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WTVC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
Branding NewsChannel 9
Slogan Depend On Us
Channels Analog: 9 (VHF)

Digital: 35 (UHF)
Affiliations ABC
Owner Freedom Communications, Inc.
(Freedom Broadcasting of Tennessee Licensee, LLC)
First air date 1953[1]
(Rome, Georgia)
February 11, 1958
(current incarnation)
Call letters’ meaning We'reTeleVision Chattanooga
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
200 kW (digital)
Height 322 m (analog)
305 m (digital)
Facility ID 22590
Transmitter Coordinates 35°9′38.7″N, 85°19′5.8″W
Website www.newschannel9.com

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History

The station signed on the air on March 13, 1953 as WROM-TV, Channel 9, originally licensed to Rome, Georgia, and transmitting full power at 316,000 watts from a tower on Horseleg Mountain west of Rome. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nestled in the Foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Rome is the largest City and the County seat of Floyd County Georgia, Because of the full power designation, it was the first television station in the Chattanooga area, serving as a primary NBC affiliate. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's (At that time, Rome was considered part of the Chattanooga television market, but has since been moved to the Atlanta market. ) WROM-TV also had secondary affiliations with CBS, ABC and DuMont. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 It lost CBS when WDEF-TV (channel 12) signed on in Chattanooga in 1954. WDEF–TV channel 12 is the CBS affiliate for Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) WROM-TV then carried NBC, ABC and DuMont until 1956, when Dumont went off the air and WRGP-TV (channel 3, now WRCB-TV) signed on and took the NBC affiliation. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WRCB-TV Channel 3 is an NBC affiliate based in Chattanooga, serving southeastern Tennessee, northwestern Georgia, northeastern Alabama At that time, ABC opted for secondary affiliations with WDEF-TV and WRGP because the FCC had reduced WROM's overall signal, now making it difficult to be picked up in Chattanooga. WROM continued as an independent station until late 1957.

Martin Theaters of Georgia bought WROM in 1957, and in December of that year took it off the air to move the transmitter 70 miles north to Chattanooga. Martin had bought WTVM in Columbus, Georgia in late 1956, and was granted permission to switch that station from channel 28 to channel 9, but ran into government regulations. WTVM, channel 9 is the ABC -affiliated Television station in Columbus Georgia. Columbus is a City in Muscogee County, Georgia, United States. Federal Communications Commission rules mandated a certain amount of separation for stations on the same channel, and WROM's Grade B signal reached Columbus from Rome. Also, the FCC normally did not allow common ownership of two stations with overlapping signals. (The government has since relaxed this particular restriction. ) The Chattanooga-Columbus channel reallocation was part of the last huge FCC national channel reallocation that saw channels numbers in the Southeast change, not only in Chattanooga and Columbus, but also in Dothan, Alabama; Greenwood, Tupelo, and Laurel, Mississippi; and Montgomery, Alabama. Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the US Greenwood is the County seat of Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, located at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta approximately Tupelo ( IPA:) is the largest city in and the County seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. Laurel is a city located in Jones County in Mississippi, a state of the United States of America. Montgomery (məntˈgəmɜriː is the Capital, second most populous city and the 4th most populous metropolitan area in the Southern U

Channel 9 returned to full power as ABC affiliate WTVC in Chattanooga on February 11, 1958. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. To this day, WTVC still operates under WROM's old FCC license. It is also the only TV station in Chattanooga to have never had a secondary affiliation with another network. The station developed a strong reputation for local programming in its early years. Among the early shows that WTVC pioneered was the children's educational show Funtime, with Marcia Kling. Although Funtime ended many years ago, Marcia Kling, who became known as "Miss Marcia" is still associated with the station after 45 years. Shock Theater which aired on Saturday nights, developed a cult following, with WTVC Programming Director Tommy Reynolds dressed up as Dracula with the moniker Doctor Shock, alongside his irreverent sidekick Dingbat. The Bob Brandy Show, which aired in the afternoons, featured cartoons and kids activities hosted by WTVC advertising executive Bob Brandy, his wife Ingrid, and their horse Rebel.

In 1969, Martin Theaters was sold to Augusta, Georgia businessman J.B. Fuqua. Augusta Georgia is a city in Richmond County, Georgia, United States. JB Fuqua (pronounced "few-kwa" ( June 16, 1918 – April 5, 2006) was a businessman philanthropist and chairman of The Fuqua Companies Fuqua also owned WJBF-TV in Augusta, WTVW-TV in Evansville, Indiana; and KTHI-TV (now KVLY-TV in Fargo, North Dakota). WJBF, channel 6 is an ABC -affiliated television station in Augusta Georgia, owned by Media General. WTVW is an affiliate of the Fox Network in Evansville Indiana. Evansville (ˈɛvənzˌvɪl is the third-largest city in the U KVLY channel 11 (44 digital/HD) is the NBC Television affiliate based in Fargo North Dakota that serves much of eastern North Dakota Fargo is a city in Cass County, North Dakota in the United States. Over the next few years, one by one, each station was sold, with WTVC purchased in the early 80's by the A. H. Belo Corporation of Dallas, Texas. Belo Corp (pronounced /ˈbɛlo(ʊ/ is a Dallas -based media company that owns 20 Television stations and two regional Cable television news channels In 1982, current owner Freedom Communications bought the station, marking the newspaper chain's first entry into television ownership. Freedom Communications Inc, headquartered in Irvine California, owns more than 75 publications Newspapers in the US, with a combined daily circulation

Through the late 1960s and mid 1970s, WTVC branded its newscasts Eyewitness News. Eyewitness News is a name used by local television newscasts widely used in different markets across the United States. In 1975, the branding switched to Action News. Action News is a local television newscast format in the United States. In the late 80s, WTVC adopted the NewsChannel branding designation. NewsChannel (sometimes written as Newschannel or News Channel) is a popular name of local Television station Newscasts in the United

The first studios for the TV station in 1958 were located at its transmitter site on Signal Mountain. In 1960, the station moved to a new studio in the Golden Gateway Shopping Center downtown, beside a Zayre Department store. Not to be confused with Zaire, the African country now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Over the years, however, the station outgrew that facility. In 2000, WTVC moved into a new digitally-equipped building located off Highway 153.

In the early 1990s, WTVC produced a 10 PM newscast for then-independent WFLI-TV. WFLI-TV (The CW Chattanooga is The CW affiliate for Chattanooga Tennessee and the Tennessee River Valley That newscast was eventually cancelled. However, starting in 1996, WTVC began successfully producing "FOX61 News@10" for WDSI (local FOX Broadcasting affiliate) using WTVC's Sports and Weather anchors but WDSI's own News anchors. WDSI-TV, channel 61 is the Fox -affiliated Television station for the eastern Tennessee River Valley, northern Georgia, western North In 2000, WDSI moved into their own broadcasting station and produced the news there until news operations were shut down in 2004. At which time, WTVC began producing the News@10 using the same format as before.

Also of note, "NewsChannel 9" is the exclusive home for the weekly University of Tennessee Vol TV Network highlights shows featuring head football coach Phil Fulmer, head men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl, head women's basketball coach Pat Summit, and other UT athletic-related programs. Phillip Fulmer (born September 1 1950 in Winchester Tennessee) is the head football coach at the University of Tennessee, where he has been Bruce Dean-Fredrick Pearl is an American College basketball coach who currently serves as the Head coach of the University of Tennessee Pat Head Summitt (born Patricia Sue Head on June 14, 1952 in Clarksville, Tennessee) is the head coach of the




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  1. ^ The Television and Cable Factbook says June 15, while some other sources say March 13. KOKH-TV (known as Fox 25 or Fox Oklahoma City) is the Fox broadcasting affiliate for Oklahoma City Oklahoma. WSMV-TV Channel 4 is the NBC television affiliate serving the Nashville Tennessee area Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.

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