WNVI

WNVI, virtual and VHF digital channel 5, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Nextonville, Tennessee, United States. The station is the flagship property of locally owned NextonVideo Industries, and operates as part of a duopoly with NBC affiliate WNXT-TV (channel 6). WNVI's callsign letters stand for "NextonVideo Industries," which refers to the station's current licensee, NextonVideo Industries.
==History==
The station went on the air on February 12, 1958 as WOAN-TV, whose call letters stood for "We Observe All Nextonvillians." Like most other television stations in the United States, the station broadcast a black and white signal until May 1, 1963, the dawn of color television signals. On August 5, 1966, WOAN-TV changed its callsign to what we know today as "WNVI." On February 1, 1975, the station gave itself on overhaul, branding itself as Eye 5, and received new decor for its news studios. Also, WNVI syndicated several programs in the early 1980s, including Entertainment Tonight, WKRP in Cincinnati, and I Love Lucy.
On October 9, 1986, WNVI became a charter affiliate of the Fox network after the network's inception, although most of its programming schedules remained the same as before. NextonVideo Industries sold the station to Fox Television Stations for eight years on March 31, 1996, making it an owned-and-operated station from 1996 to 2004. Then, Fox sold it back to NextonVideo.
===Digital conversion===
WNVI shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, at 12:29 PM on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-powered television stations switched to digital broadcasting under federal mandate. The station's pre-transition digital signal remained on UHF channel 19.
==Programming schedules==
===February 4, 1981 (WIP)===
*5:00 AM – 6:00 AM - SIGN-ON
==Branding==
===Station slogans===
*Halloween 1975 - Eye Scream, You Scream, Eye Five! (a pun on "I scream, you scream!")
*1990-1992 - It's on Fox 5 (localized version of Fox's 1990-92 slogan)
*1990-1991 - Nexton Fox 5 is For You! (used alongside It's on Fox 5)
*1992-1993 - Everybody Knows It's on Fox 5 (localized version of Fox's 1992-93 slogan)
*1993-1994 - It Could Only Happen on Fox 5 (localized version of Fox's 1993-94 slogan)
*1994-1995 - Fox 5 is Kickin' It (localized version of Fox's 1994-95 slogan)
*1995-1996 - Fox 5: Cool Like Us (localized version of Fox's 1995-96 slogan)
===Station ID announcement history===
*1990-1991 - "It's on Fox 5, WNVI, in Nextonville, Tennessee!"
==Ident history==
WNVI86id.png|Fox ident from 1986, during its early years as a Fox network affiliate.
WNVI station ID (October 29, 1986 MOCK)|Animated version of the Fox ident, recorded on October 29, 1986.
WNVI 88 id.png|Fox ident from 1988, with the station's slogan at the top.
WNVI 1990 id.png|It's on Fox ident from 1990.
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1958
Category:Nextonville, Tennessee
Category:Channel 5
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Fox network affiliates
Category:NextonVideo Industries
Category:Locally-owned stations
Category:Tennessee