WJFW-TV

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WJFW-TV
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Rhinelander/Wausau, Wisconsin
Branding Newswatch 12
Slogan Your Northwoods News Leader!
Channels Analog: 12 (VHF)

Digital: 16 (UHF)
Translators 27 W27AU Wausau
Affiliations NBC
Owner Rockfleet Broadcasting
Founded October 20, 1966
Call letters’ meaning W-Jasper F. Williams (former owner)
Former callsigns WAEO-TV (1966-86)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
269 kW (digital)
Height 506 m (analog)
362 m (digital)
Facility ID 49699
Transmitter Coordinates 45°40′3.3″N, 89°12′29.4″W
Website WJFW.com

WJFW-TV, channel 12, market 134, is a NBC affiliate serving north central Wisconsin. Its city of license is Rhinelander, Wisconsin. It operates a Harris high powered transmitter in Starks, Wisconsin; and a low-powered translator UHF station on W27AU channel 27 in Wausau, Wisconsin. The station broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 16, which covers Wausau. An Acrodyne Industries high definition transmitter is used for its digital signal. The station is owned by Rockfleet Broadcasting.

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[edit] History

When the station signed on the air on October 20, 1966, it had the call letters of WAEO-TV, after its founder, United States congressman Alvin E. O'Konski. It also boasted the highest broadcasting tower in the state as well.

On November 17, 1968, a small plane with three passengers aboard crashed into the tower, knocking out both the tower and the station's building. It was off the air until a new tower was erected (in the same location as the original). After its completion, WAEO was back on the air on September 1, 1969.

On June 1, 1979, WAEO was sold to Seaway Communications, a minority-owned company. It marked the first time a VHF commercial television station in the United States was owned and operated by minority interests.

In 1984, Dr. Jasper F. Williams, the founder and CEO of Seaway Communications, was killed in a plane crash. In his memory, the call letters were changed to WJFW in 1986.

Seaway merged with Rockfleet, the station's current owner, in 1998.

[edit] News/Station Presentation

[edit] Newscast Titles

  • Report to the North (1966-1973)
  • Television 12 News (1973-1978)
  • NewsWatch 12 (1978-present)

[edit] Station Slogans

  • Where Local News Comes First (2001-2005)
  • Your Northwoods News Leader! (2005-present)

[edit] External links

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Broadcast television in the Wausau/Rhinelander market  (Nielsen DMA #134)

WBIJ 4 (FN) - WSAW 7 (CBS) - WAOW 9 / WYOW 34 (ABC) (The CW on DT2) - WJFW 12/W27AU 27 (NBC) - WHRM 20 / WLEF 36 (PBS/WPT) - K32GF 32 (TBN) - WFXS 55 (FOX)

Local digital television channels
WTPX 46 (ION)
Local cable television channels
WBWA 15 (The CW)
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NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Wisconsin
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MNTV, PBS and Other stations in Wisconsin
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Rockfleet Broadcasting