WOWK-TV
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WOWK-TV is a television station in Huntington, West Virginia. Broadcasting on channel 13, it is the CBS affiliate for the Charleston–Huntington market, the second largest television market (in terms of area) east of the Mississippi River. It is owned by West Virginia Media Holdings and serves 61 counties in central West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio.
The station went on air on October 2, 1955 as WHTN-TV (for HunTingtoN), an ABC affiliate. It swapped affiliations with WCHS-TV and became a CBS station for the first time in 1958. It went back to ABC in 1962 and stayed with that network for 24 years. In 1975, it changed its call letters to WOWK to reflect the three states it served--Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. In 1986, WOWK changed affiliations again, returning to CBS.
The station was headquarted at the Radio Center Building in Huntington from its inception until 1984, when WOWK moved to its current location at 555 Fifth Avenue.
WOWK had been owned by Gateway Communications (which merged with SJL Broadcasting in 2000), until it was sold to West Virginia Media Holdings in 2002. The station's newscasts have long rated third in the market, behind WSAZ-TV and WCHS.
Newscasts
Weekdays
- 13 News This Morning - 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- 13 News at Noon - Noon to 12:30 p.m.
- 13 News at 6 - 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- 13 News at 7 - 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- 13 News at 11 - 11:00 p.m. to 11:35 p.m.
Saturday
- 13 News at 6 - 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- 13 News at 11 - 11:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Sunday
- 13 News at 6 - 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- 13 News at 11 - 11:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Addresses
- 555 Fifth Avenue, Huntington, WV 25701
- 13 Kanawha Blvd West, Charleston, WV 25302
External links
| Broadcast television in the Huntington / Charleston market [(Nielsen DMA #64)] | ||
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| WSAZ 3 / W16CE 16 (NBC - MNTV on DT2 in 9/06) - WCHS 8 (ABC) - WVAH 11 (FOX) - WOWK 13 (CBS) - W14CU 14 (HSN) - WOUB 20 (PBS) - WKPI 22 / WKAS 25 (PBS / KET) - WLPX 29 (i) - WQCW 30 / WOCW 21 / WVCW 45 (The WB / UPN - to be The CW in 09/06) - WPBY 33 (PBS / WVPB) - WPBO 42 (PBS) - WYMT 57 (CBS) - WTSF 61 (DS) |
| WDTV 5 () - WTRF 7 () - WOWK 13 () - WVNS 59 () | |
| See also: , , , , , and Stations in West Virginia | |
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Corporate Staff: Bray Cary (President & CEO) | W. Marston Becker | R. Charles Dusic, III | Chris Leister | Roger Lyons | Bob Calvert | John Osborne | Jeff Whitman | John Fawcett | James F. Reed, CPA | Sue Bosio | Kristen Heiser | Emily McCarty | Tom Gaudino | Charlotte Cohen | Jack Scott | Christa Phillips | Dave Stingo | Michelle Reinhart
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Weekly Newspaper: The State Journal
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CBS Network Affiliates: WOWK | WTRF | WVNS
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NBC Network Affiliate: WBOY
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| Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: None, privately held. | Website: [www.wvmh.com] |
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