WNCF

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WNCF
Montgomery, Alabama
Branding	ABC 32
Channels	Analog: 32 (UHF) Digital: 51 (UHF)
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	SagamoreHill Broadcasting, LLC (Channel 32 Montgomery, LLC)
First air date	March 12, 1964
Call letters’ meaning	Where News Comes First
Sister station(s)	WBMM
Former callsigns	WKAB-TV (1964-1989) WHOA-TV (1989-1999)
Transmitter Power	3000 kW (analog) 10.9 kW (digital)
Height	545 m (analog) 246 m (digital)
Facility ID	72307
Transmitter Coordinates	32°8′30.3″N, 86°44′42.2″W (analog) 32°22′4.2″N, 86°15′42″W (digital)
Website	www.wncftv.com

WNCF, ABC 32, is an ABC-affiliated television station, broadcasting on UHF channel 32 from Montgomery, Alabama. Its transmitter is located in Hayneville, Alabama. The station is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting and is the flagship of that group which is also based in Montgomery.

Contents 1 History 2 News 3 Current News Personalities 4 Current Spot Team Television Personalities 5 External links

[edit] History

Channel 32, originally WCCB-TV, had its original broadcast on March 12, 1964. The call letters were later changed to WKAB-TV. It was the third station in Montgomery, after WSFA and WCOV. (A fourth station, Selma's WAKA-TV, moved into the Montgomery market in the 1980s.) The station has always been an ABC affiliate, though it has gone through several owners (Bahakel Communications and Media General, among others). The callsign has changed twice after it became WKAB-TV: to WHOA-TV (for "Heart of Alabama") in 1989, and WNCF (for "Where News Comes First") in 1999. The latest callsign change coincided with a short-lived return to the local news race.

[edit] News

As WKAB, the station had newscasts branded as "WKAB-TV News". After the call letters were changed to WHOA, the newscasts were branded as "NewsWatch 32".

An evening newscast was added in 1994, but was eventually cancelled due to low ratings against the VHF stations (WSFA and WAKA). Ironically, the station's call letters stand for "Where News Come First", and were not changed when the news department was closed.

An abbreviated newscast, titled "Ten @ 10" currently airs at 10:00 p.m. The local newscast runs 10 minutes, and is outsourced to the Independent News Network -- although the program is produced in Iowa, it features reports produced by local reporters and crew. The sports segment, however, is still produced at the station's studios in Montgomery.

A morning call-in show, Good Morning Montgomery, airs weekdays from 5:30-7:00 a.m. It has aired for over 15 years.

[edit] Current News Personalities

News Anchors: John Beard, Sunya Walls

Weather: Mark Prater

Sports: Adam Bagni

[edit] Current Spot Team Television Personalities

Tony Beckham

Kaylen Patterson

Cile Waller

[edit] External links

• WNCF ABC32 website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNCF
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WNCF-TV
• Program Information for WNCF at TitanTV.com

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Montgomery / Selma market (Nielsen DMA #118) WAKA 8 (CBS) - WSFA 12 (NBC) - WCOV 20 (FOX) - WBMM 22 (The CW) - WJMY-LP 25 (A1/ShopNBC) - WKNI-LP 25 (A1) - WAIQ 26 / WIIQ 41 (PBS/APT) - WNCF 32 (ABC) - WFRZ-LP 34 (WS/FN/INSP) - WETU 39 (ION) - WMCF 45 (TBN) - WRJM 67 (MNTV) Local digital television channels WBIH 29 (Ind.)

v • d • e ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Alabama WDHN 18 (Dothan) - WAAY 31 (Huntsville) - WNCF 32 (Montgomery) - WBMA-LP 58 / WCFT 33 / WJSU 40 (Birmingham / Tuscaloosa / Anniston) See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Alabama

v • d • e SagamoreHill Broadcasting KGNS-TV (NBC) · KGWN-TV (CBS) · KXLT-TV (FOX)1 · WBMM (CW) · WLTZ (NBC) · WNCF (ABC) · WWMB (CW) 2 1KXLT-TV is operated by Quincy Newspapers under a Local Marketing Agreement (LMA). 2WWMB is operated by Barrington Broadcasting under an LMA.