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WTNH
New Haven - Hartford, Connecticut
Branding NewsChannel 8
Slogan Coverage You Can Count On
Channels Analog: 8 (VHF)

Digital: 10 (VHF)
Affiliations ABC
Owner LIN TV Corporation
(WTNH Broadcasting, Inc. 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 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 Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. 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 )
Founded June 15, 1948
Call letters’ meaning Television New Haven
Sister station(s) WCTX
Former callsigns WNHC-TV (1948-1971)
Former channel number(s) 6 (1948-1953)
Former affiliations DuMont (1948-1956)
NBC (secondary, 1949-1953)
CBS (secondary, 1949-1955)
Transmitter Power 174 kW (analog)
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Height 364 m (analog)
342 m (digital)
Facility ID 74109
Transmitter Coordinates 41°25′22.7″N, 72°57′4.1″W
Website www.wtnh.com

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On May 18, 2007, LIN TV announced that it was exploring strategic alternatives that could result in the sale of the company. [1]

Contents

History

WTNH debuted on June 15, 1948 as WNHC-TV on channel 6. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The station was founded by the New Haven Register along with WNHC radio (1340 AM, now WYBC) and WNHC-FM (99. The New Haven Register is a daily Newspaper published in New Haven Connecticut. 1 MHz. , now WPLR). WPLR (also known as 991 PLR or ' Connecticut's #1 Rock Station') based out of New Haven Connecticut, is a rock station owned by Cox Radio. It is Connecticut's oldest television station, and the second-oldest in New England (WBZ-TV in Boston signed on less than a week earlier). History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the WBZ-TV, channel 4 is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Boston Massachusetts. It was originally an affiliate of the DuMont Television Network, and claims to have been the first full-time affiliate of that short-lived network. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 [2] It added NBC and CBS in 1949, with ABC following in 1950. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

In late 1953, WNHC-TV changed frequencies and moved to channel 8. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The next year, the Federal Communications Commission collapsed Hartford and New Haven into a single market. WNHC-TV shared some NBC programming with New Britain's WKNB-TV (now WVIT) until 1955, as WKNB's signal was not strong enough to cover New Haven at the time. New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, US. It is located approximately 9 miles (14 km southwest of Hartford. WVIT, channel 30 is an owned-and-operated station of the NBC Television Network, licensed to New Britain Connecticut, and serving the Hartford Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) In 1955, the New Haven Register and the WNHC stations were bought by Triangle Publications of Philadelphia. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Also in that same year, WNHC-TV lost its CBS affiliation when that network purchased Hartford's WGTH-TV (later WHCT and now WUVN). WUVN is the Connecticut affiliate for the Spanish language Univision Television network. The station became a sole ABC affiliate, though it shared ABC programming with Waterbury-based WATR-TV (now WTXX) until 1966. WTXX, channel 20 is the CW -affiliated Television station for the state of Connecticut (except Fairfield County) that is licensed to Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. It has been a primary ABC affiliate longer than any station in New England except WMTW-TV in Portland, Maine, also located on channel 8. WMTW, channel 8 is the ABC -affiliated Television station for Portland Maine that is licensed to Poland Spring Portland is the largest city in the US state of Maine and the County seat of Cumberland County.

As part of a sale of Triangle's broadcasting interests in 1971, the WNHC stations were sold to Capital Cities Communications, along with sister stations WFIL-AM-FM-TV in Philadelphia and KFRE-AM-FM-TV in Fresno, California. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Capital Cities redirects here For the article about the seat of a government see Capital. WFIL is the name of a radio station and also the former name of a television station serving the city of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. KFSN-TV is the ABC owned and operated Television station in Fresno California. However, Capital Cities could not keep the radio stations because it already owned the maximum number of radio stations allowed at the time. As a result, WNHC-TV changed its call letters to WTNH-TV soon after Capital Cities took over. (The station dropped the -TV suffix from its calls in 1985, but continued to call itself "WTNH-TV" on-air well into the 1990s. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) ) WTNH later adopted the Action News format made famous at its Philadelphia sister station, WPVI-TV (the former WFIL-TV). 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

Capital Cities bought ABC in 1986 in a deal that stunned the broadcast industry. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) However, the FCC would not allow the merged company to keep WTNH due to a significant signal overlap with ABC's flagship station, WABC-TV in New York City. WABC-TV, channel 7 is the flagship station of the Walt Disney Company -owned American Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The City of New York WTNH's signal decently covers Fairfield County (which is part of the New York City market) as well as most of Long Island. Named after the extremely large area of salt-marshes and swamps both on the coast and inland Fairfield County is located in the southwestern corner of the U Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches At the time, the FCC normally did not allow common ownership of two stations with overlapping coverage areas. As a result, channel 8 was spun off to a minority-controlled firm called Cook Inlet Communications.

Cook Inlet sold WTNH to LIN in 1994. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) In the mid-1990s, the station dropped the Action News title in favor of the current "NewsChannel 8". When a new UHF independent station in New Haven, WTVU (later WBNE and now WCTX) signed-on in 1995, WTNH began operating the station under a local marketing agreement. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 In US and Canadian Broadcasting, a local marketing agreement (or local management agreement, or LMA) is an Agreement In 2001, LIN bought WCTX outright. Since the start of the LMA, WTNH has produced a 10 p. m. nightly and 7 a. m. weekday newscast for WCTX.

For many years, WTNH has been the second-highest rated station in Connecticut, behind WFSB. WFSB, channel 3 is an affiliate of the CBS television network serving most of the state of Connecticut. However, in recent years it has had to fend off a spirited challenge from a resurgent WVIT. There is a heavy regional tilt to WTNH's ratings for news and local programming, as it traditionally does far better in Nielsen's "Metro B" area (New Haven County) than "Metro A" (Hartford County). New Haven County is located in the south central part of the U Hartford County is located in the north central part of the U This trend does not hold for network programming. It is the one Hartford/New Haven TV station with a large Fairfield County audience as well.

WTNH was the first station in the country to use videotape for local programming, and one of the first to broadcast in color.

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed.

Channel Programming
8. 1 / 10. 1 main WTNH-TV/ABC programming
8. 2 / 10. 2 Local weather radar

Post-analog shutdown

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009, [1] WTNH will remain on its current pre-transition channel number, 10. [2] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display WTNH's virtual channel as 8. The Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP is the protocol used in the ATSC and DVB digital television systems for carrying Metadata In Telecommunications, a logical channel number (LCN also known as virtual channel in North America, is a channel designation which differs

Trivia

Current personalities

The station's weeknight 6 and 11 o'clock anchors.
The station's weeknight 6 and 11 o'clock anchors.
WTNH's chief meteorologist.
WTNH's chief meteorologist.
Anchors
Weather
Sports

Reporters

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
  2. ^ CDBS Print

External links

Dr Mel Goldstein (or Dr Mel) is an American Meteorologist, best known as the chief meteorologist for News Channel Geoff Fox (born 1950 is a television meteorologist with NewsChannel 8 WTNH, the New Haven Connecticut ABC -TV affiliate WPRI-TV, channel 12 is the CBS -affiliated Television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County Massachusetts, licensed WNAC-TV, channel 64 is the primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV -affiliated Television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol Meteorologist SallyAnn Mosey joined WNBC and NBC on May 13, 2006. Susan "Sue" Simmons (born May 27, 1943) has been the lead female news anchor at WNBC television in New York City since The Weather Channel (also TWC) is a commercially-sponsored US
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