana Brueck (Weekend Evening News Anchor)
- Amy Carlson (Weekend Evening Weather)
- Adam Elliot(5-7AM WOLX)
- Gabe Buch(4PM WOLX)
[edit] Former on-air personalities
- Diane Carbonara, anchorwoman and award-winning producer at WFLD-TV in Chicago
- Renee Charles
- Craig Coshun(Sports) Now with FSN North
- Elmer Childress (Weather) Now travels with wife June
- Judy Fraser ("Miss Judy" on Romper Room), Now at WCIA-TV
- Mike "Jocko" Jacques (Weekend Sports Anchor) 2005-2007
- Michael McKinney, popular anchor who died in 2006 after a long battle with cancer
- Pam Tauscher
- Jeremy Woods (Sports)
- Sarah Gardner, Weekend Weather Anchor, Writer/producer
- Shawn Prebil, WTDY traffic reporter
- Morgan Welk, WTDY traffic reporter
- Michael Rigsby (Sports) Now runs dirt bike racing website
[edit] External links
- WMTV Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WMTV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WMTV-TV
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