WTVW

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WTVW
Evansville, Indiana
Branding Fox 7
Slogan The Most Local News. The Most Local Coverage.
Channels Analog: 7 (VHF)

Digital: 28 (UHF)
Affiliations Fox
Owner Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.
(Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.)
First air date August 1956[1]
Call letters’ meaning TeleVision of Western Indiana
Former affiliations ABC (1956-1995)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height 305 m (analog)
273 m (digital)
Facility ID 3661
Transmitter Coordinates 38°1′26.9″N, 87°21′44.3″W
Website www.tristatehomepage.com

WTVW is an affiliate of the Fox Network in Evansville, Indiana. It broadcasts on analog channel 7 and digital channel 28. Its transmitter is located in Chandler.

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[edit] History

Prior to 1995, the station was the ABC affiliate since beginning its broadcasting operations in 1956. In 1995, the station was involved in a three-way affiliation switch which also involved stations WEHT and WEVV. WTVW changed affiliation to Fox, while WEHT changed affiliation from CBS to ABC. Former Fox affiliate WEVV picked up the CBS affiliation. WFIE kept its NBC affiliation.

Throughout the station's affiliations with ABC and Fox, the station has always operated a local news department. Branded for years as Eyewitness News until 1995, the station changed branding to Fox 7 News following the affiliation switch. News was expanded to two hours on weekday mornings, plus the addition of a 5 p.m. newscast.

Newscasts came and went, with the cancellation of the midday news in the late 1990s, then later the 5 p.m. and finally, the morning news. For a few years this left only the 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. newscasts (the 10 p.m. news had earlier been 'moved' into the 9 p.m. timeslot, and expanded to an hour). However, in March 2002, the morning and midday newscasts made a return, under the names Fox 7 Morningside and Fox 7 Midday, respectively. In 2006, the morning news, now known as A.M. Evansville, expanded to three hours, the midday newscast moved to a later time slot, and a 6:30 p.m. weeknight newscast was added to the schedule.

The news branding changed a number of times as well, from Fox 7 News to Fox 7 First News, then back to Fox 7 News. The station once briefly used WTVW NewsChannel 7 before again returning to the Fox 7 News title.

WTVW is owned by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group, which acquired the station in 2003 as part of its purchase of Quorum Broadcasting. Previous ownership included Woods Communications, and before Quorum, Petracom Communications, which had switched the station's network affiliation.

[edit] Logo History

When WTVW was an ABC affiliate, it used the original version of the Circle 7 logo until 1995 when it became a Fox affiliate.

WTVW's First Logo as a Fox affiliate

WTVW Logo 1998-2000

WTVW Logo 2000-2004

WTVW became NewsChannel 7 for a short time in 2005, until switching back to FOX 7.

WTVW FOX 7 Today (Its logo looks very similar to sister station WFXW in Terre Haute)

[edit] Trivia

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The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.
  • Jackie Monroe, the weekday 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. co-anchor for Fox 7 News, was a contestant on NBC's Deal or No Deal on January 24, 2007, where she won $83,000 on a "deal".
  • WTVW is one of three original ABC affiliates to have switched to Fox. The other two are also located in Indiana: WBAK (now WFXW) in Terre Haute and WSJV in South Bend, but unlike WTVW, those are UHF stations (WFXW is on channel 38 and WSJV is on channel 28).

[edit] Notable WTVW Alumni

  • Rob Spicker, Weekend Anchor (now at WFTS-TV Tampa, FL, also been on Good Morning America, Weather Channel and ABC Radio)
  • Jennifer McGilvray, reporter (now at WISH-TV Indianapolis)
  • Chris Cannon, Morning/Midday anchor (now at WTVF-TV Nashville)
  • Casey Stegall, reporter (now network correspondent for FOX News Channel, Los Angeles)

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says August 26, while the Television and Cable Factbook says August 21.
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Broadcast television in the Evansville market (Nielsen DMA #101)

Local television stations
WJPS-LP 4 (Ind) - WTVW 7 (FOX) - WNIN 9 (PBS) - WFIE 14 (NBC, 24/7 Weather on DT2) - WAZE 19/17 (The CW) - W23BV 23 (3ABN) - WEHT 25 (ABC, Weather radar on DT2) - WKOH 31 (PBS/KET) - W38BK 38 (TBN) - WTSN-LP 41 (MNTV) - WEVV 44 (CBS, WTSN-LP (MNTV) on DT2)

Outlying areas
W06BD 6 (Ind) - WCJT-LP 12 (Ind) - WJTS-LP 27 (A1) - WKMA 35 (PBS/KET)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location; some stations may be available only on cable.
WUSI 16 (PBS, Olney) - WVUT 22 (PBS, Vincennes) - WDRB 41 (FOX, Louisville)
See also Broadcast television in the St. Louis, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky markets
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Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Indiana
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Religious and Other stations in the state of Indiana
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Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.

Corporate Staff: Perry A. Sook (President & CEO) · Matt Devine (CFO) · Duane A. Lammers (COO) · Timothy Busch · Brian Jones · Shirley E. Green · Susana G. Schuler-Willingham · Richard Stolpe · Paul Greeley · Blake R. Battaglia · Erik Brooks · Jay M. Grossman · Brent Stone · Royce Yudkoff · Geoff Armstrong · Michael Donovan · I. Martin Pompadur
ABC Network Affiliates: KAMC1 · KMID · KODE1 · KQTV · KSVI · WDHN · WJET · WTVO1 · WUTR1
CBS Network Affiliates: KLBK · KLST · KOLR1 · KTAB · WCIA · WMBD · WROC · WTAJ · WYOU1
The CW Network Affiliate: WLYH
Fox Network Affiliates: KARD · KCIT1 · KHMT1 · KFTA1 · KJTL1 · KSFX · WFFT · WFXP1 · WFXV · WFXW1 · WQRF · WTVW · WUHF3 · WYZZ3
MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KJBO1 · KCPN1 · WCFN · WPNY · WTVO1
NBC Network Affiliates: KARK · KAMR · KBTV · KFDX · KNWA · KRBC1 · KSAN1 · KSNF · KTAL · KTVE1 · WBRE · WHAG · WTWO
1Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting.
2Sale of the station to Mission Broadcasting is awaiting FCC approval. Nexstar will continue to operate the station.
3Nexstar operates these stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Annual Revenue: $226.1 million USD (2005) · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: NXST · Website: www.nexstarbroadcasting.com