WOWK-TV

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WOWK-TV
WOWK-TV logo
Huntington/Charleston, West Virginia
Branding WOWK 13 TV (general)
13 News (newscasts)
Slogan Live and Local From Your Hometown
Channels Analog: 13 (VHF)

Digital: 47 (UHF)
13 (post 2009)
Affiliations CBS
Owner West Virginia Media Holdings, LLC
First air date October 2, 1955
Call letters’ meaning Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Former callsigns WHTN-TV (1955-1975)
Former affiliations ABC (1955-1958)
CBS (1958-1962)
ABC (1962-1986)
Transmitter Power 114.8 kW (analog)
562 kW (digital)
Height 414 m (analog)
396 m (digital)
Facility ID 23342
Transmitter Coordinates 38°30′21.8″N, 82°12′32.8″W
Website www.wowktv.com

WOWK-TV is a television station in Huntington, West Virginia. Broadcasting on channel 13, it is the CBS affiliate for the Charleston–Huntington market, the second largest television market (in terms of area) east of the Mississippi River. It is owned by West Virginia Media Holdings and serves 61 counties in central West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio.

The station went on air on October 2, 1955 as WHTN-TV (for HunTingtoN), an ABC affiliate. It swapped affiliations with WCHS-TV and became a CBS station for the first time in 1958. It went back to ABC in 1962 and stayed with that network for 24 years. In 1975, it changed its call letters to WOWK to reflect the three states it served--Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. In 1986, WOWK changed affiliations again, returning to CBS.

The station was headquartered at the Radio Center Building in Huntington from its inception until 1984, when WOWK moved to its current location at 555 Fifth Avenue.

WOWK had been owned by Gateway Communications (which merged with SJL Broadcasting in 2000), until it was sold to West Virginia Media Holdings in 2002. The station's newscasts have long rated third in the market, behind WSAZ-TV and WCHS, although for a time in the mid 90's it was the highest rated station in the Charleston metro area of the market.

[edit] Past personalities

[edit] Past Slogans

  • "Share the Spirit (of West Virginia)"
  • "13 Believes in You"
  • "Live. Local. LateBreaking."
  • "Your Town - Your State - Your Future"

[edit] External links

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Broadcast television in the Huntington / Charleston market  (Nielsen DMA #65)

WSAZ 3 / W16CE 16 (NBC) (MNTV on DT2) - WCHS 8 (ABC) - WVAH 11 (FOX) - WOWK 13 (CBS) - W14CU 14 (HSN) - WKAS 25 (PBS/KET) - WLPX 29 (ION)
WQCW 30 / WOCW 21 / WVCW 45 (The CW) - WPBY 33 (PBS/WVPB) - WPBO 42 (PBS) - WJOS 58 (FMN) - WTSF 61 (DS)

Outlying Areas
WOUB 20 (PBS) - WKPI 22 (PBS/KET) - WYMT 57 (CBS)

Defunct television stations
WKNA 49 (ABC/DuMont)
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CBS Network Affiliates in the state of West Virginia
See also: ABC, The CW, Fox, My Network TV, NBC, PBS, and Other Stations in West Virginia
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West Virginia Media Holdings
Corporate Staff:
Bray Cary (President & CEO)
Weekly Newspaper:
Network Affiliates:

CBS Network Affiliates: WOWK · WTRF · WVNS
Fox Network Affiliates: WTRF-DT2 · WVNS-DT2
MyNetworkTV Affiliate: WVNS-DT2
NBC Network Affiliate: WBOY
Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: www.wvmh.com