WHNS

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WHNS (known on-air as Fox Carolina) is the Fox affiliate licensed to Greenville, South Carolina. It also serves Spartanburg, Asheville, and large portions of western North and South Carolina. It is owned by the Meredith Corporation. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 21, and its digital signal on UHF channel 57. Its transmitter is located near Brevard, North Carolina.

The station airs first-run programming from Fox, including prime time, weekend sports, and weekend children programming. It also runs off-network sitcoms, talk shows, reality shows, court shows, and local news.

History

A construction permit was issued for channel 21 in Greenville as early as 1953. It signed on in 1975 as a simulcast of WGGS channel 16 and operated on low power.

The station became WHNS on April 1, 1984 under the ownership of Pappas Telecasting, a company based in Fresno, California. The station ran a typical UHF independent schedule consisting of cartoons, sitcoms, old movies, drama shows and some sports. It became the dominant independent station in the region, ahead of WAXA-TV Channel 40 (now WMYA-TV). Its first slogan was It's Your Station, which was changed to We're Your Station (also used on WHNS-TV's then sister-station KMPH Fresno, California and KPTM in Omaha, Nebraska). WHNS-TV's first logo consisted of the call letters in a Subway-esque logo with the channel number on the center bottom. That logo was used until the late 1980s.

WHNS became the area's Fox affiliate in 1988 after original Fox station WAXA went dark, and quickly dropped its original on-air name of "TV21" in favor of "Fox 21". That year, the station was sold to Cannell Communications. It was the home of the syndicated talk show The Arsenio Hall Show from 1989-1994. First Media acquired the station in 1993, and it acquired a secondary UPN affiliation in January 1995, airing UPN programming in the late-night hours. (The UPN affiliation moved in 1997 to WASV Channel 62, which was coincidentally owned by Pappas, WHNS' original owner.)

From around 1996 to 1999, WHNS carried a 10pm newscast produced by WSPA-TV. The partnership between the two stations ended in 1999, when WHNS launched its own news division.

WHNS was acquired by Meredith Corporation in 1997 as part of a group deal. In 2002, it began calling itself "Fox Carolina".

WHNS is the latest television station in the market to begin 24/7 broadcasting, having done so since late April/early May 2006. Before that, WHNS signed off from 3-5 AM late Sunday night/early Monday morning.

Newscast

• The Morning News (5am-9am, Monday-Friday)
• The Ten O'Clock News (10-11pm, 7 nights a week)

Personalities

• Dan Bubany, Sports photographer
• Joe Carter, Sports director
• Anthony Cox, Weekend sports anchor
• April Davis, Morning anchor and reporter
• Jamie Goirola, General assignment reporter
• Ben Hoover, Morning anchor and reporter
• Nisha Jindal, General assignment reporter
• Melissa Jones, Morning meteorologist
• Stephanie Maxwell, Weekend 10pm anchor and reporter
• Jeff Moreau, 10pm anchor and reporter
• Jennifer Phillips, General assignment reporter
• Michael Smith, Chief meteorologist
• Lidia St. Mark, General assignment reporter
• Heather Vaughn, General assignment reporter
• Diana Watson, 10pm anchor and reporter

PAST PERSONALITIES

• Phil Aldridge, Sports director (2002-2005)
• Leah Johnson, General assignment reporter (?-2004)
• Rich Noonan, 10pm anchor and reporter (2003-2004)
• Connie LeGrand, 10pm anchor (1996-2004?)
• Craig Smith, 10pm anchor (1996-1999)
• Fred Cunningham, 10pm sports anchor (1996-1999)
• David Morian, 10pm meteorologist (1996-1999)
• Liz Walker, Weekend anchor (1999-2003?)

Syndicated programming

• Roseanne weekday mornings@9am-10am
• A Different World weekday mornings@10am-11am
• The Cosby Show weekday mornings@11am-12pm
• Access Hollywood weekdays@ noon-12:30pm, weeknights@2:35am-3am, Sunday evenings@6pm-7pm

Saturday evenings@7pm-8pm

• eXtra weekday afternoons@12:30pm-1pm, weeknights@2:05am-2:35am
• Eye for an Eye weekday afternoons@1:30pm-2pm
• In the Heat of the Night weekday afternoons@2pm-3pm, weekends on various times
• Divorce Court weekday afternoons@3pm-4pm
• King of the Hill weekday afternoons@ 4pm-5pm
• Malcolm in the middle weekday afternoons@5pm-6pm
• That '70s Show weekday evenings@6pm-6:30pm, weekends@6pm-7pm
• Friends weekday evenings@6:30pm-7:00pm, weeknights@11:35pm-12:05am Sunday nights@11pm-11:30pm
• The Simpsons weekday evenings@7pm-7:30pm
• Seinfeld weekday evenings@7:30pm-8pm, weeknights@11:05pm-11:35pm, weekends at various times
• Home Improvement weeknights@12:05am-12:35am
• Cops weeknights@12:35am-1:35am
• Sabrina the teenage witch weekday early mornings@3am-3:30am
• Raceline weekends at various times
• The Odd Couple weekends at various times

Syndicated shows formerly shown on WHNS

• ''227 (1989?-early 1990's)
• Amen (early 1990s-late 1990s)
• The Andy Griffith Show (mid 1980s-1994?)
• Archie Bunker's Place (mid 1980s-late 1980s)
• Barney Miller (1980's-early 1990's)
• Benson (mid 1980s-late 1980s)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (mid 1980s-1993)
• The Real McCoys (mid 1980s-late 1980s)
• Highway to Heaven (late 1980s?-mid 1990s?)
• Little house on the Prairie (mid 1980s-late 1990s)
• I Love Lucy (mid 1980s-1993)
• The Flintstones (mid 1980s-early 1990s)
• Perry Mason (mid 1980s-late 1980s)
• Quincy M.E. (mid 1980s-late 1980s)
• Barnaby Jones (mid 1980s-late 1980s)
• Mork & Mindy (mid 1980s-early 1990s)
• WKRP in Cincinnati (mid 1980s-early 1990s)
• Facts of Life (mid 1980s-early 1990s)
• Diff'rent Strokes (1987-1993)
• Good Times (1984-early 1990's?)
• Too Close For Comfort (1984-1990)
• Bosom Buddies (1984-1987)
• Magnum P.I. (1984-early 1990s)
• ''Newhart (1988?-early 1990's)
• ''Double Dare (syndicated version of popular Nickelodeon game show from 1988-1989)
• ''Fun House (1988-91)
• ''College Mad House (1989-90)
• ''Pick Your Brain (1993-1994)
• ''Video Power (1991-1992)
• ''Alvin and the Chipmunks (weekday afternoons, later mornings; mid 1980's-early 1990's)
• ''Muppet Babies (weekday mornings, 1989-1991)
• ''Disney Afternoon/Disney Cartoons (1987-late 1990's)
• ''Woody Woodpecker (mid-1980's?-mid 1990's)
• ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (weekday afternoons, late 1980's-mid 1990's)
• ''Smurfs (weekday afternoons/mornings, mid-1980's-early 1990's)
• ''G.I. Joe (mid-1980's-early 1990's?)
• ''Transformers (mid-1980's-late 1980's?)
• ''Jem (mid-1980's-late 1980's?)
• ''Tiny Toon Adventures (first syndicated, later Fox Kids, early-late 1990's before moving to Kids WB)
• ''Super Mario Bros. (1989-1991)
• ''Out of this World (1987-1991)
• ''My Secret Identity (1988-1991)
• ''Happy Days (mid-1980's-mid-1990's?)
• The Honeymooners (mid 1980s-late 1980s)
• Gunsmoke (mid 19890s-late 1980s)
• Small Wonder (late 1980s-1990)
• Webster (1987-1993)
• The Arsenio Hall Show (1989-1994)
• ''Love Connection (late 1980s-1994)
• Laverne & Shirley (1987-1994)
• ''Bewitched (mid-1980's-early 1990's)
• ''Green Acres (mid-1980's-late 1980's?)
• Blossom (1995-1999)
• The Brady Bunch (1984-1993)
• Charles in Charge (mid 1980s-early 1990s)
• "Friday the 13th" The TV Series (1987-1990)
• Cheers (late 1980s-2002)
• 9 to 5 The TV Series (1986?-1993)
• Coach (1993-2002)
• Dharma & Greg (2001-2005)
• Dream Girl USA (mid 1980s-late 1980s)
• Doogie Howser M.D. (1994-1998)
• Dream On (1994-1997)
• Family Matters (1993-2000)
• Family Ties (mid 1980s-1992)
• The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (1994-1999)
• Full House (1994-1998)
• Gilligan's Island (mid 1980s-early 1990s)
• Grace Under Fire (1997-2004)
• ''The Jeffersons (1986-early 1990's?)
• Living Single (1997-2000)
• M*A*S*H* (late 1980s-late 1990s)
• Hunter (1988-late 1990s)
• Star Trek "The Next Generation" (1989?-2001)
• Mama's Family (mid 1980s-1990)
• Married... With Children (1991-early 2000s)
• Matlock (1990-1998)
• Mr. Belvedere (1989-1993)
• Petticoat Junction (mid 1980s-late 1980s)
• Taxi (1984-1993,2003-present)
• ''The Wonder Years (1992-1995?) before moving to WGGS-TV
• Family Feud (2001-2002)
• To Tell The Truth (2000-2002)
• Ricki Lake (1993-1999)
• The John Walsh Show (2002-early 2003. Before it moved to rival station WYFF-TV)
• Iyanla (2001-2002)
• Mars & Venus (2000-2002)
• Ag Day (late 1990s-2003)
• Scooby Doo (mid 1980s-early 1990s)
• Celebrity Justice (2000?-2004)
• Star Trek (mid 1980s-1994)
• Martha Stewart (2000?-2004)
• Ask Rita (2001?-2004)
• The Ellen Show (2003-2004) (before it moved to rival WSPA-TV from 2004-to 2005 and currently on WYFF-TV)
• (1986-1992)

In 2004, WHNS aired a Nightline broadcast showing the names and faces of the dead from the Iraq war, after ABC station WLOS-TV pre-empted it on orders from its owner, Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Connie LeGrand was the main female anchor from 1998 to 2003 before leaving for SPEED Channel.

External links

• [WHNS homepage]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WHNS]

Broadcast television in the Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville market  [(Nielsen DMA #35)]
WYFF 4 (NBC) - WSPA 7 (CBS) - WGTV 8 (PBS/GPB) - WLOS 13 (ABC) - WGGS 16 (Rel./TBN) - WHNS 21 (Fox) - WNTV 29 / WNEH 38 / WRET 49 (PBS/SCETV) - W31AZ 31 / W50CL 50 / W50CZ 50 (TBN) - WNEG 32 (CBS) - WUNF 33 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WMYA 40 (The WB/MNTV) - WYCW 62 (UPN/The CW) - WAEN-LP 64 (A1)

Fox Network Affiliates in the state of South Carolina
WHNS 21 () - WTAT 24 () - WTGS 28 () - WFXB 43 () - WACH 57 ()
'''See also: , , , , , and stations in South Carolina

 

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