WAOW-TV
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| WAOW: Wausau, Wisconsin WYOW: Eagle River, Wisconsin |
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| Branding | Newsline 9 (WAOW) Northwoods 34 (WYOW) |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Channels | Analog: WAOW: 9 (VHF) WYOW: 34 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 9.1 ABC 9.2 The CW |
| Affiliations | ABC (Secondary through 1966) |
| Owner | Quincy Newspapers |
| Founded | WAOW: June 12, 1965 WYOW: January 1, 1997 |
| Call letters’ meaning | WAOW: WA (for Wausau) OW (sister station to Madison's WKOW) WYOW: WY (unknown) OW (sister to WKOW) |
| Former affiliations | NBC (Secondary 1965-1966), NFL on Fox (1994-1999) |
| Transmitter Power | WAOW: 316 kW (analog) 117 kW (digital) 16600 watts (post-transition) WYOW: 2400 kW (analog) 70 kW (digital) |
| Height | WAOW: 368 m (analog) 383 m (digital) WYOW: 154 m (analog) 144 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | WAOW: 64546 WYOW: 77789 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | WAOW: WYOW: |
| Website | WAOW.com/ WYOWTV34.com/ |
WAOW-TV channel 9 is an ABC affiliate which serves Wausau, Wisconsin. They also operate a satellite station in Eagle River, Wisconsin, WYOW channel 34 plus a cable/digital CW subchannel. Wausau cable viewers also see CW programming on basic cable channel 8.
WAOW's transmitter is located in Wausau, Wisconsin on Rib Mountain. WYOW's transmitter is located on Thunder Lake Rd. in Sugar Camp. Both WAOW and WYOW are owned by Quincy Newspapers.
[edit] History
WAOW is Wausau's second television station having signed on the air on June 12, 1965 serving as a satellite station of Madison, Wisconsin's WKOW as part of the Wisconsin Television Network, which would later include WXOW in La Crosse and WQOW in Eau Claire. By the 1980s the station would gradually start focusing more on the Wausau/Rhinelander market by adding local programming and content.
On New Year's Day 1997, WAOW opened a satellite channel, WYOW, to expand its coverage area in northeastern Wisconsin and parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
On December 1, 1999 a third station in the DMA, WFXS Fox 55 went on the air; the stations are owned by different companies, but WFXS contracted WAOW to provide news and weather resources on the station.
WAOW had also previously aired Fox's NFL package from 1994-1999 after the NFC contract and rights for most Green Bay Packers games moved from CBS (locally, WSAW channel 7), due to the lack of a local Fox affiliate.
[edit] On-air personalities
Newsline 9 Bios
Melissa Langbehn 5pm / 6pm Anchor / Assistant News Director
Erik Mrotek 6pm / 10pm Anchor / Executive Producer
Pam Warnke 10pm Anchor / Reporter
Brian Niznansky Evening Meteorologist
Bryon Graff Sports Director
Chris Stanford Wake Up Wisconsin Anchor
Natalie Sparacio Wake Up Wisconsin Anchor
Justin Loew Wake Up Wisconsin Meteorologist / Chief Meteorologist
Meg Bonacorsi Weekend Anchor / Reporter
Megan Syner Weekend Meteorologist
Jenna Bennett FOX 55 News @ 9 Anchor / Producer
[edit] External links
- WAOW website
- WYOW website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WAOW
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WYOW
- Aerial view of studio building on Wikimapia
- Aerial view of WAOW transmitter on Wikimapia
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