WDTV
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| Weston-Clarksburg, West Virginia | |
| Branding | NewsChannel 5 |
| Channels | 5 (VHF) analog, 6 (VHF) digital |
| Affiliations | CBS ABC (secondary) |
| Owner | Withers Broadcasting |
| Founded | 1956 (on channel 35, moved to channel 5 in 1960) |
| Former callsigns | WJPB (1956-65) |
| Transmitter Power | 100,000 kW (analog) |
| Website | wdtv.com |
WDTV is a television station located in Weston, West Virginia, United States and is owned by Withers Broadcasting. It is the CBS affiliate for the television Designated Market Area (DMA) of "Weston-Clarksburg, West Virginia". Also included in this DMA is Fairmont, West Virginia. Fairmont is technically the DMA's largest city, because Morgantown, though only 20 miles north of Fairmont and having the largest population of any city in the North-Central West Virginia geographic area, belongs in the Pittsburgh DMA. Despite this technicality, the station is still able to sell commercials to Morgantown businesses. WDTV's studios are located in Bridgeport, West Virginia.
The station signed on the air as WJPB in 1956. It was the first television station in the market, and operated on UHF channel 35. It was a CBS affiliate, but, as the only station in the market, it also was able to carry programming from the other two networks. When WBOY signed on in 1957, it took the NBC affiliation while WDTV remained a CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation.
The UHF signal was not nearly strong enough to reach the entire market, which is a very rugged dissected plateau. In 1960, the station asked for and received permission to move to VHF channel 5. In 1965 the station changed its calls to WDTV. The WDTV calls had previously resided on what is now KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh from 1949 to 1954, and were reportedly chosen "in honor" of that station.
Today the station is a primary CBS affiliate, while carrying select sports events--usually if WVU is playing--from ABC, who does not have a station in the market. Weston viewers can receive the full ABC schedule from WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh and WCHS-TV in Charleston. The market is one of the few left in the country that doesn't have three stations because the intended third station, Parkersburg's WTAP-TV, did not have a signal strong enough to reach Clarksburg and Weston.
It operates its digital signal on channel 6. One digital channel presents a simulcast of WDTV, while the other broadcasts "Accu-Weather" Forecasts. This channel used to broadcast UPN programming until September of 2006. To note, the new CW Network is seen and broadcast on a digital channel of cross-town FOX station WVFX.
Owing to the small population of the market, the station has a limited news budget.
[edit] Past Anchors
- Heidi York
- Jessica Ralston
- Jama Close
- Jake Glance
- Sunshine Wiles (now Selena)
- Christi Paul (now at CNN Headline News)
[edit] Past Reporters
- Jennifer Cottrill
- Janice Carpio
- Bo Koltnow
- Mitzie Lewis
- Ashley Wharton
[edit] External link
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WDTV 5 (CBS) - WBOY 12 (NBC) - WNPB 24 (PBS/WVPB) - WVFX 46 (FOX) (The CW on DT2) |
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KDKA 2 (CBS, Pittsburgh) - WTAE 4 (ABC, Pittsburgh) - WTRF 7 (CBS, Wheeling) - WCHS 8 (ABC, Charleston) - WTOV 9 (NBC, Steubenville) - WPXI 11 (NBC, Pittsburgh) - WQED 13 (PBS, Pittsburgh) - WPCW 19 (The CW, Pittsburgh) - WPMY 22 (MNTV, Pittsburgh) - WPGH 53 (FOX, Pittsburgh) |
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WDTV 5 (Weston) - WTRF 7 (Wheeling) - WOWK 13 (Huntington) - WVNS 59 (Lewisburg) |
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| See also: ABC, The CW, Fox, My Network TV, NBC, PBS, and Other Stations in West Virginia | |
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WSAZ-DT 3.2 (Huntington) - WVNS-DT 8.2 (Lewisburg) - WTAP-DT 15.3 (Parkersburg) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox, NBC, PBS and Other stations in West Virginia | |
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