WKOW-TV
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| Madison, Wisconsin | |
| Branding | WKOW 27 27 News |
| Slogan | Making a Difference |
| Channels | Analog: 27 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | Quincy Newspapers, Inc. (WKOW Television, Inc.) |
| First air date | June 30, 1953 |
| Call letters’ meaning | K(C)OW (for Wisconsin's dairy industry) |
| Former affiliations | CBS (1953-1956) |
| Transmitter Power | 2400 kW (analog) 171 kW (digital) |
| Height | 455 m (both) |
| Facility ID | 64545 |
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| Website | www.wkowtv.com |
WKOW-TV channel 27 / digital 27.1 is an ABC affiliate in Madison, Wisconsin. The station is owned by Quincy Newspapers. Its transmitter is located in Madison.
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[edit] History
Established June 30, 1953; Madison's first commercial television station, WKOW-TV 27, signed on the air as a CBS affiliate. When WISC-TV came on the air in 1956, it took CBS from WKOW. WKOW took ABC from WMTV and has remained with ABC ever since. In June 2001, Quincy Newspapers purchased WKOW 27 from Shockley Communications Corporation & the four other Wisconsin ABC stations: WAOW - Wausau; WQOW - Eau Claire; WYOW - Eagle River and WXOW - La Crosse. Nationally, WKOW-TV was the smallest television station to start broadcasting in HDTV. The first broadcast on WKOW-DT Channel 26 aired October 29, 1998.
WKOW used the slogan "Eyewitness News" until 1995, "Straight to the Point" until 2003, and now uses "Making a Difference".
[edit] On-air personalities
Mornings
- Barbara Vaughan, Anchor (Wake-Up Wisconsin & 11am) / Parenting Project Reporter
- Roland Beres, Anchor (Wake-Up Wisconsin) / Medical Minute Reporter
- Brian Olson, Meteorologist (Wake-Up Wisconsin & 11am)
Weeknights
- Greg Jeschke, Anchor (5:00, 6:00, 6:30 & 10:00) / It's Your Money Reporter
- Kim Sveum, Anchor (5:00) / Consumer Reporter
- Bob Lindmeier, Chief Meteorologist (5:00, 6:00, 6:30, & 10:00) / Weather Central Vice President
- Jake Zimmermann, Sports Director (6:00, 6:30 & 10:00)
Weekends
- Vanessa Shirley, Anchor (Sat 6 & 10, Sun 5:30 & 10) / Reporter
- Carl Agnelly, Anchor (Sun 5:30 & 10) / Down to Earth Reporter
- Kelly Curran, Meteorologist (Sat 6 & 10, Sun 5:30 & 10)
- Brian Custar, Sports Anchor (Sat 6 & 10, Sun 5:30 & 10) / Sports Reporter
Reporters
- Tony Galli / Investigative Reporter
- Dan Cassuto
- Amanda Wagner
- Brian Rodriguez
- Joe Labarbera (Features) / Joe's Journeys
- Jeff Angileri
- Sean Towle (Rock County)
- Matt Zahn (Sports Reporter)
- Paul Garcia (Sports Reporter)
FOX 47 News at 9 (airs on WMSN, produced by WKOW)
- Julie Lund, FOX Anchor
- Laurie Mercurio, FOX Chief Meteorologist
- Matt Zahn, FOX Sports Director
- Brian Rodriguez, FOX Reporter
[edit] Former On-air personalities
- Jay Wilson (retired Sports Director)
- Christa Dubill (now at KSHB Kansas City, MO)
- Elizabeth Hopkins (now at WPRI Providence, RI)
- Mitch Weber (now at WGBA Green Bay, WI)
- Dave Sniadak (former Sports Anchor, now at SportsTime Ohio)
- Marc Lovicott (now at WISC-TV Madison, WI)
- Sarah Carlson (now at WMTV Madison, WI)
- Dan Presser (former morning Anchor, living in Madison area)
- Tom Skilling, Meteorologist (now at WGN-TV Chicago, IL)
- Jeff Gillan (now at KLAS-TV Las Vegas, NV)
- Wendy Warren (former Anchor, living in Madison area)
- Rachel Kisko (former Anchor, living in Madison area)
- Kit Kendeigh (former Anchor)
- Kai Reed (now at WISN-TV Milwaukee, WI)
- Mari-Ela David (now at KHNL-TV Honolulu, HI)
- Monique Laven (now at KIRO-TV Seattle, WA)
- Scott Klug (former US Congressman)
- Jeremy Nelson (now at KSHB Kansas City, MO)
- Steven Levitan (currently writing for "Back to You")
- Christine Lehman, News Reporter/Weather Forecaster
- Darren Lyn, News Reporter (now at ESPN)
- Beth Wagner
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- WKOW-TV main site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WKOW
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WKOW-TV
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