WFIG

WFIG (channel 4) is a television station in Charlotte Amalie, on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands an NBC affiliate serving Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands area. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division. 
== History ==
WFIG was launched in 1970 by a local group that called themselves For Saint Thomas. After witnessing how success WBNB was becoming, Robert Malone, one of the chairmen for the group, decided that Saint Thomas should have another TV station to rival with WBNB, so in 1968, the group began to petition to the FCC for another TV license for Saint Thomas. Seeing this as an opportunity to become a primary affiliate (as opposed to being a secondary affiliate on WBNB), NBC decided to take their secondary affiliation away from WBNB and giving it to the new station once it is made. After the FCC granted For Saint Thomas license in 1969, the group bought an old supermarket and convert it into a studio for their new station. After construction was complete on their TV tower, on June 10, 1970, WFIG began broadcasting, and two days later, became an NBC affiliate.
=== Hurricane Hugo ===
In September, 1989, Hurricane Hugo struck the Virgin Islands. Unlike WBNB, which saw their TV transmitter destroyed, WFIG saw their TV tower was damaged, but their studios were severely damaged and For Saint Thomas sunk every money they had to rebuild the studio and the TV tower, unfortunately, it left their company in debt and For Saint Thomas had two options: Sell the station or shut the station down. For Saint Thomas made the tough decision to put the station on the market. In 1991, WFIG was about to shut down since there were no buyers in sight until Island Television, under the direction of Kelly Rogers, stepped in and bought the station.
=== A New Vision ===
After buying the station in 1991, Island Television began to divest heavily into WFIG. Beginning with the re-branding of the station in 1992 as "Today's 4," WFIG started to make a profit after the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo, WFIG's ratings started to improve, and by 2000, WFIG began beating WBNB and becoming the no. 1 station in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
=== New Owners ===
On Jan. 30, 2016, it was announced that Island Television, as well as Higgins Broadcasting, and Oakhurst Broadcasting, were merging into Adelphia Communications, and Adelphia took over as the new owners of the station. Following the merger of Oakhurst Broadcasting, Higgins Broadcasting, and Island Television into Adelphia Communications and Adelphia absorbing the remaining stations, Adelphia decided to shift focus on the stations that are in the top 50 DMA markets. The remaining stations spun off to their own ownership group named Young Broadcasting, taking it's name from the former company before they merged in Media General. 
On April 1, 2017, WFIG was sold by Young Broadcasting to NBCUniversal, therefore making WFIG an owned and operated station.
== Newscast ==
In 1980, WFIG launched their first newscast (Branded as "TV-4 News") and had a good run until Hurricane Hugo struck in 1989. As part of For Saint Thomas' budget cuts, TV-4 News was cancelled. In 1992, Island Television relaunched the news division and began calling it "The Scene." From 2000-09, WFIG had the no. 1 rated newscast in the U.S. Virgin Islands. However, in September, 2009, thanks to The Jay Leno Show, WFIG's newscast ratings fell, and that enabled WBNB's newscast to take the no. 1 position away from WFIG. WFIG finally took back the no. 1 position from WBNB in 2014.
=== Newscast Titles ===
*1980-89: TV-4 News
*1992-04: The Scene (@ Sunrise, @ 6, @ 11)
*2004–20: Today's 4 Action News
*2020-Present: NBC 4 News
== Slogans ==
*1970-75: TV-4, It's Happening right here
*1975-77: All the Best on TV-4
*1977-79: TV-4, Bringing it Home to You
*1979-81: TV-4, Proud as a Peacock
*1981-82: TV-4, Our Pride is Showing
*1982-83: We're TV-4, Just Watch Us Now
*1983-84: TV-4 There, Be There
*1984-86: TV-4, Let's All Be There
*1986-90: TV-4's the One 4 All
*1990-92: TV-4, The Place to Be
*1992-93: It's A Whole New Today's 4
*1993-94: The Stars are Back on Today's 4
*1994-95: It's Today's 4!
*1995-96: The Year to Be on Today's 4
*1996-2000: The One and Only Today's 4
*2000-05: Now more than ever, Today's 4
*2005-12: Today's 4, Today's Virgin Islands
*2009–20: Today's 4, More Colorful (Local NBC Version)
*2012–20: Today's 4, A Whole Lot More (Primary)
*2012–20: Today's 4, More In-Depth (Newscast)
*20 Category:Channel 4 20-Present: NBC 4, We're With You
Category:Saint Thomas
Category:NBC network affiliates
Category:U.S. Virgin Islands
Category:Station that use "Today's"
Category:NBCUniversal