WHIZ-TV
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| Zanesville, Ohio | |
| Branding | WHIZ-TV News 18 |
| Channels | 18 (UHF) analog, 40 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | WHIZ Media Group |
| Founded | May 23, 1953 (on channel 50; moved to Channel 18 in 1955) |
| Call letters meaning | We're Here In Zanesville |
| Former affiliations | CBS, ABC (secondary from 1953 to 1966) & DuMont (secondary from 1953 to 1956) |
| Transmitter Power | 589 kW |
| Website | www.whiznews.com |
WHIZ-TV is the NBC affiliate in Zanesville, Ohio. Construction on WHIZ-TV began in 1952 at the Downard Road site for Zanesville's first television station. On May 23, 1953, WHIZ-TV began broadcasting on Channel 50, with just enough power to reach the 500 or so television sets in the Zanesville area. A year and a half later, WHIZ-TV moved to Channel 18, and increased its power output to 186 kW. In 1986, increased power output to 589 kW with a new antenna, and introduced stereo sound. Although this station is somewhat overshadowed by network affiliates in the Columbus, Ohio market such as WCMH-TV, WHIZ-TV provides local news to its limited local area. In addition, WHIZ-TV provides local sports programming, including local basketball games on Friday. It is the only major television station in Zanesville.
WHIZ-TV has been a primary NBC affiliate since the station began but did not become a full-time NBC affiliate until 1966. It originally aired a mixture of ABC, CBS and NBC programming, as well as DuMont programming for a short period. In 2003, WHIZ-TV began broadcasting in high-definition on Channel 40.
[edit] Other stations
The WHIZ Media Group also operates the local CW Plus stations WBZV (Zanesville) and WBPB (Parkersburg), in addition to their radio outlets, WHIZ (AM) and WHIZ-FM ("Z102").
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| Broadcast television in the Zanesville market (Nielsen DMA #203) | ||
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WBZV Cable 13 (The WB) |
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| See also: Broadcast television stations in the Columbus, OH, Parkersburg, WV, and Wheeling, WV Markets | ||
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WTAP 15 (NBC, FOX on DT2, MNTV on DT3) - W26AL 26 (TBN) - W57AG 57 (PBS/WVPB) |
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WBPB (The CW/The CW Plus) |
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WSAZ 3 (NBC) - WCHS 8 (ABC) - WVAH 11 (FOX) - WOWK 13 (CBS) See also television stations in the Wheeling, WV, Zanesville, OH and Columbus, OH television markets.
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| NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Ohio | |
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WDTN 2 (Dayton) - WKYC 3 (Cleveland) - WCMH 4 (Columbus) - WLWT 5 (Cincinnati) - WTOV 9 (Stubenville) - WHIZ 18 (Zanesville) - WFMJ 21 (Youngstown) - WNWO 24 (Toledo) - WLIO 35 (Lima) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, PBS, MyNetworkTV, CW and Other stations in Ohio | |
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