page_title: WFRV-TV
section_title: News operation
hierarchical_section_title: WFRV-TV / News operation
caption_attribution_description: The satellites and towers for w:WFRV-TV Fox Cities studios near w:Appleton, Wisconsin, USA.
context_page_description: WFRV-TV, virtual channel 5, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group. WFRV's studios are located on East Mason Street in Green Bay, and its transmitter is located north of Morrison. On cable, the station is available on Charter Spectrum channel 6 and in high definition on digital channel 1006.
  WJMN-TV in Escanaba, Michigan operates as a semi-satellite of WFRV, serving the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Master control and some internal operations originate from WFRV's Green Bay facilities; WJMN does maintain studios, sales offices and engineering operations in Marquette.
context_section_description: WFRV-TV presently broadcasts 35½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5½ hours on weekdays, one hour on Saturdays and a half-hour on Sundays). In addition to its main studios on East Mason Street in Green Bay, WFRV also operates a Fox Valley bureau in Little Chute, located on Patriot Drive near US 41 freeway. The Valley bureau also has a second Doppler weather radar tower to provide extended radar coverage for the station's weather operation.
  The audio feed of WFRV's 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts are simulcast on radio stations in the Fond du Lac–Oshkosh area (on WRPN, 1600 AM) as well as in the Marinette–Menominee area (on WHYB, 103.7 FM).
  On June 23, 2011, after a six-month upgrade process, WFRV became the first station in the Green Bay market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition; the changeover to HD included an upgrade in the "Storm Team 5" weather technology, including real-time street-level radar. In January 2012, the station launched a new graphics package that is designed solely for 16:9 presentation in mind, cutting off portions of text in 4:3 presentation.
  Beginning in September 2012, WFRV would greatly expand the number of hours of news content, including the addition of an hour-long afternoon newscast at 4 p.m. and the expansion of its 6 p.m. newscast from 30 minutes to one hour; the 6 p.m. newscast is reduced to 30 minutes during the NFL season on nights when WFRV airs Packers-related programming.
  On December 31, 2012, the station's morning newscast Local 5 First News was retitled to Local 5 This Morning, with a new anchor team and a set used specifically for the morning program. The new version of the program takes cues from CBS This Morning, including a local-specific "Eye Opener" segment at the start of each half-hour.
  On September 2, 2013, WFRV launched an hour-long local mid-morning program Local 5 Live!, which is a mix of advertorial and news content. Live! with Kelly and Michael, which had aired on the station in the 9 a.m. timeslot dating back to the late 1980s while still an ABC affiliate, moved to WLUK in the same timeslot.
caption: WFRV's Fox Valley Bureau and weather radar.
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