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WKBW-TV
Image:Logo channel7.jpg
Buffalo, New York
Branding Eyewitness News / 7 News (newscasts)/ WKBW Channel 7 (general)
Slogan Live, Local, Latebreaking
Channels Analog: 7 (VHF)

Digital: 38 (UHF)
Affiliations ABC
Owner Granite Broadcasting Corporation
(WKBW-TV License, Inc. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a Eyewitness News is a name used by local television newscasts widely used in different markets across the United States. A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property Granite Broadcasting Corporation is an African American-owned broadcasting Holding company which owns or operates (via Local marketing agreements 14 television stations )
First air date November 30, 1958
Call letters’ meaning We
Know
Buffalo's
Watching
(modified from the original WKBW AM station slogan:
Well
Known
Bible
Witness)
Transmitter Power 97. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF 7 kW (analog)
358 kW (digital)
Height 434 m (analog)
432. The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International 9 m (digital)
Facility ID 54176
Transmitter Coordinates 42°38′14.7″N, 78°37′10.7″W
Website www.wkbw.com

WKBW-TV, Channel 7, is a television station in Buffalo, New York. 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 Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. It is the ABC affiliate for the Buffalo television market, and is one of many local Buffalo TV stations seen over-the-air and on cable in Canada. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Its transmitter is located at 8909 Center Street in Colden, New York. Colden is a Town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 3323 at the 2000 census The station is currently owned by the Granite Broadcasting Corporation, who also operates Equity Broadcasting-owned Retro Television Network affiliate WNGS under a local marketing agreement (LMA). Granite Broadcasting Corporation is an African American-owned broadcasting Holding company which owns or operates (via Local marketing agreements 14 television stations Equity Media Holdings is a Broadcasting company based in Little Rock Arkansas that owns and operates 31 Television stations across the United The Retro Television Network (aka RTN is a system of television stations primarily airing classic television programming from the 1950s through the 1980s such as Leave it to WNGS 67 (branded as RTN 11) is a Television station licensed to Springville New York, serving the Buffalo television market In US and Canadian Broadcasting, a local marketing agreement (or local management agreement, or LMA) is an Agreement For many years, it was carried via microwave to cable systems in such areas as Corning and Horseheads for ABC service; this ended when WENY-TV signed on. WENY-TV is the ABC affiliate for the Elmira New York television market

Contents

History

The Channel 7 frequency was hotly contested during the 1950s; the Buffalo Courier-Express and former WBUF-TV owner Sherwin Grossman tried several times to gain rights to the channel (to compete with The Buffalo News's WBEN-TV) but was unable to secure a license. The Buffalo Courier-Express was a morning Newspaper in Buffalo New York. The Buffalo News is the primary Newspaper of the Buffalo New York, Metropolitan area and its surrounding Suburbs It is wholly owned WIVB-TV is the CBS Television affiliate in Buffalo New York. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 4 and its digital signal on UHF channel 39 The competition for the channel continued to grow when the city's first UHF station, WBES-TV, failed. Clinton Churchill, original owner of 50,000 watt radio station WKBW AM 1520 in Buffalo, was granted the license to operate the station in 1957. WWKB (formerly WKBW) is an AM Radio station in Buffalo New York that operates on a frequency of 1520 KHz. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar)

WKBW was originally intended to be an independent station. Independent station is a term for a broadcast radio or Television station which is more independent in some way compared to other "dependent" However, when NBC closed its owned and operated station, WBUF-TV(now WNED-TV), on September 30, 1958, then-ABC affiliate WGR-TV (now WGRZ-TV) went back to NBC. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's WNED-TV is a Public television station in Buffalo New York, serving as that market's PBS affiliate WNED-TV is a Public television station in Buffalo New York, serving as that market's PBS affiliate Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WGRZ-TV is the NBC affiliate in Buffalo New York. Its studio is located at 259 Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo while its transmitter is located at 11526 Warner As a result of the network shuffle, WKBW-TV premiered as ABC's new Buffalo affiliate when it went on the air on November 30, 1958. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats The station was originally located at 1420 Main Street, and remained there until it moved to its current location at 7 Broadcast Plaza in downtown Buffalo in 1978. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar)

Churchill sold the WKBW stations to Capital Cities Communications in 1961. Capital Cities redirects here For the article about the seat of a government see Capital. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CapCities would serve as WKBW-TV's longest tenured owner, having owned it and its radio sister for 25 years, and the station would reach its peak during Capital Cities' ownership. WKBW-TV produced iconic children's programing such as Rocketship 7 and The Commander Tom Show from the 1960s through the 1980s. Rocketship 7 was a Children's television series that aired weekday mornings on WKBW-TV in Buffalo New York from 1962 to 1978 and from 1992 to 1993 The Commander Tom Show was a Children's television series that aired weekday afternoons on WKBW-TV in Buffalo New York, premiering on December 20 A staple of its morning programing for many years was Dialing for Dollars, which later became AM Buffalo after the Dialing for Dollars franchise was discontinued. Dialing for Dollars was a franchised format local Television program in the United States and Canada, popular in the 1950s 1960s AM Buffalo, known on weekends as Buffalo Weekend, is an American television Talk show based in Buffalo New York. AM Buffalo still airs today.

When Capital Cities merged with ABC in 1986, it sold WKBW-TV to Queen City Broadcasting, a minority-owned firm, instead of becoming an ABC O&O. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) At that point WKBW radio was sold to Price Communications and renamed WWKB (currently owned by Entercom Communications). WWKB (formerly WKBW) is an AM Radio station in Buffalo New York that operates on a frequency of 1520 KHz. Entercom Communications Corporation ( is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States

In 1995, Queen City Broadcasting merged with Granite Broadcasting. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Granite Broadcasting Corporation is an African American-owned broadcasting Holding company which owns or operates (via Local marketing agreements 14 television stations Granite has since remained WKBW-TV's owner.

Until 2000, lottery drawings were shown on WKBW-TV (they have since moved to WGRZ). 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. WGRZ-TV is the NBC affiliate in Buffalo New York. Its studio is located at 259 Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo while its transmitter is located at 11526 Warner

News

From 1970 until 2003, WKBW called its news operation "Eyewitness News. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Eyewitness News is a name used by local television newscasts widely used in different markets across the United States. " However, since 1973, it borrowed most of the basic elements of the "Action News" format used at longtime sister station WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, combined with the format news director Irv Weinstein developed and called "Rock 'n' Roll Radio News" (modified for television). Action News is a local television newscast format in the United States. WPVI-TV, channel 6 is an owned-and-operated station of the Walt Disney Company -owned American Broadcasting Company, located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Photo Irwin "Irv" Weinstein (born April 29, 1930 It even used Move Closer to Your World, the theme song made famous by WPVI. Move Closer to Your World is a television news music package composed by Jingle writer Al Ham under his Mayoham Music label

Weinstein was WKBW's main anchor from 1964 until his retirement in 1998, doubling as news director for most of that time. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) From 1965 to 1989, he was partnered with sports director Rick Azar and weatherman Tom Jolls (who did double duty as host of Commander Tom); the three formed the longest continuing anchor team in television history until Azar's retirement in 1989. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Tom Jolls is a retired television weatherman at WKBW-TV in Buffalo New York, where he worked for 34 years

The station's morning show began in about 1987 as Good Morning Western New York, which started at 6 a. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) m. ET before moving up to 5:30 a. m. in 1996. It currently starts at 5 a. m. . Between 2000 and 2003, the morning show was known as Eyewitness News This Morning, and now it is known as 7 News This Morning. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. WKBW was the first station in western New York to produce a morning news program.

From about 1989 until February 1997, the station identified itself as News Channel 7, but kept the Eyewitness News name for posterity, resulting in rather long station announcements (eg. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar "From WKBW-TV News Channel 7, this is Eyewitness News at 5"). During this era, they also reorchestrated the theme with a more futuristic synthesizer-based version. From 1998 to 2002, they used the slogan "Your Hometown Advantage. "

Eyewitness News had been the most-watched newscast in the Buffalo market for many years, and was at times even more popular in the Toronto market than local Toronto news. Some critics have contended this was due to Canadian viewers' attitudes that local Toronto TV news was "staid" and "boring" as contrasted with WKBW's "tabloid" and "sensational" style of production, with American TV stations approaching local news coverage as a "product" rather than a "public service," as is Canada's tradition. However, in recent years, the ratings began to slip (although it was still very much a three-way battle between the three local news stations), and eventually rival WIVB overtook the #1 spot. WIVB-TV is the CBS Television affiliate in Buffalo New York. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 4 and its digital signal on UHF channel 39 WKBW decided to abandon their previous heritage and adopt a new identity, thus bringing the Eyewitness News era to an unceremonious end. The station's newscast were rebranded as 7 News in 2003, and Move Closer to Your World was dropped in favor of a more contemporary piece of news music (Right Here, Right Now by 615 Music). Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The slogan, since 2002, has been the alliterative phrase "Live, Local, Late- Breaking," a phrase that has been used on stations across the country. So far, the cosmetic changes do not appear to have restored the station to its former glory; in fact, the moves seem to have backfired and the station has since fallen to a distant third, behind WIVB and WGRZ, according to Nielsen ratings. WGRZ-TV is the NBC affiliate in Buffalo New York. Its studio is located at 259 Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo while its transmitter is located at 11526 Warner Ratings continue to fall even further behind its rivals [1] as the station celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2008.

The station has revived Move Closer to Your World for promotions celebrating the station's 50th anniversary, and the stations have been testing a revival of the Eyewitness News name as of June 2008.

Channel 7 also produced a sport show called Sportsnite, a nightly sports talk program hosted by WKBW's sports department, that aired weeknights at 7:00 p. m. ET on WNGS. WNGS 67 (branded as RTN 11) is a Television station licensed to Springville New York, serving the Buffalo television market However, in April 2007, due to very poor ratings despite a barrage of heavy advertising, the Buffalo Sabres being in the playoffs and the upcoming 2007 NFL Draft, Sportsnite was cancelled. The Buffalo Sabres are a professional Ice hockey team based in Buffalo New York. The 2007 National Football League Draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 28 and April 29 2007 [1]. WNGS was not available on satellite providers during Sportsnite's run, thus limiting the show's audience.

WKBW-TV partners with Greater Niagara Newspapers, owners of the Niagara Gazette, Tonawanda News, The Journal-Register and the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, for some of its news reporting. The Niagara Gazette is a morning Daily newspaper published in Niagara Falls New York, USA, which covers several towns and villages of The Tonawanda News is a seven-day evening Daily newspaper published in North Tonawanda New York, USA, part of Niagara County The Journal-Register is a five-day (Monday through Friday evening Daily newspaper published in Medina New York, USA, and covering several The Lockport Union-Sun & Journal is a six-day (Monday through Saturday evening Daily newspaper published in Lockport New York, USA, and In addition, Buffalo Business First produces the station's business reports.

Since the implementation of new production equipment, news programming for the station has been plagued with technical problems, which has fostered lower ratings.

Local programming

Internet initiatives

WKBW has been proactive in its ventures on the Internet. The station was among the first in Western New York to launch a Web site in the mid-1990s. More recently, it was the first to offer RSS feeds and podcasts. RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works – such as Blog entries news headlines audio and video – in a standardized A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download

WKBW streams its noon newscasts via live video on the Internet, one of the few major network affiliates to offer a video stream. (The video feed is no longer linked on WKBW. com as of April 2007 but is still in operation (video feed). ) On demand video of newscasts is also available.

WKBW redesigned its Web site in April 2007, adding the user-generated content system YouNews TV, a YouTube-like video hosting service centered around news in the Buffalo area. User generated content ( UGC, often hyphenated also known as Consumer Generated Media ( CGM) or User created Content ( UCC) refers YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees

Financial difficulties and infomercials

Granite Broadcasting, WKBW's owner, filed for bankruptcy in 2006; as a result, the station group as a whole has been hit hard by financial difficulties[2]. Granite Broadcasting Corporation is an African American-owned broadcasting Holding company which owns or operates (via Local marketing agreements 14 television stations Long time anchors have either been dismissed or seen significant pay cuts. [3] The station is the only one in the market that does not produce a 10 p. m. newscast, nor does it produce a weekend morning newscast, while the other two stations in the market have both. The station has fewer meteorologists, full-time sports anchors, and reporters than other stations in the market. [2] Regularly scheduled programming is increasingly being replaced by infomercials, including network and syndicated programs (although this practice is suspended during sweeps).

Since January 31, 2008, union employees at that station who work as engineers, reporters, photographers and assignment desk editors, have been working without a contract. Talks have been ongoing between Nabet Local 25 and the management at WKBW-TV.

Personalities

News Anchors

Sports

Weather

News Reporters

AM/PM Buffalo

Former

Trivia

See also

References

  1. ^ Pergament, Alan. WNGS 67 (branded as RTN 11) is a Television station licensed to Springville New York, serving the Buffalo television market Do you know where your children are? is a popular question used as a Public service announcement for parents on American television throughout the 1960s 1970s and Writers’ strike takes a bite out of ratings. The Buffalo News. The Buffalo News is the primary Newspaper of the Buffalo New York, Metropolitan area and its surrounding Suburbs It is wholly owned 5 March 2008.
  2. ^ Pergament, Alan. What happened to Channel 7 news? The Buffalo News. 8 June 2008.

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