WTTE
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WTTE "FOX28" is the Fox television affiliate in Columbus, Ohio. The station broadcasts on channel 28 and broadcasts in stereo. On most cable television systems in the Columbus area, WTTE is channel 8. WTTE-DT (the digital service of WTTE) operates on channel 36. The station is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting Corporation, but is operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group through a local marketing agreement with the area's ABC-affiliate, WSYX-TV. However, Cunningham is effectively owned by Sinclair since nearly all of Cunningham's stock is owned by trusts controlled by the Smith family, owners and co-founders of Sinclair (with Frederick Hines).
WTTE began operations on June 15, 1985 and became a charter Fox affiliate in 1987.
The station began a 10 p.m. newscast in 1995, the second in Central Ohio, after attempt by WWHO produced by WCMH. Former Fox28 Kids Club hostess Yolanda Harris was one of the original anchors. By August of 1999, WTTE's newscast was absorbed into WSYX's news department, which currently produces WTTE's newscasts under the "NewsCenter" brand also used by WSYX.
From 1995-97, WTTE carried a secondary affiliation with UPN. The UPN affiliation was then picked up by WWHO. At one point, WTTE might have picked up Fox's second network, My Network TV, as a secondary affiliation. This was possible because when LIN TV announced its affiliation deal with My Network TV, WWHO was not on the list. However, this affiliation will not happen as WSYX, the area's ABC affiliate, will feature programming from My Network TV on a digital subchannel starting 09/06.
Ownership history
- Commercial Radio Institute (later became Sinclair Broadcast Group) 1985 - 1989
- Sinclair Broadcast Group 1989 - 1995
- Glencairn, Inc. (100% owned by Carolyn Smith, widow of co-founder Julian Smith) 1995 - 2001
- Cunningham Broadcasting, Inc. 2001 - present
Newscasts on WTTE-TV
Monday to Friday- NewsCenter Mornings on FOX28 - 7-9am
- NewsCenter at 10pm on FOX28 - 10-11pm
External links
| Broadcast television in the Columbus market [(Nielsen DMA #32)] | |||
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| WCMH 4 (NBC) - WSYX 6 (ABC - MNTV on DT2 starting 09/06) - WGCT 8 (IND) - WBNS 10 (CBS) - WDEM-LP 17 (AS) - WCLL-CA 19 (Daystar) - WOUB 20 / WOUC 44 (PBS) - WBKA-CA 22 (A1) - WTTE 28 (Fox) - WCSN-LP 32 (REL) - WOSU 34 (PBS) - WXCB-CA 42 (TBN) - WSFJ 51 (i) - WWHO 53 (UPN/The WB - to be The CW 09/06) | |||
| Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Ohio | |
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| WJW 8 () - WOHL-CA 25 () - WTTE 28 () - WUPW 36 () - WRGT 45 () - WYFX-LP 62 () | |
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Corporate Staff: David D. Smith (COB and President & CEO) | Frederick G. Smith | J. Duncan Smith | Robert E. Smith | Daniel C. Keith | Martin R. Leader | Lawrence E. McCanna | Basil A. Thomas | David B. Amy | Lucy A. Rutishauser | Barry M. Faber | David R. Bochenek | Nat S. Ostroff | Donald H. Thompson | Thomas I. Waters III | Darren Shapiro | Gregg Siegel | Jeff Sleete | M. William Butler | Steven M. Marks | Delbert R. Parks III | Joe DeFeo
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ABC Network Affiliates: KDNL | WCHS | WEAR | WGGB | WICD | WICS | WKEF | WLOS | WSYX | WXLV
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CBS Network Affiliates: KGAN | WGME
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Fox Network Affiliates: KABB | KBSI | KDSM | KOKH | WBFF | WDKY | WMSN | WPGH | WRGT | WRLH | WSMH | WSYT | WTAT | WTTE | WUHF | WUTV | WVAH | WYZZ | WZTV
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NBC Network Affiliate: WTWC
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UPN Network Affiliates: WABM¹ | WCGV¹ | WMMP¹ | WMYV¹ | WRDC¹ | WUXP¹
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WB Network Affiliates: KMYS¹ | KOCB² | KVMY¹ | WDKA¹ | WLFL² | WMYA¹ | WNAB² | WNYO¹ | WNUV² | WNYS¹ | WPMY¹ | WSTR¹ | WTTA¹ | WTTO/WDBB² | WTVZ¹ | WUCW² | WVTV²
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Independent Television Stations: KVCW² | WFGX¹
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¹ Stations that have been announced as My Network TV affiliates.
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² Stations that have been announced as CW affiliates.
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| Annual Revenue: .24 billion USD (2004) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: [SBGI]| Website: [www.sbgi.net] |
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