WHOI (TV)

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WHOI
Image:HOI 19 ABC logo.png
Image:The CW Peoria-Bloomington.png
Peoria, Illinois
Branding HOI 19
Slogan Accurate. Balanced. To the Point.
Channels Analog: 19 (UHF)

Digital: 40 (UHF)
Affiliations ABC
The CW (DT2)
Owner Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC
(Barrington Peoria License, LLC)
First air date October 20, 1953
Call letters’ meaning Heart Of Illinois
Former callsigns WTVH-TV (1953-1965)
WIRL-TV(1965-1973)
WRAU-TV (1973-1985)
Former affiliations Primary:
CBS (1953-1957)
Secondary:
DuMont (1953-1955)
ABC (1953-1957)
Transmitter Power 2240 kW (analog)
82.46 kW (digital)
Height 194 m (analog)
160 m (digital)
Facility ID 6866
Transmitter Coordinates 40°39′11.8″N, 89°35′13.5″W
Website www.hoinews.com
www.hoicw.com

WHOI, channel 19, is the ABC affiliate licensed to Peoria, Illinois, with studios located in Creve Coeur in Tazewell County. The station is owned by Barrington Broadcasting.

WHOI airs newscasts weekdays at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m.. The morning show, HOI News Daybreak, airs from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. from Monday to Friday preceding Good Morning America. The weekend shows are Saturday at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., and Sundays 5:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

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[edit] History

Channel 19 was Peoria's second TV station, signing on as WTVH-TV on November 13, 1953. The station was owned and operated by Hilltop Broadcasting (co-owned by the Peoria Journal Star). Its original studios were located at 234 North Madison Street in downtown Peoria.It was a primary CBS affiliate, but also carried shows from ABC and DuMont. DuMont ceased operations in 1955, and WTVH lost CBS when WMBD-TV began broadcasting.

The Metropolitan Broadcasting Corp., later known as Metromedia, purchased the station in 1959 and owned it for six years, until 1965. It was then sold to the owners of WIRL-AM, who changed the calls to WIRL-TV. It became WRAU-TV in 1973 and adopted its present calls in 1985.

In 1987, WHOI came under the ownership of Adams Communications following a merger with WHOI's previous owners, Forward Communications. The station was then sold to Brisette Broadcasting in 1991, then to Benedek Broadcasting in 1996. When Benedek merged with Gray Television in 2002 following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, WHOI was spun off to Chelsey Broadcasting. The station also operates cable-only WB affiliate "WBPE" on channel 4 on most cable systems in the area.

During the 80s/early 90s, WHOI aired their local newscast 5:30pm weeknights and aired ABC World News Tonight at 6pm. This guaranteed viewers a 5:30 local newscast seven days a week with ABC's weekend newscasts airing at 5:00pm.

Barrington Broadcasting became the owner in 2004.

Beginning in September of 2006, WHOI DT2 began serving as the area's new affiliate for The CW. [1] The digital subchannel is known as "Peoria's CW". WHOI DT2 offers The Daily Buzz newscast, weekday mornings from 6 to 9 AM.

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Current

  • Jen Christensen (5, 6, 10 p.m. News Anchor)
  • Nishi Gupta (Reporter)
  • Ric Kearbey (5, 6, 10 p.m. Meteorologist)
  • Jim Mattson (Sports Director)
  • Tim McGinnis (5, 6, 10 p.m. News Anchor)
  • Ashley McNamee (Reporter)
  • Laura Michels (Reporter)
  • Ian Schwartz (Weekend Weather/News Anchor and Reporter)
  • Donnie Tillman (Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter)
  • Mark Welp (Daybreak Anchor)
  • Gretchen Wirtz (Daybreak Anchor/Weather)

[edit] Former

[edit] Logos

WHOI logo, 2004-Present

[edit] External links

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Local television channels in the Peoria/Bloomington, Illinois market (Nielsen DMA #117)

WHOI 19 (ABC)(The CW on DT2) - WEEK 25 (NBC) - WMBD 31 (CBS) - WYZZ 43 (FOX)(The Tube on DT2) - WTVP 47 (PBS) - W50DD 50/W51CT 51 (TBN) - WAOE 59 (MNTV)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
WILL 12 (PBS, Urbana)
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ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Illinois

WSIL 3 (Harrisburg) - WLS 7 (Chicago) - WQAD 8 (Moline) - WICD 15 / WICS 20 (Champaign / Springfield) - WTVO 17 (Rockford) - WHOI 19 (Peoria)

Defunct Affiliates

WJJY 14 (Jacksonville) (Also served the Quincy market as well.)
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other Stations in Illinois
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CW Network Affiliates in the state of Illinois
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other Stations in Illinois
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Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC
Corporate Management Roster:
Keith L. Bland (Senior VP) · Christoper H. Cornelius (COO) · Mary L. Flodin (Senior VP) · Warren Spector (CFO) · K. James Yager (CEO)
ABC Network Affiliates:
KHQA · KTVO · KVII / KVIH · WGTU / WGTQ4 · WHOI · WPDE
CBS Network Affiliates:
KGBT · KHQA · KRCG
The CW Network Affiliates:
KVII / KVIH · KXTU · WBSF · "WBVC"4 · WEYI · WHOI · WSTM1 · WSTQ · WWMB2
Fox Network Affiliates:
KXRM · KYOU3 · WACH · WFXL
NBC Network Affiliates:
WEYI · WLUC · WNWO · WPBN / WTOM · WSTM

1This station carries the feed of its low-power sister station for owners of high-definition television sets.
2Barrington operates this station owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting.
3Barrington operates this station owned by Ottumwa Media Holdings.
4Barrington operates this station owned by Tucker broadcasting.
Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: www.barringtontv.com