WAOW-TV

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WAOW-TV / WYOW

WAOW: Wausau, Wisconsin WYOW: Eagle River, Wisconsin
Branding	Newsline 9
Slogan	Coverage you can count on
Channels	WAOW: 9 (VHF) WYOW: 34 (UHF) analog, WAOW: 29 (UHF) WYOW: 28 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC (Secondary through 1966) The CW (Digital Only)
Owner	Quincy Newspapers
Founded	WAOW: June 12, 1965 WYOW: January 1, 1997
Call letters meaning	WAOW: WA (for Wausau) OW (sister station to Madison's WKOW) WYOW: WY (unknown) OW (sister to WKOW)
Former affiliations	NBC (Secondary 1965-1966), NFL on Fox (1994-1999)
Website	www.waow.com/ www.wyowtv34.com/

WAOW-TV is an ABC affiliate which serves Wausau, Wisconsin. They also operate a satellite station in Eagle River, Wisconsin, WYOW 34 plus a cable/digital CW station, "WBWA". WAOW's transmitter is located in Wausau. Both WAOW and WYOW are owned by Quincy Newspapers.

[edit] History

WAOW is Wausau's second television station having signed on the air on June 12, 1965 serving as a satellite station of WKOW/Madison, Wisconsin as part of the Wisconsin Television Network, which would later include WXOW/La Crosse and WQOW/Eau Claire. By the 1980s the station would gradually start focusing more on the Wausau/Rhinelander market by adding local programming and content.

On New Year's Day 1997, WAOW opened a satellite of its own called WYOW to expand its coverage area in northeastern Wisconsin and parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Both the WAOW and WYOW DT2 subcarriers have programming from The CW Television Network. Cable viewers also see CW programming on cable 15, where WBWA is located now.

On December 1, 1999 a third station in the DMA, WFXS Fox 55 went on the air; the stations are owned by different companies, but WFXS hired WAOW to provide news and weather resources on the station.

WAOW had also previously aired Fox's NFL package from 1994-1999 after the NFC contract and rights for most Green Bay Packers games moved from CBS (i.e. WSAW (Channel 7) for Wausau), due to the lack of a local Fox affiliate.

[edit] Logos

Previous WAOW logo.

Logo for "Newsline 9", WAOW/WYOW's news program.

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Broadcast television in the Wausau/Rhinelander market (Nielsen DMA #134)

WBIJ 4 (FN) - WSAW 7 (CBS) - WAOW 9 / WYOW 34 (ABC) (The CW on DT2) - WJFW 12 (NBC) - WHRM 20 / WLEF 36 (PBS/WPT) - WFXS 55 (FOX)
Local digital television channels
WTPX 46 (ION)
Local cable television channels
WBWA 15 (The CW)

ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Wisconsin

WBAY 2 (Green Bay) - WAOW 9/WYOW 34 (Wausau/Eagle River) - WISN 12 (Milwaukee) - WQOW 18/WXOW 19 (Eau Claire/La Crosse) - WKOW 27 (Madison) - W63AR^* (Ladysmith)
^*W63AR is a repeater of KSTP-TV, St. Paul, Minnesota.
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MNTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Wisconsin

CW Network Affiliates in the state of Wisconsin

KDLH-DT 3.2 (Superior/Duluth) - WAOW-DT 9.2/WYOW-DT 34.2 (Wausau/Eagle River) - WIWB 14 (Suring/Green Bay) WVTV 18 (Milwaukee) - WQOW-DT 18.2/WXOW-DT 19.2 (Eau Claire/La Crosse) - WBUW 57 (Janesville/Madison)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Wisconsin