TV3 Winchester
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| TV3 Winchester | |
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| Winchester, Virginia (cable) Front Royal, Virginia (cable) Harrisonburg, Virginia (DT) |
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| Branding | "TV3 Winchester" (general) "TV3 Winchester News" (news) |
| Slogan | "In Your Community" |
| Channels | 3 (Comcast cable) analog, WHSV-DT 49.3 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | American Broadcasting Company |
| Owner | Gray Television |
| Founded | January 3, 2005 |
| Website | tv3winchester.com |
TV3 Winchester is an ABC affiliate serving the Winchester, Virginia area. The station is owned by Gray Television, which also owns WHSV-TV, TV3 Winchester's parent station; the station will thus be available over-the-air on WHSV's DT3 subchannel out of Harrisonburg. TV3 Winchester is carried on Comcast cable channel 3 in Frederick, Clarke, and Warren counties, with a to-be-announced channel on ShenTel Cable in Shenandoah County coming in the future. TV3 Winchester is not be carried on any Harrisonburg cable systems. Along with Winchester, the station serves Frederick, Clarke, Warren, and Shenandoah counties in Virginia in news and sports gathering and weather coverage.
While the greater Winchester area is currently part of the Washington, DC television market, WHSV has requested that the region merge into the Harrisonburg market. The FCC has since honored that request.
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[edit] History
TV3 Winchester was first annouced at a press conference at Shenandoah University in 2005. Ground was broken for the new studios, which is located along Millwood Pike in Winchester, on March 1, 2006. The studios are shared with Shenandoah University's own cable-only station, "Winchester Community Television". Construction was completed in November 2006 and the station launched on March 5, 2007.
Brad Ramsey, formerly the sports director/anchor and more recently a sales account executive at WHSV, handles general manager duties.
Bill DuVall was hired in September of 2006 as TV3's News Director. DuVall most recently worked at WVIR in Charlottesville, Virginia as a co-anchor of NBC29 News at Sunrise. DuVall is no stranger to the area, as he worked at former FOX affiliate WYVN (now WWPX) in Martinsburg, West Virginia from 1991 to 1994.
The station carries local newscasts at 7 and 11pm on the weekdays. TV3 Winchester News at 7 and TV3 Winchester News at 11 are anchored by Bill Duvall and Denise Chandler. Morning newscasts on TV3 Winchester are planned to start in early 2007.
On December 1, 2006, the TV3 Winchester site added a "Meet The Team" page to their site. DuVall will be joined by 8 people on-air.[1]
On January 8, 2007, TV3 Winchester officially added Lauryn Ricketts as their Chief Meteorologist. Ricketts, is a graduate of Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA and was born and raised in Winchester.
On February 7, 2007, WHSV made it official that the new station will be launching March 5.
On March 5, 2007, TV3 Winchester launched with their 7pm and 11pm newscasts with only slight technical problems during the first 5 minutes of the 7pm newscast.
[edit] Current Personalities
[edit] News Team
- Sam Brock-Reporter[2]
- Jenny Brockwell-Reporter[3]
- Denise Roberts Chandler-Co-Anchor 7pm and 11pm Newscasts[4]
- Emily Crider-Reporter[5]
- Bill DuVall-News Director and Co-Anchor 7pm and 11pm Newscasts[6]
- Katie Killen-Reporter[7]
- Brad Ramsey-General Manager
- Wendi Redman-Reporter[8]
[edit] Sports Team
- Sebastian Salazar-Sports Director/Reporter[9]
[edit] Weather Team
- Lauryn Ricketts-Chief Meteorologist[10]
[edit] External links
| 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 |
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WHSV 3 (ABC) (FOX on DT2, TV3 Winchester on DT3, MNTV on DT4) - WAZH-CA 24 / WAZM-CA 25 (TBN) - W28BF 28 (NBC) - WVPT 51 (PBS) |
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Washington, DC: WRC 4 (NBC) - WTTG 5 (FOX) - WUSA 9 (CBS) - WDCA 20 (MNTV) |
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Local Washington, DC television stations |
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| Stations serving Hagerstown, Maryland and surrounding area WHAG 25 (NBC) - WWPB 31 (PBS/MPT) - WWPX 60 (ION) - WJAL 68 (Ind) |
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| Stations serving Winchester, Virginia and surrounding area TV3 Winchester 3 (WHSV-DT3) (ABC) - WAZT-CA 10/WAZC-LP 16/WAZF-CA 28/WAZW-CA 48 (TBN) - W15AD 15/W17AL 17/W41AO 41/W48AA 48/W69AC 69 (PBS/WVPB) - WVPY 42 (PBS) |
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| ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Virginia | |
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WHSV 3 (Harrisonburg) - TV3 Winchester 3 (WHSV-DT3) (Winchester/Harrisonburg) - WRIC 8 (Petersburg) - WSET 13 (Lynchburg) - WVEC 13 (Hampton) - WVAW-LP 16 (Charlottesville) |
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| See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Virginia | |
