WTVW
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| WTVW | |
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| Evansville, Indiana | |
| Branding | FOX 7 News (News Branding) FOX 7 WTVW (General Branding) |
| Slogan | The Most Local News. The Most Local Coverage. |
| Channels | 7 (VHF) analog, 28 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Call letters meaning | W TeleVision of Western Indiana |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1956-1995) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW Analog 4.5 kW Digital STA 1,000 kW Digital CP |
| Website | www.TriStateHomepage.com |
WTVW is an affiliate of the Fox Network in Evansville, Indiana. It broadcasts on analog channel 7 and digital channel 28. Its transmitter is located in Chandler, Indiana.
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[edit] History
Prior to 1995, the station was the ABC affiliate since beginning its broadcasting operation in 1956. In 1995, the station was involved in a three-way affiliation switch which also involved stations WEHT and WEVV. WTVW changed affiliation to Fox, while WEHT changed affiliation from CBS to ABC. Former Fox affiliate WEVV picked up the CBS affiliation.
Throughout the station's affiliation with ABC and Fox, the station has always operated a local news department. Branded for years as Eyewitness News until 1995, the station changed to "Fox 7 News" following the affiliation switch. News was expanded to two hours on weekday mornings, plus the addition of a 5pm newscast.
Newscasts came and went, with the cancellation of the midday news in the late '90s, then later the 5pm and finally, the morning news. For a few years this left only the 6pm and 9pm newscasts (the 10pm news had earlier been 'moved' into the 9pm timeslot, and expanded to an hour). However, in March of 2002 the morning and midday newscasts made a return as Fox 7 Morningside and Fox 7 Midday. In 2006, the morning news, now called A.M. Evansville, expanded to three hours, the midday newscast moved to a later time slot, and a 6:30pm weeknight newscast was added to the schedule.
The news branding changed a number of times as well, from "Fox 7 News" to "Fox 7 First News", then back to "Fox 7 News". 2005 saw a brief run as "WTVW NewsChannel 7", before again returning to the "Fox 7 News" title.
WTVW is owned by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group. Previous ownership included Woods Communications, and before Nexstar, Petracom Communications, which had switched the stations' affiliation from ABC to Fox.
[edit] Logo History
 When WTVW was an ABC affiliate, it used the original version of the Circle 7 logo until 1995 when it became a Fox affiliate. |
 WTVW's First Logo as a Fox affiliate |
 WTVW Logo 1998-2000 |
 WTVW Logo 2000-2004 |
 WTVW became NewsChannel 7 for a short time in 2005, until switching back to FOX 7. |
 WTVW FOX 7 Today |
[edit] Newscasts
Weekdays
- A.M. Evansville (5:00-8:00am): Sarah Brownlee, Sean McHose, Aly Vanek (weather)
- Fox 7 WTVW News at Noon (Noon-12:30pm): Sarah Brownlee, Sean McHose, Aly Vanek (weather)
- Fox 7 WTVW News at 6 (6:00-6:30pm): Randy Moore, Jackie Monroe, Ron Rhodes (weather), Rick Peltier/Doug Kufner (sports)
- Fox 7 WTVW News at 6:30 (6:30-7:00pm): Randy Moore, Jackie Monroe, Ron Rhodes (weather), Rick Peltier/Doug Kufner (sports)
- Fox 7 WTVW News at 9 (9:00-10:00pm): Randy Moore, Jackie Monroe, Ron Rhodes (weather), Rick Peltier/Doug Kufner (sports)
Weekends
- Fox 7 WTVW News at 6 (6:00-6:30pm Saturdays): Kelli Carlisle, Jason Claspell (weather)
- Fox 7 WTVW News at 9 (9:00-10:00pm Both Days): Kelli Carlisle, Jason Claspell (weather)
[edit] Trivia
Jackie Monroe, the weekday 6PM and 9PM co-anchor for Fox 7 News, was a contestant on NBC's Deal or No Deal on January 24, 2007, where she won $83,000 on a "deal". The boy band Hanson, in which Monroe was a fan, also appeared in that episode.[1] [2]
[edit] Notable WTVW Alumni
- Jennifer McGilvray, reporter (now at WISH-TV Indianapolis)
- Chris Cannon, Morning/Midday anchor (now at WTVF-TV Nashville)
[edit] External links
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| See also Broadcast television in the St. Louis, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky markets | ||
| Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Indiana | |
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WTVW 7 (Evansville) - WSJV 28 (South Bend) - WFXW 38 (Terre Haute) - WFFT 55 (Fort Wayne) - WXIN 59 (Indianapolis) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, UPN, WB, Religious and Other stations in the state of Indiana | |
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Corporate Staff: Perry A. Sook (President & CEO) | Matt Devine (CFO) | Duane A. Lammers (COO) | Timothy Busch | Brian Jones | Shirley E. Green | Susana G. Schuler-Willingham | Richard Stolpe | Paul Greeley | Blake R. Battaglia | Erik Brooks | Jay M. Grossman | Brent Stone | Royce Yudkoff | Geoff Armstrong | Michael Donovan | I. Martin Pompadur |
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Television Stations owned by Nexstar Broadcasting |
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Annual Revenue: $226.1 million USD (2005) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: NXST | Website: www.nexstarbroadcasting.com |
