WTVC

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WTVC
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Branding	News Channel 9
Slogan	Depend On Us
Channels	9 (VHF) analog, 35 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Freedom Communications
Founded	March 13, 1953 (as WROM-TV, Rome, Georgia; relocated and relaunched in Chattanooga February 11, 1958)
Call letters meaning	W TeleVision Chattanooga
Former affiliations	NBC (1953-1956) CBS (1953-1954) DuMont (1953-1954)
Website	newschannel9.com

WTVC channel 9 is the ABC affiliate in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is owned by Freedom Communications. The station uses the branding NewsChannel 9 for its newscasts. Its transmitter is located in Walden, Tennessee.

Contents 1 History 2 Doppler Radar Network 3 News Department 3.1 Newscasts 3.1.1 Monday-Friday 3.1.2 Saturday-Sunday 3.1.3 Past newscasts 3.2 Notable Personalities 3.2.1 Current Personalities 3.2.2 Past Personalities 4 External links

[edit] History

The station first signed on the air on March 13, 1953 as WROM-TV, with its transmitting antenna on a tower on Horseleg Mountain. WROM-TV was affiliated with the CBS, NBC, and DuMont television networks. In December, 1957, the station left the air to avoid interference with its soon-to-be sister station WTVM-TV, which was about to switch to the same channel WROM-TV was on.

WROM-TV returned to the air as WTVC-TV, Chattanooga's full time ABC affiliate on February 11, 1958. The station developed a strong reputation for local programming in its early years. Among the early shows that WTVC-TV pioneered was the children's educational show Funtime, Shock Theater, Doctor Shock, Dingbat, and The Bob Brandy Show.

For a long time throughout the 1970s and 1980s, WTVC branded its newscasts Action News, and was among the first stations in the country to adopt the NewsChannel designation.

In 2000, WTVC-TV began broadcasting from a new building that is located between Northgate Mall and Hamilton Place Mall. The station currently airs ABC and Syndicated Programming.

In 2004, WTVC began producing a newscast called First News at 10pm for WDSI-TV.

[edit] Doppler Radar Network

WTVC-TV was the first station in Chattanooga and the first station in East Tennessee to have its own Doppler radar, to track severe storms in Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina. The radar tower itself is located at WTVC-TV's transmitter site in Walden, Tennessee. WTVC-TV is also in a Doppler Radar Network. The radar network consists of doppler radar beams from WTVC-TV, WAAY-TV, WSMV-TV, and WAPT-TV. WTVC-TV also operates the StormTrack 9 Neighborhood Network, which relies on sensitive instruments placed at 40 sites to relay weather conditions back to WTVC-TV.

[edit] News Department

[edit] Newscasts

[edit] Monday-Friday

• Good Morning Chattanooga (5:00-7:00AM)
• NewsChannel 9 Midday (12Noon-12:30PM)
• This-N-That (12:30PM-1:00PM)
• NewsChannel 9 at 5 (5:00-5:30PM)
• NewsChannel 9 at 5:30 (5:30-6:00PM)
• NewsChannel 9 at 6 (6:00-6:30PM)
• First News at 10 (10:00PM-10:35PM, on WDSI-TV)
• NewsChannel 9 at 11 (11:00-11:35PM)

[edit] Saturday-Sunday

• NewsChannel 9 Weekend at 6 (6:00-6:30PM)
• First News Weekend at 10 (10:00PM-10:30PM, on WDSI-TV)
• NewsChannel 9 Weekend at 11 (11:00-11:35PM)

[edit] Past newscasts

• Good Morning Sunday
• NewsChannel 9 for Women (1999-2005)

[edit] Notable Personalities

[edit] Current Personalities

• Kay Blevins, WDSI FOX 61 First at Ten Weekend Anchor/Reporter/Producer
• Kim Chapman, 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00 Anchor
• Chip Chapman, Weather (WTVC & WDSI)
• Kim Fields, 5:30 Anchor/Reporter
• David Glenn, Chief Meteorologist starts December 18
• Scottie Goodman, WDSI FOX 61 First at Ten Weeknight Anchor/Reporter/Producer
• Sarah Jennings, Good Morning Chattanooga Anchor/Reporter
• Bob Johnson, Noon, 5:00, and 6:00 Anchor
• Marcia (Miss Marcia) Kling, "This-N-That" Health Reporter
• John Madewell, General Assignment Reporter (WTVC & WDSI)
• Tanya Mendis, General Assignment Reporter (WTVC & WDSI)
• Jessica Morris, Weekend Anchor/Reporter
• Darrell Patterson, Sports Director
• John Pless, General Assignment Reporter (WTVC & WDSI)
• Bill Race, Senior Meteorologist
• Erin Sebree, Weekend Meteorologist
• Seth Seymour, General Assignment Reporter
• Calvin Sneed, 5:30 and 11:00 Anchor, Investigative Reporter
• Dave Staley, Weekend Anchor/Sports Reporter (WTVC & WDSI)
• Anne Thompson, Good Morning Chattanooga Anchor
• Don Welch, "This-N-That" Host

[edit] Past Personalities

• Sean Ash, Weekend Meteorologist, now at WISH, Indianapolis
• Jason Boyer, Morning and Noon Meteorologist (2003-2005, now at KWGN, Denver
• Bob Brandy, host of children's show, deceased
• Melydia Clewell, Good Morning Chattanooga, NewsChannel 9 for Women and Midday Anchor
• Mike Dello Stritto, General Assignment Reporter, now at KOVR-TV, Stockton-Sacramento
• Mike Dunne, Weekend Anchor/Reporter (1987-2005)
• Melissa Greene, Anchor for Good Morning Chattanooga & NewsChannel 9 for Women & Reporter
• Melissa Greer, Weekend Meteorologist, 2003-2004, now at WBTV, Charlotte
• Janice Huff, Weekend Meteorologist, 1982-1983, now at WNBC-TV, New York City
• Amy Katcher, Weekend Meteorologist, now at WSAZ-TV, Huntington, West Virginia
• Mary Ellen "Mel" Locher, 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00 Anchor/Health reporter, deceased)
• Julie Martin, Weekend Meteorologist
• Katrina Owens, 5:30 Anchor/Reporter
• Neal Pascal, Chief Meteorologist
• Gene Randall, Anchor/Reporter, spent many years with CNN later
• Tommy Reynolds aka "Dr. Shock", host of the late 60's and early 70's "Shock Theatre," retired
• Rex Thompson, Weekend Meteorologist

[edit] External links

• NewsChannel 9 - WTVC
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WTVC

ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Tennessee
WKRN 2 (Nashville) - WATE 6 (Knoxville) - WBBJ 7 (Jackson) - WTVC 9 (Chattanooga) - WKPT 19 (Kingsport) - WPTY 24 (Memphis)
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, i, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Tennessee