WTVM
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WTVM is the ABC television affiliate in Columbus, Georgia. Its signal covers the Chattahoochee Valley area, including east-central Alabama. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 9 and its digital signal on UHF channel 47. It's owned by Raycom Media and is sister station to the area's Fox affiliate, WXTX channel 54. WTVM's transmitter is located in Cusseta, Georgia.
It signed on for the first time on September 28, 1953 as WDAK-TV on channel 28. It was a primary NBC affiliate with secondary CBS and ABC affiliations. It was owned by Allen Woodall, Sr., owner of WDAK-AM 540, and Martin Theaters. It lost CBS when WRBL-TV signed on a year later. Woodall sold his interest in the station to Martin Theaters in 1956, and the calls became WTVM. It moved to channel 9 in 1960 in a three-way switch that saw WRBL move from channel 4 to channel 3 and WTVY-TV in Dothan, Alabama move from channel 9 to channel 4. Channel 28 is now occupied by Georgia Public Broadcasting's WJSP-TV.
In 1970, WTVM moved to its current studios on Wynnton Road in Columbus. Shortly afterward, it became a sole ABC affiliate after WYEA-TV (now WLTZ) signed on.
Newscasts
The anchors are as follows:- 5:30am - 7:00am Chuck Lenord, Cheryl Renee and Meteorologist Brian McClure.
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm Chuck Lenord and Meteorologist Brian McClure
- 5:00pm - 5:30pm Dee Armstrong, Wayne Bennett and Chief Meteorologist Kurt Schmitz
- 6:00pm - 6:30pm and 11:00pm - 11:30pm Dee Armstrong, Wayne Bennett, Chief Meteorologist Kurt Schmitz and Dave Platta with sports.
- 5:30pm - 6:00pm Deborah Singer and Chief Meteorologist Kurt Schmitz
- Weekends Semone Doughton, Meteorologist Bruce Lee and Andrew Wittenberg with sports
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| Broadcast television in the Columbus, Georgia market [(Nielsen DMA #127)] | ||
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| WRBL 3 (CBS) - WTVM 9 (ABC) - WCGT-LP 16 (IND) - WACS 25 (PBS/GPB) - WJSP 28 (PBS/GPB) - WLTZ 38 (NBC) - WGIQ 43 (PBS/APT) - WXTX 54 (FOX) (The Tube on DT2) - WLGA 66 (UPN) | ||
| See also: Broadcast television stations in the , , , and Markets | ||
| ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Georgia | |
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| WSB 2 () - WJBF 6 () - WTVM 9 () - WJCL 22 () - WPGA 58 () | |
| '''See also: , , , , , and stations in Georgia | |
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Corporate Staff: Paul McTear (President & CEO) | Wayne Daugherty | Marty Edelman | Leon Long | Jeff Rosser | Anne Adkins | Clyde Baucom | Rebecca Bryan | David Folsom | Mary Carloe McDonnell | Billy McDowell | Susana Schuler | Melissa Thurber
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ABC Network Affiliates: KAIT | KLTV | KTRE | KTVO1 | WLOX | WTVM
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CBS Network Affiliates: KFVS | KGBT1 | KOLD | KSLA | WAFB | WOIO | WTOC | WTOL | WTVR
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Fox Network Affiliates: KASA | KXRM1 | WACH1 | WDFX | WFLX | WFXG | WFXL1 | WPGX | WTNZ | WXIX
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NBC Network Affiliates: KCBD | KHNL/KHBC/KOGG | KPLC | WAFF | WALB | WAVE | WDAM | WECT | WFIE | WIS | WLBT | WLUC1 | WMC | WNWO1 | WPBN/WTOM1 | WSFA | WSTM1
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UPN Network Affiliates: KXTU12 | WBXH3 | WQTV/WQWQ2 | WSTQ12 | WUAB3
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The WB Network Affiliate: KFVE3
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1Stations to be sold to Barrington Broadcasting. The FCC has approved the sale of these stations; the sale is now awaiting finalization. |
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2Stations confirmed to affiliate with The CW starting September 18, 2006.
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3Stations confirmed to affiliate with My Network TV starting September 5, 2006.
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| Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. | Employees: 4,200 | Stock Symbol: None, privately held. | Website: [www.raycommedia.com] |
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