WTOC-TV
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| WTOC-TV | |
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| Savannah, Georgia | |
| Branding | WTOC 11 (general)/ THE News (news programming) |
| Slogan | The Southeast News Leader |
| Channels | Analog: 11 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner | Raycom Media, Inc. (WTOC License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | February 14, 1954 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Welcome To Our City |
| Former affiliations | All secondary: NBC (1954-1956) ABC (1954-1970) DuMont (1954-1955) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) 422 kW (digital) |
| Height | 445 m (analog) 420 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 590 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.wtoc.com |
WTOC-TV, channel 11, is the CBS affiliate in Savannah, Georgia. Its transmitter is located in downtown Savannah. It is owned by Raycom Media.
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[edit] History
In October 1929, WTOC-AM signed on as the first radio station in the Savannah area, an enterprise of the Junior Board of Trade, a civic group that was the forerunner of the Savannah Jaycees. It was later purchased by William Knight, Jr., who later added an FM station in 1946
On Valentine's Day 1954, Knight took a great financial risk and established WTOC-TV as the first television station in the Savannah area. WTOC radio had long been Savannah's CBS affiliate, so WTOC-TV joined CBS and has been with that network ever since. It carried programming from all three networks for two years until WSAV-TV signed on in 1956 and took the NBC affiliation. WTOC then shared ABC with WSAV until WJCL signed on in 1970.
Knight sold WTOC-AM-FM-TV to Aflac in 1979. Aflac sold off the radio stations; the AM station is now WTKS and the FM station is now WQBT. In 1996, Aflac sold its entire television group, including WTOC, to a group headed by Retirement Systems of Alabama, who merged it with Ellis Communications to form Raycom Media.
For many years, WTOC broadcast from a studio on Abercorn Street in downtown Savannah. In 1995, it moved to a new studio on the west side of Savannah at Chatham Parkway in 1995, known as "The News Place." Since that time, the downtown building has become the offices for the President of Savannah College of Art and Design. The station's large triangle tower can still be seen today along Abercorn Street.
The station airs 6 hours of news a day, a considerable amount for a station in the 97th market. Unlike most stations which change their graphics and audio after a few years of use, WTOC has used versions of Frank Gari's "Newschannel" since 1987.
WTOC General Manager William Cathcart follows the station's 11PM newscast every two weeks or so with an editorial that espouses extremely right-wing political commentary. Though WTOC's website and mailing address are given after each of these incendiary segments, an opposing viewpoint is never presented on-air.
[edit] News Department
The station won both Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards for news gathering efforts in 2003. In addition, the station pulled in 11 Georgia Associated Press Awards for the 2004. In 2005 Chris Clark won an Emmy for his football special and an Edward R. Murrow award for his story about a high school football player. In 2006 an Emmy was awarded to Mike Manhattan and Zach Powers for Freedom Fighters, a story about 3rd-ID Soldiers in Iraq. In 2007 Zach Powers, Alex Monarch and Chris Clark won an Emmy for editing a special series on Rosa Parks. The same year Chris Clark won the Emmy for best sports reporter.
[edit] Current Personalites
[edit] Anchors
- Sonny Dixon - 5:00, 6:00, Co-Host of Mid-Morning Live at 10:00am.
- Jody Chapin - 5:00, 6:00, Co-Host of Mid-Morning Live at 10:00am.
- Mike Manhatton - 5:30 & 11:00.
- Dawn Baker - 5:30 & 11:00.
- Mike Cihla - Daybreak anchor, Noon, Golf Tip Reporter.
- Karla Redditte - Daybreak.
- Steven Shoob - Update (airs during Early Show from 8-10am for 5 min updates)
[edit] Weekend/Fill-In Anchors
- Liz Flynn- 6:00 7:00 (Saturday), 6:30 (Sunday) & 11:00 anchor.
- Andrew Davis- Daybreak (Saturday)
[edit] Reporters
- Ron Wallace - (general assignment reporter)
- Charles Gray - (electronics reporter/exec. producer)
- Dal Cannady - (bureau chief)
- Jaime Dailey - (low country reporter)
- David Hall - (general assignment reporter)
- Christy Hutchings - (nightbeat reporter)
- Brooke Kelley - (education reporter)
- Don Logana - (investigative reporter)
- Michelle Paynter - (crime beat reporter)
- Melanie Ruberti - (health notes reporter)
[edit] Weather
- Patrick Prokop - (Chief Meteorologist, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, & 11:00 weekdays)
- Dave Turley - (Meteorologist, Daybreak, & Noon weekdays)
- John Wetherbee - (Meteorologist, 6:00, 7:00, & 11:00 Saturday, 6:30 & 11:00 Sunday)
- Ron Wallace - (Weathercaster, Daybreak weekends)
- Melanie Ruberti - (Weathercaster, Fill in Weather)
[edit] Sports
- Rick Snow (Sports Director, 6:00 & 11:00 weekdays)
- Tim Guidera(Sports and Features Reporter)
- Melissa Maikos (Sports Reporter, Sports Anchor for weekend evenings)
[edit] Former Personalities
- Jim Synnott
- Dan Hogan
- Richard Lantz
- Gary Apple
- Wendy Chioji
- Mark Middleton
- Doug Weathers
- Johnny Cole
- Kim Angelastro
- Hena Daniels
- Chris Cowperthwaite
- [Stacey Turner]
- Rona Williams
- Ryan Young
- Chris Clark
- Nicole Teigen
- Dmitra Denmark
- Holly Bristow
- Richard Rogers
- Jill Hayes
[edit] External links
- WTOC-TV homepage
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WTOC
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WTOC-TV
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