WOAY-TV

WOAY-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WOAY-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = TV4 (general)
NewsWatch 4 (newscasts)
analog = 4 (VHF)
digital = 50 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = ABC
network =
founded =
airdate = December 14, 1954
location = Oak Hill/Beckley/Bluefield, West Virginia
callsign_meaning = WOAK, standing for OAK Hill was intended, but handwritten application was misread by FCC
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Thomas Broadcasting Company
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = DuMont
CBS
UPN (secondary)
effective_radiated_power = 100 kW (analog)
600 kW (digital)
HAAT = 226 m (analog)
200.1 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 66804
coordinates = coord|37|57|26.7|N|81|9|2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.woay.com/ www.woay.com]

WOAY is a broadcast television station in southern West Virginia and locally owned by Thomas Broadcasting. It is licensed to the town of Oak Hill and It is affiliated with ABC.

History

WOAY took to the airwaves on December 14, 1954.

In previous decades, the station was known throughout the area for a very theatrical professional wrestling show that it produced itself with local "talent." However, this ended shortly after Thomas Broadcasting took over ownership in 1979, when the station's main studio, control room, office and transmitter building burned to the ground. The station's studio, control room and transmitter were relocated and rebuilt in the adjacent wrestling arena, where they remain today.

As for programming, WOAY clears the entire ABC schedule, with the exception of World News Now, which is available on cable systems throughout the area when WOAY signs off; and World News Sunday, which WOAY has long since pre-empted.

WOAY still signs-off every night, resuming at 6:00 a.m., making it a few in the country to still sign-off every night.

Current Personalities

Anchors

*Bob Brunner: News Director/Reporter
*Alycia Pence: Morning Anchor/Morning Weather
*Mike Pickett: Weekend Anchor/Reporter
*Kandi Lynn: Noon Anchor/Reporter
*Keke Vencill: 6 pm and 11 pm Anchor

Reporters

*Leslie Draffin: Reporter
*Matt Earle: Reporter
*Kristin Sommer: Assignment Editor/Reporter

Weather

*Ross Ellet: Chief Meteorologist
*Bryan Shaw: Weekend Meteorologist/Reporter

ports

*Marty Longhi: Sports Anchor
*Dan Toth: Sports Director

Digital television

WOAY-TV will be leaving analog channel 4 (at this frequency will be reassigned for non-television use) and will remain on digital channel 50 after the analog shutdown of February 17, 2009. [http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf]

External Links

* [http://www.woay.com/ WOAY Online]
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