WYZZ-TV

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WYZZ-TV

Bloomington, Illinois-Peoria, Illinois
Branding	ZZ FOX 43
Slogan	Your Place to Be (general)/An Hour Earlier & Never Too Late (news)
Channels	43 (UHF) analog, 28 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Fox (since 1986)
Owner	Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Operated by Nexstar Broadcasting
Founded	January 31, 1982
Former callsigns	WBLN (1982 - 1985-09-15)
Former affiliations	Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois (1982-1986)
Transmitter Power	1120 kW
Website	www.zzfox.com/

WYZZ Fox 43 is the only TV station licensed to Bloomington, Illinois. Founded as WBLN by members of Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois on January 31, 1982, it was later sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station is owned by Sinclair but managed by Nexstar Broadcasting Group as a sister station of WMBD-TV. WYZZ's transmitter is located near a dairy farm in Congerville, Illinois.

Sinclair and Fox recently finalized a six-year affiliation contract extension for Sinclair's 19 Fox affiliates, including WYZZ. WYZZ's affiliation contract now expires in March 2012.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Current on-air personalities

Will Koch
Chuck Collins

The rest are reporters/anchors from WMBD-TV.

[edit] Former on-air personalities

Maria Henneberry (News anchor)
Mitch Robinson (creator and host of the former Fox 43 Kids Club)
Missy (of the former Fox 43 Kids Club)

"Mitch & Emmy," creators and hosts of "The Fox 43 Kids Club" shown in 1993. More than 65,000 kids in Central Illinois were members of the club during their tenure.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

WYZZ Fox 43 - official site
Query the FCC's TV station database for WYZZ

Local television channels in the Peoria/Bloomington, Illinois market (Nielsen DMA #116)

WHOI 19 (ABC)(The CW on DT2) - WEEK 25 (NBC) - WMBD 31 (CBS) - WYZZ 43 (FOX)(The Tube on DT2) - WTVP 47 (PBS) - W50DD 50/W51CT 51 (TBN) - WAOE 59 (MNTV)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
WILL 12 (PBS, Urbana)

Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Illinois

WFLD 32 (Chicago) - WQRF 39 (Rockford) - WYZZ 43 (Bloomington) - "CGEM" 54.3 (Quincy) - WRSP 55 / WCCU 27 (Springfield / Urbana)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other Stations in Illinois

Sinclair Broadcast Group

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CBS Network Affiliates: KGAN | WGME

NBC Network Affiliate: WTWC

¹Sinclair operates this station owned by Tennessee Broadcasting under an outsourcing agreement. Sinclair is looking to acquire the station outright.

²These stations are nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under local marketing agreements. However, Sinclair effectively owns Cunningham because it controls nearly all of Cunningham's stock.

³This station is involved in a "news-share" agreement with Cox Enterprises-owned WPXI.

⁴Sinclair has ownership interests in these stations, but management capabilities belong to Nexstar Broadcasting Group.

⁵Sinclair operates these stations, which are owned by local independent or private companies, with the execption of WTTA where Sinclair CEO David Smith is the station's majority owner.

⁶This station is involved in a "news share" with Meredith Corporation-owned WNEM-TV

⁷This station is involved in a "news share" with Sunbelt Communications Company-owned KVBC

⁸This station is involved in a "news share" with Disney/ABC-owned WTVD.

⁹This station is involved in a "news share" with Gannett-owned WGRZ.

Annual Revenue: $1.24 billion USD (2004) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: SBGI | Website: www.sbgi.net

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.

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Television Stations owned by Nexstar Broadcasting

Annual Revenue: $226.1 million USD (2005) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: NXST | Website: www.nexstarbroadcasting.com