WBOY-TV
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| Clarksburg, West Virginia | |
| Branding | 12 News |
| Slogan | Your Town. Your State. Your Future. |
| Channels | 12 (VHF) analog, 52 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | West Virginia Media Holdings |
| Founded | November 17, 1957 |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1957-1980s, secondary from early 1960s) |
| Website | WBOY.COM |
WBOY is a television station in Clarksburg, West Virginia affiliated with NBC. It identifies itself as "WBOY, Clarksburg-Morgantown-Fairmont", even though Morgantown is located in the Pittsburgh television market. It operates on channel 12, and its digital channel is channel 52.
The station was launched in 1957. It was the second television station in its small market. It was originally intended to be the ABC affiliate for all of north-central West Virginia. However, the market's intended NBC affiliate, Parkersburg's WTAP-TV, did not have a signal strong enough to reach Clarksburg and Weston. After it became clear that Parkersburg and Clarksburg were going to be separate markets, WBOY joined NBC and remains there to this day. However, it retained a secondary ABC affiliation for many years.
In 2001, Hearst-Argyle Television acquired WBOY, along with WMUR-TV in Manchester, New Hampshire, from Birney Imes, Jr., a Columbus, Mississippi businessman who also owned that city's WCBI-TV (which was sold to Morris Network). Hearst-Argyle kept WMUR, but opted to sell WBOY to West Virginia Media Holdings (which was creating a statewide "network" of stations to share resources) later that year. The station received a major influx of cash to upgrade its news operation and built a second studio in Morgantown. A major emphasis was placed on news from that town, in the hopes of increasing ratings and thus getting the town reassigned to the Clarksburg-Fairmont market. The station is also expected to produce a large amount of sports content relative to West Virginia University located in that town for use by the other member stations.
WBOY is the only West Virgnia Media Holdings station to have the lead in local news ratings. It is also the only primary West Virginia Media Holdings station to not be affiliated with CBS.
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[edit] Past News Anchors
- Randy Thomas
- Jeff Hertrick
- Lorie Wyant
- Spencer Adkins
- Sarah Lieu
- Lisa Colograssi
- Dan Minnich
- Steven Ring
- Mimi Wilson
- Susan Figge
- Jamie Logue
- Georgeanne Thomas
[edit] Past Weather Anchors
- Mike Simons
- Al Mayo
- Brian Slocum
- Adam Joseph
[edit] Past Sports Anchors
- Pete Yanity
- Jim Valliere
- Dean Obenauer
- Scott Roberts
- Matt McCarthy
- Chris Clark
- Gooch Gastin
[edit] External link
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WDTV 5 (CBS) - WBOY 12 (NBC) - WNPB 24 (PBS/WVPB) - WVFX 46 (FOX) (The CW on DT2) |
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KDKA 2 (CBS, Pittsburgh) - WTAE 4 (ABC, Pittsburgh) - WTRF 7 (CBS, Wheeling) - WCHS 8 (ABC, Charleston) - WTOV 9 (NBC, Steubenville) - WPXI 11 (NBC, Pittsburgh) - WQED 13 (PBS, Pittsburgh) - WPCW 19 (The CW, Pittsburgh) - WPMY 22 (MNTV, Pittsburgh) - WPGH 53 (FOX, Pittsburgh) |
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WSAZ 3 (Huntington) - WVVA 6 (Bluefield) - WTOV 9 (Steubenville/Wheeling) - WBOY 12 (Clarksburg) - WTAP 15 (Parkersburg) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox, My Network TV, PBS and Other Stations in West Virginia | |
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Corporate Staff: Bray Cary (President & CEO) | W. Marston Becker | R. Charles Dusic, III | Chris Leister | Roger Lyons | Bob Calvert | John Osborne | Jeff Whitman | John Fawcett | James F. Reed, CPA | Sue Bosio | Kristen Heiser | Emily McCarty | Tom Gaudino | Charlotte Cohen | Jack Scott | Christa Phillips | Dave Stingo | Michelle Reinhart |
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NBC Network Affiliate: WBOY |
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Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: None, privately held. | Website: www.wvmh.com |
