WUPW

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WUPW
Toledo, Ohio
Branding	Fox Toledo
Slogan	"First. Fast. Fair." "Just You Watch!"
Channels	36 (UHF) analog, 46 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Fox
Owner	LIN TV
Founded	September 22, 1985
Former affiliations	Independent (1985-1986)
Transmitter Power	1950 kW/373 m(analog) 110 kW/356 m (digital)
Website	foxtoledo.com

WUPW is the Fox television affiliate station for Toledo, Ohio. It is known on-air as "Fox Toledo." It is owned by the LIN TV Corporation. Its transmitter is located in Oregon, Ohio, and its studios are located in Four Seagate in Downtown Toledo.

In addition to news and Fox network programming, WUPW also carries many off-network sitcoms and a few syndicated game/reality, talk and courtroom shows.

Contents 1 History 2 Newscasts 2.1 Fox Toledo News First at Four 2.2 Fox Toledo News First at Ten 2.3 Fox Toledo News First at Ten Weekends 3 Personalities 3.1 Anchors 3.2 Stormtracker Weather 3.3 Hardcore Sports 3.4 Full-Time Reporters 3.5 Part-Time Reporters 4 Past Personalities 5 Awards 5.1 2006 5.2 2005 5.3 2003 5.4 2002 6 Webcast 7 Face of Fox Toledo 8 Blizzard 2007 9 Graphics & Logos 10 Tower 11 Digital Channels 12 See also 13 External links

[edit] History

WUPW went on the air on September 4, 1985 as an independent television station. It became a charter Fox network affiliate in 1986.

In the 1990s, the station began to air a 10pm newscast produced by WTOL. The partnership between the two stations ended in 2000, and WUPW launched its own news department.

WUPW was the only Toledo over-the-air television station to air cartoons weekday afternoons, as the local WB affiliate, WT05 is a cable station. The station added a 4pm newscast after Fox discontinued kids' weekday programming in 2001.

Originally, WUPW was owned by a consortium of local investors and private companies. They sold the station to Atlanta-based Ellis Communications in 1993. Three years later, Ellis Communications' stations, including WUPW, were merged with another broadcasting group to form Raycom Media.

After Raycom acquired Malrite Broadcasting (which owned NBC affiliate WNWO-TV) in 1999, WUPW was spun off to Sunrise Television due to FCC rules at the time prohibiting common ownership of two stations in the same market, as Raycom opted to keep the longer-established WNWO at that time. LIN acquired the station in 2002 through its purchase of Sunrise Television. Ironically, Raycom bought WTOL in 2006 after Liberty Broadcasting merged with Raycom (WNWO was sold to Barrington Broadcasting due to current FCC rules prohibiting common ownership of two of the four largest stations in a single market).

[edit] Newscasts

[edit] Fox Toledo News First at Four

Weekdays 4:00PM-4:30PM

• Laura Emerson
• Karl Rundgren
• Chief Meteorologist Mike Morrison

[edit] Fox Toledo News First at Ten

Weekdays 10:00PM-11:00PM

• Laura Emerson
• Karl Rundgren
• Chief Meteorologist Mike Morrison
• Sports Director Brad Fanning

[edit] Fox Toledo News First at Ten Weekends

Saturday and Sunday 10:00PM-10:30PM

• Tiffany Tarpley
• Meteorologist Jeff George
• Howard Chen

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Anchors

• Laura Emerson
• Karl Rundgren
• Tiffany Tarpley

[edit] Stormtracker Weather

• Mike Morrison, Chief Meteorologist
• Tamara Berg, Weathercaster

[edit] Hardcore Sports

• Brad Fanning, Sports Director
• Howard Chen, Weekend Anchor/Reporter
• Brian Krupp, Fill-In Anchor
• Joe Rychnovsky, Reporter, Fill-In Anchor (freelance)

[edit] Full-Time Reporters

• Tamara Berg
• Allison Brown
• Shaun Hegarty
• Heather Miller
• Tiffany Tarpley
• Tami Tremblay
• Michelle Zepeda

[edit] Part-Time Reporters

• Barrett Andrews
• Kelly Miner (freelance)
• Joe Rychnovsky (freelance)
• Randy Wimbley (freelance)

[edit] Past Personalities

• Timyka Artist, Reporter (WPXI)
• Dan Bumpus, Reporter (WTOL)
• Ronnie Dahl, Reporter (WTVG)
• Ryan Fowler, Reporter (WNWO)
• Jeff George, Chief Meteorologist (KOKH)
• Andrew Humphrey, Chief Meteorologist (WDIV)
• Adam Kuperstein, Sports Reporter/Anchor (WTVJ)
• Joy Lepola, Reporter/Anchor (WBFF)
• Katie Miller, Meteorologist
• Kevin Mullan, Reporter (WNWO)
• April Norris, Reporter (KGBT)
• Myrt Price, Reporter/Anchor (WDTN)
• Megan Pringle, Reporter (WSYX)
• Jennifer Roose, Reporter/Anchor
• Dan Spehler, Reporter/Anchor/Producer (WRTV)
• Jose Suarez, News Director (WTVJ)
• Scott Van Almen, Sports Reporter/Anchor
• Susan Ware, Meteorologist (WTVG)
• Eric Yuhaz, Reporter
• Autumn Ziemba, Reporter (WFMJ)
• Micheal Kelting, Meteorologist

[edit] Awards

[edit] 2006

• Emmy Award: Outstanding Daytime Newscast (Market 41+) for "Fox Toledo News First at Four"
• Emmy Award: Outstanding Daily Newscast (Market 41+) for "Fox Toledo News First at Ten"
• Ohio Associated Press: First Place, Extraordinary Coverage of a Scheduled Event for "You Decide 2005 Election Preview Special"
• Press Club of Toledo Touchstone Awards: Excellence in Journalism Award for "You Decide 2005 Election Preview Special"

[edit] 2005

• Emmy Award: Outstanding Daytime Newscast (Market 41+) for "Fox Toledo News First at Four"

[edit] 2003

• Emmy Award: Outstanding Daily Newscast (Market 41+) for "Fox Toledo News at Ten"

[edit] 2002

• Emmy Award: Outstanding Daily Newscast (Market 41+) for "Fox Toledo News at Ten"

[edit] Webcast

Fox Toledo Fastcast News and Weather is updated at 10 am, 2 pm, 6 pm, and 11 pm. In the mornings, assignment editor Wendy Sheridan usually delivers it. In the evenings, Laura Emerson and Karl Rundgren anchor it. On weekends, Tiffany Tarpley anchors it.

[edit] Face of Fox Toledo

Between 2005-2006, Leah D'Emilio was the Face of Fox Toledo. She was seen on commercials as well as at local media events. She is now the "Face of Jim White Honda".

Abby Bollenbacher was named Leah's successor in 2006.

[edit] Blizzard 2007

During a blizzard on Feb. 13, 2007, part of Downtown Toledo lost power, including Four SeaGate, home of WUPW. The station was knocked off the air for 3 hours, pre-empting "American Idol," "House" and Fox Toledo News First at Ten. The back-up generator failed, forcing nearly 20 employees to evacuate. Employees grabbed as much equipment as they could and ran out of the building. They stored them across the street in Chief Meteorologist Mike Morrison's apartment.

[edit] Graphics & Logos

Fox Toledo News logo (2000-2004)

Fox Toledo logo (2004-Present)

[edit] Tower

The WUPW Tower is a 372-meter high-guy aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and TV programs in Oregon, Ohio (Geographical coordinates: 41°39′21″N, 83°26′40″W). It was completed in 1985 and is the property of LIN Broadcasting.

[edit] Digital Channels

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
36.1 / 46.1	Main WUPW Programming (High Definition)
36.2 / 46.2	Main WUPW Programming (Standard Definition)

[edit] See also

List of masts

[edit] External links

• Fox Toledo
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WUPW

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Broadcast television in the Toledo and Findlay, Ohio market (Nielsen DMA #71)

Local television stations WTOL 11 (CBS) - WTVG 13 (ABC, News on DT2, The AccuWeather Channel on DT3) - W22CO 22 (TBN) - WNWO 24 (NBC, The Tube on DT2, WX+ on DT3) - WBGU 27 (PBS) - WGTE 30 (PBS) - WBTL 34 (AS) - WUPW 36 (Fox) - W38DH 38 (AS) - WLMB 40 (FamilyNet) - WMNT 48 (MNTV/A1)

Outlying Areas: W09CG 9 (TBN) - W21BF 21 (IND) - WFND 22 (A1/Daystar) - WDFM 26 (IND) - WGGN 52 (TBN)

Local cable television stations WT05 (The CW) - Buckeye Cable Sports Network - CBET 9 (CBC, Windsor)

See also: Broadcast television stations in the Detroit-Windsor, Lansing, Cleveland, Columbus, Lima, Fort Wayne and London Markets

Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Ohio
WJW 8 (Cleveland) - WXIX 19 (Cincinnati) - WOHL-CA 25 (Lima) - WTTE 28 (Columbus) - WUPW 36 (Toledo) - WRGT 45 (Dayton) - WYFX-LP 62 (Youngstown)
See also: ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, MyNetworkTV, CW and Other stations in Ohio