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WEAR-TV
Image:Weartv.jpg
Pensacola, Florida/Mobile, Alabama
Branding WEAR ABC 3
Channel 3
Channel 3 News
Slogan First LIVE Local
Channels Analog: 3 (VHF)

Digital: 17 (UHF)
Affiliations ABC
Owner Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
(WEAR Licensee, LLC)
First air date January 13, 1954
Call letters’ meaning The word EAR
Sister station(s) WFGX
Former affiliations CBS/ABC (1954-1955)
Transmitter Power 100 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
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579 m (digital)
Facility ID 71363
Transmitter Coordinates 30°36′45.4″N, 87°38′41.6″W
Website www.weartv.com

WEAR is the ABC affiliate for the Pensacola, Florida, Mobile, Alabama, and Fort Walton Beach, Florida viewing area. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the County seat of Escambia County. Fort Walton Beach is a city in Okaloosa County Florida, United States. It is one of two major commercial stations in the market that is licensed on the Florida side of the market, the other being sister station WFGX, a MyNetworkTV affiliate. WFGX is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Mobile Alabama / Pensacola Florida television market MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyNet or MNT) is a Television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Broadcasting Company WEAR is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The Sinclair Broadcast Group ( SBG) is the operator of the largest number of local Television stations in the United States with a total of 57 stations

Its transmitter is located near Robertsdale, Alabama, and its studios are located on Mobile Highway (US 90) in southwest Pensacola. Robertsdale is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. US Route 90 is an east-west United States highway. Despite the "0" in its route number US 90 never was a full coast-to-coast route it has always ended at

As a Pensacola-based station, their newscasts tend to focus on coverage of the Northwestern Florida area as opposed to WKRG and WPMI, which predominantly feature news concerning the southern Alabama area. WKRG-TV has been the CBS television station in Mobile Alabama and Pensacola, Florida since its inception in 1955. WPMI is the NBC -affiliated television station for South Alabama and much of the Emerald Coast of Florida.

Sinclair prohibited its ABC affiliates, including WEAR, from airing a Nightline broadcast in 2004 because the company felt it was near anti-war rhetoric. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [1] Prior to July 19, 2005 Sinclair prohibited WEAR from broadcasting Jimmy Kimmel Live in the late night time slot. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night Talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC. WEAR also chose not to air the soap opera Port Charles for its entire six-year run. Port Charles is a daytime Soap opera which aired on ABC from June 2 1997 to October 3 2003.

WEAR also operates WFGX, a MyNetworkTV affiliate station broadcasting on channel 35. WFGX is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Mobile Alabama / Pensacola Florida television market MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyNet or MNT) is a Television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Broadcasting Company

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Personnel

The WEAR news desk is headed by Sue Straughn, who was the first black female news anchor in the area. A News bureau is an office for gathering or distributing News. She started at the station in 1973 as a clerk typist and now helms the Dayside, five o'clock and six o'clock newscasts. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Bob Solarski, who has been anchor since March 1994, co anchors the 5 and 6 with Straughn, and the 10pm newscast. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

Allen Strum is the chief meteorologist and Dan Shugart is sports director and anchor. Meteorology (from Greek grc μετέωρος metéōros, "high in the sky" and grc -λογία -logia) is the Interdisciplinary

History

WEAR began operation on January 13, 1954, which was almost a year after WALA began. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) WALA-TV ("Fox Ten" is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate for southern Alabama and the western Panhandle area of Florida. The station was founded by Charles Smith and Mel Wheeler. Initially the station ran shows from both CBS and ABC. When WKRG signed on in 1955, WEAR became strictly an ABC affiliate. WKRG-TV has been the CBS television station in Mobile Alabama and Pensacola, Florida since its inception in 1955. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar)

In 1959, WEAR was sold to Rollins' Telecasting. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The station continued as an ABC affiliate for many years. In 1987, Rollins Telecasting merged with Heritage Broadcasting to form Heritage Media. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) In October 1997, WEAR and the other Heritage stations were sold to Sinclair Broadcasting, just as the remainder of Heritage Media was merging with News Corporation (the parent company of Fox). Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Sinclair Broadcast Group ( SBG) is the operator of the largest number of local Television stations in the United States with a total of 57 stations News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation This sale also protected former longtime NBC affiliate WALA as the market's Fox affiliate; otherwise, WEAR would have been forced to switch its network affiliation to Fox. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's

WEAR is rumored to start producing newscasts in HD sometime during the summer of 2008. This will be the first news operation in the Mobile/Pensacola market to do so.

Mediacom dispute

In late 2006, Sinclair entered into negotiations with Mediacom, the main cable provider for much of the Florida side of the Mobile-Pensacola market (including Santa Rosa County and Pensacola Beach). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Mediacom Communications ( usually called just Mediacom) is a Cable television and communications provider in the United States. Santa Rosa County is a County located in the US state of Florida. Pensacola Beach is an Unincorporated community located on Santa Rosa Island, a Barrier island, in Escambia County, Florida, The two companies could not reach agreement over compensation rights. As a result, Mediacom pulled all of Sinclair's stations, including WEAR, from its systems on January 6, 2007. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The dispute ended on February 2, when the two sides reached an agreement that restored WEAR to Mediacom systems. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor

Past personalities

External links

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