WLWT
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WLWT "News5" is the NBC television affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 5 from a transmitter located in Cincinnati. The station is owned by Hearst-Argyle.
WLWT's had often been the highest-rated news station in the Cincinnati area in the past, but it has been lagging behind rivals WKRC and WCPO-TV in recent years, but as of 2006 the station has been seeing a turnaround in the ratings. Several former and current members of WLWT's news staff have been associated with politics, including Jerry Springer, Charlie Luken, Tom Atkins and Courtis Fuller.
History
WLWT was established by the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation, owners of WLW radio, one of America's most powerful radio stations. The station signed on February 9, 1948. It originally carried programming from NBC, ABC, CBS and DuMont, but became solely an NBC affiliate in 1949 after WKRC-TV and WCPO-TV signed on respectively. For many years, it officially had a hyphen in its callsign (WLW-T), but dropped it after Crosley sold off WLW-AM in the 1960s.The station was sold to Multimedia Broadcasting in 1976. Gannett bought the Multimedia group in 1995. Since Gannett already owned the Cincinnati Enquirer, the company swapped WLWT and Oklahoma City's KOCO-TV to Argyle Television for Buffalo's WGRZ-TV and Western Michigan's WZZM-TV, a transaction which was finalized in January 1997. Argyle merged with the broadcasting unit of the Hearst Corporation (creating Hearst-Argyle Television) in late 1997, forcing the newly-merged company to sell off then-Hearst-owned WDTN in Dayton, Ohio due to FCC rules in effect at the time forbidding common ownership of television stations with overlapping city-grade coverage (ironically, both stations were once owned by Crosley; under Crosley and its successor Avco, they were grandfathered).
It is the only Cincinnati station (other than independents joining a television network) never to change its affiliation.
It was announced in June that WLWT-TV would once again partner to provide news and weather for the Nation's Station, 700WLW. WLWT provided news and weather for the station for years when they were both Crosley stations, but eventual separate ownerships of the two stations led to 700WLW using WKRC for news and weather. WLWT will also get its news and weather heard on 700WLW's XM Satellite Radio channel number 173.
Newscasts
News 5 is WLWT's news operation. It is lead by Sandra Ali, Sheree Paolello and Dave Wagner. It is popular in Cincinnati for its Target 5 investigations.Weekdays
- News 5 Today - 5:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m.
- News 5 at Noon - 12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m.
- News 5 at 5 - 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
- News 5 at 6 - 6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
- News 5 at 11 - 11:00 p.m.-11:35 p.m.
Weekends
- News 5 Today Weekend - 6:30-8 a.m., 10-11 a.m. (Saturday), 9-10 a.m. (Sunday)
- News 5 at 6 - 6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
- News 5 at 11 - 11:00 p.m.-11:30 p.m. (Saturday), 11:00 p.m.-11:35 p.m. (Sunday)
Trivia
- The transmission tower seen at the beginning of CBS's popular sitcom, WKRP in Cincinnati, actually belonged to WLWT — it was located at the now-former WLWT transmitter on 2222 Chickasaw Street. [link]
- WLWT sponsors an annual race in the Automobile Racing Club of America, a stock car racing series similar to NASCAR, at Kentucky Speedway. The station simulcasts the live coverage from the Speed Channel.
External links
| Broadcast television in the Cincinnati market [(Nielsen DMA #34)] | |||
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| WLWT 5 (NBC) - WCPO 9 (ABC) - WKRC 12 (CBS) (The CW on DT2, starting 9/06) - WPTO 14 (PBS) - WXIX 19 (Fox) (The Tube on DT2) - WOTH 25 (A1) - WBQC 38 (UPN/Ind.) - WKOI 43 (TBN) - WCET 48 (PBS) - WKON 52 / WCVN 54 (PBS/KET) - WSTR 64 (The WB/My Network TV) | |||
| '''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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Corporate Staff: David J. Barrett (President & CEO) | Victor F. Ganzi (COB) | Harry T. Hawks | Terry Mackin | Steven A. Hobbs | Philip M. Stolz | Frederick I. Young | Candy Altman | Brian Bracco | Emerson Coleman | Marv Danielski | Martin Faubell | Kathleen Keefe | Alvin Lustgarten | Ellen McClain | Jonathan Mintzer | David J. Barrett | Frank A. Bennack, Jr. | John G. Conomikes | Ken J. Elkins | George R. Hearst, Jr. | William Randolph Hearst III | Bob Marbut | Gilbert C. Maurer | Michael E. Pulitzer | David Pulver | Caroline L. Williams
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Radio Stations: WBAL | WIYY
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ABC Network Affiliates: KETV | KHBS / KHOG | KITV | KMBC | KOAT | KOCO | WAPT | WCVB | WISN | WMUR | WMTW | WPBF | WTAE
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CBS Network Affiliates: KCCI | WLKY
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NBC Network Affiliates: KCRA | KSBW | WBAL | WDSU | WESH | WGAL | WNNE | WLWT | WPTZ | WXII | WYFF
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UPN Network Affiliate: KCWE1
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WB Network Affiliates: KQCA2 | WKCF13
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Independent Television Station: WMOR
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1The stations will affiliate with The CW Television Network starting September 18, 2006.
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2The station will affiliate with My Network TV starting September 5, 2006.
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3The FCC has approved the acquisition of the station from Emmis Communications. The acquisition is now awaiting finalization.
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| Annual Revenue: .24 billion USD (2004) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NYSE: [HTV] | Website: [www.hearstargyle.com] |
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