WIBW-TV
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| WIBW-TV | |
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| Topeka, Kansas | |
| Branding | WIBW-TV 13 |
| Slogan | Kansas' News Leader |
| Channels | 13 (VHF) analog, 44 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | CBS MyNetworkTV on DT2 |
| Owner | Gray Television |
| Founded | November 15, 1953 |
| Call letters meaning | Indiana Broadcast Works (original owner of WIBW-AM's predecessor in Logansport, Indiana) |
| Former affiliations | NBC (secondary, 1953-67), ABC (secondary, 1953-83) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) 193 kW (digital) |
| Website | www.wibw.com |
WIBW-TV is the CBS affiliate in Topeka, Kansas. It broadcasts on channel 13 and is owned by Gray Television. Its transmitter is located near Maple Hill, Kansas.
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[edit] History
WIBW, the second television station in Kansas, debuted on November 15, 1953. It was owned by Capper Publications, publisher of the Topeka Daily Capital, along with WIBW-AM 580. It carried programming from all three networks, but was a primary CBS affiliate. Capper persuaded the Federal Communications Commission to make Topeka its own market. While Topeka and its close-in suburbs receive the Kansas City stations very well, some parts of northeastern Kansas get a marginal signal at best.
Channel 13 was the only station in Topeka for 12 years. However, Topeka viewers didn't have to worry about missing their favorite shows, since the Kansas City stations all decently cover Topeka and started appearing on cable in the rest of the market in the 1960s.
In 1957, Stauffer Publications, owner of Topeka's other newspaper, the Topeka State Journal, bought Capper Publications. The two newspapers, which later merged as The Topeka Capital-Journal, and WIBW-AM-FM-TV remained the flagships of Stauffer Publications (later renamed Stauffer Communications) until 1995, when it merged with Morris Communications Corporation of Augusta, Georgia. As a condition of the sale, Morris had to sell Stauffer's television holdings. Most of the former Stauffer television holdings, including WIBW-TV, were sold to Benedek Broadcasting in 1996. In 2002, Benedek merged with WIBW's current owner, Gray Communications, now Gray Television (The radio stations are still owned by Morris today along with the Capital-Journal.).
Beginning in the Fall of 2006, the station's DT2 subcarrier added programming from My Network TV, a network launched by Fox parent News Corporation.
[edit] Trivia
WIBW is one of the few stations west of the Mississippi River whose call sign begins with the letter W. There are two explanations for this anomaly. One dates to WIBW-AM's roots as a station in Logansport, Indiana. It moved to Topeka in 1927. The move was sponsored by Daily Capital owner and Kansas Senator Arthur Capper, who added a W to the initials of the Indiana station's owner, Indiana Broadcast Works.
However, the W/K divide for call signs was not always the Mississippi River, and Kansas was on the eastern side of the original call divide. Thus it was perfectly acceptable to have a W in Kansas.
[edit] Newscasts
Weekdays & Weeknights
- 13 News This Morning (5:30-7:00AM)
- 13 News Midday in Kansas (12:00-12:30PM)
- 13 News at 4
- 13 News Live at 5
- 13 News at 6
- 13 News at 10
- Nine at Nine on My Network Topeka, 13.2 (9:00-9:09PM)
Weekends
- 13 News Saturday Edition (8:00-9:00AM)
- 13 News Sunday Edition (10:00-11:00AM)
- 13 News at 5:30
- 13 News at 6
- 13 News at 10
[edit] Past On-Air Personalities
- Al Austin
- Michelle Bandur (now at KMTV-TV)
- Ben Bauman (now at KTKA-TV)
- Gary Bender
- Mike Binkley
- Heather Claybrook (now at WDAF-TV)
- Homer Cunningham
- Mark Davidson (now at KSNW-TV)
- Win Elliot
- Don Free (now at the Kansas City Royals)
- Ron Harbaugh (now at Topeka Public Schools)
- Amy Hawley (now at KSHB-TV)
- Hilton Hodges
- Jim Hollis (now at Washburn University)
- John Holt (now at WDAF-TV)
- Mike Jerrick (now at Fox News Channel)
- Gordon Jump
- Bob Kearns
- Pat Krueger
- Bill Kurtis
- Jason Lamb (now at WDAF-TV)
- Jolene Leiker
- Mary Loftus
- Mike Marusarz (now at KSHB-TV)
- Sandra Olivas (now at KCTV-TV)
- Ron Paradis
- Steve Physioc
- Russ Ptacek
- Roger Ready
- Dave Relihan (now at WIBW (AM))
- Anne Rubenstein-Tisch
- Greg Sharpe (now at WIBW (AM))
- Tai Takahashi (now at WTVQ-TV)
- Stella Thurkill
- Fred White (now at the Kansas City Royals)
[edit] Logos
 WIBW old logo |
WIBW current logo |
 WIBW News old logo |
[edit] External links
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KTWU 11 (PBS) - WIBW 13 (CBS/MNTV on DT.2) - KKSU-LP 21 (Ind) - K33IC 33 / K25DS 25 / K31BW 31 (TBN) - KSNT 27 (NBC/The CW on DT.2) - KTMJ-CA 43 / KTLJ-CA 6 / KMJT-CA 15 / KETM-CA 17 (Fox) - KTKA 49 (ABC) |
| ABC Network Affiliate: KAKE | KOLO | WBKO | WHSV | WTOK | WVAW | TV3 Winchester (WHSV-DT3) (cable only) |
| CBS Network Affiliates: KBTX | KKTV | KOLN/KGIN | KWTX | KXII | WCAV | WCTV | WIBW | WIFR | WKYT | WRDW | WSAW | WSWG | WTVY | WVLT | WYMT |
| The CW Network Affiliates1: KBTX | KKCO | KWTX | WBKO | WJHG | WKYT | WTOK | WYMT |
| Fox Network Affiliates: KXII1 | WAHU | WBKO1 | WHSV1 | WSYM2| WTOK1 | WTAP1 |
| Independent Television Station1: WOWT |
| MyNetworkTV Affiliates1: KKTV (KKTV-DT2) | KOLN/KGIN | KXII | WAHU | WCTV | WHSV | WIBW | WJHG | WRDW | WSAW | WSAZ | WSWG | WTOK | WTVY | WTAP | WVLT |
| NBC Network Affiliates: KKCO | WEAU | WILX | WITN | WJHG | WMTV | WNDU | WOWT | WSAZ | WTAP |
| 1These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. |
| 2Gray and Journal Broadcast Group entered into a "news share" agreement. |
| Annual Revenue: $332.1 USD (2006) | Employees: N/A | Stock Symbol: NYSE: GTN | Website: www.graycommunications.com |
