WHIZ-TV
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WHIZ-TV is the NBC affiliate in Zanesville, Ohio. Construction on WHIZ-TV began in 1952 at the Downard Road site for Zanesville's first television station. On May 23, 1953, WHIZ-TV began broadcasting on Channel 50, with just enough power to reach the 500 or so television sets in the Zanesville area. A year and a half later, WHIZ-TV moved to Channel 18, and increased its power output to 186 kW. In 1986, increased power output to 589 kW with a new antenna, and introduced stereo sound. Although this station is somewhat overshadowed by network affiliates in the Columbus, Ohio market such as WCMH-TV, WHIZ-TV provides local news to its limited local area. In addition, WHIZ-TV provides local sports programming, including local basketball games on Friday. It is the only major television station in Zanesville.
WHIZ-TV has been a primary NBC affiliate since the station began but did not become a full-time NBC affiliate until 1966. It originally aired a mixture of ABC, CBS and NBC programming, as well as DuMont programming for a short period. In 2003, WHIZ-TV began broadcasting in high-definition on Channel 40.
Other stations
The WHIZ Media Group also operates the local WB 100+ stations WBZV (Zanesville) and WBPB (Parkersburg), in addition to their radio outlets, WHIZ (AM) and WHIZ-FM ("Z102").External link
| Broadcast television in the Zanesville market [(Nielsen DMA #202)] | ||
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| W16BT 16 (TBN) - WHIZ 18 (NBC) - WOUC 44 (PBS) | ||
| Local cable television channels: | ||
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WBZV Cable 13 (The WB)
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| See also: Broadcast television stations in the Market | ||
| '''NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Ohio | |
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| WDTN 2 () - WKYC 3 () - WCMH 4 () - WLWT 5 () - WTOV 9 () - WHIZ 18 () - WFMJ 21 () - WNWO 24 () - WLIO 35 () | |
| See also: , , , , , and stations in Ohio | |
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