WFTO-TV

WFTO-TV (channel 24) is an independent television station in Liberty City, and also serving Alderney City. It is the flagship television property of locally-based Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation, which has owned the station since its inception, and operates as part of a de facto triopoly between DuMont affiliated station WRBL (channel 4) and YesNet-owned station WTEE (channel 55). WFTO-TV's studios are located in Star Junction, Algonquin and it currently shares its Broker-based transmitter facilities with sister station DuMont-affiliated WRBL (channel 4). 
==History==
WFTO-TV was founded on December 17, 1994 by media mogul Victor Willis III, but signed on nearly two years later on July 1, 1996 at 8 pm eastern. When the station originally signed on, it signed on as an independent. WFTO’s inaugural program was starring after airing a countdown clock since midnight followed by archived footage of 's launch; this was inspired by 's launch. Programming that aired initially aired on WFTO were reruns of older sitcoms (such as Dobie Gillis, , and , the latter of which still airs today as of September 2015), classic movies, children’s and religious programs.
WFTO’s owner and general manager Victor Willis originally opted not to form a news department for the station, fearing competition from Fox owned-and-operated station WEHK as well as independent station WLCT, but eventually WFTO premiered a 10 o'clock newscast on Thursday, May 21, 1998, titled 24 NewsPulse @ Ten. In 2000, WFTO, formed a two hour morning news show titled 24 NewsPulse Morning Edition from 7 to 9 am. On September 11, 2001, WFTO aired nonstop coverage of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center by extending their morning news program to 11 am that morning and airing nonstop CNN Headline News coverage. WFTO also extended their 10 pm newscast to one hour that day. This practice was done for one whole week before the schedule was reverted back to its regular format. Due to low ratings on their newscasts, WFTO made expansion to their news department starting in 2004. These expansion would continue until 2010. WFTO started by expanding their morning newscast to 3 hours, from 6 am to 9 am. WFTO also added in a 6 pm newscast that aired from Monday to Friday. This newscast was now directly competing with WLCQ-TV (Central), WNBL (NBC), WEHK (Fox), WABL-TV (ABC), WLIZ (The WB), WRLL-TV (UPN) and WLIX-LD (ABN). In 2005, WFTO expanded their newscasts to weekends: starting with 24 NewsPulse Morning Edition which aired Saturday and Sunday mornings from 7 am to 10 am and adding a 10pm Newscast on both Saturday and Sunday evenings. Beginning in 2006, WFTO made more expansions with their news department by adding a one hour, 4:00 pm newscast, a half hour 5:00 pm newscast, a half hour noon newscast and pushing their morning newscast back one hour earlier, now airing in a 4 hour time span from 5-9 am. In 2007, the 5 pm and the 6 pm newscasts were now shown on weekends. Also in 2007, as a way to expand its news coverage, WFTO bought and used a Bell LongRanger 206L newsgathering helicopter called Chopper 24. 
In 2008, two new locally produced shows were put on the air. One of which was a one hour public affairs talk show called Your Voice, Your City airing on Sunday Mornings and a 30 minute sports program which airs on Sunday Nights titled Sports Blitz Sunday. In 2010, WFTO upgraded news programming and programming to HD and unveiled a new set, logo, graphics and music package. WFTO made even more expansions starting with the morning news cast; expanding it to 5 hours, beginning at 4 am and ending at 9 am. Expansions were also made to other news casts on WFTO: The noon newscast was extended to one hour, the 5 and 6 pm newscasts were extended to one hour, the 10 pm newscast was extended from 30 minutes to one hour and adding a new 11:00 pm newscast. In 2013, WFTO extended their morning newscast to 6 hours from 4-10 am, directly competing with WLFO. The 6th hour of the morning newscast was a lifestyle program titled On Location with Lillian Sharma. This program, as the title states, was not filmed in a news set, rather so “on location” such as at Middle Park. This program was cancelled in September 2014 due to Lillian’s departure from WFTO and to make way for the premiere of . 
On June 1, 2015, WFTO rebranded as "The 'FTO 24" and unveiled a new logo. Despite these changes, programming and news operation as it is will not change. The last program to use the old logo was Leverage airing at 2 am on Monday morning, June 1, followed by the usual five hour block of morning news. The first program that used the new logo was Rachael Ray airing at 9 am on that same morning. Along with the branding changes, WFTO added a new network: Escape (now ), which airs programming directed to women aged 25–54 years old airing on digital subchannel 24.4. WFTO signed an agreement with HTN Communications to air all of their syndicated football, basketball and hockey games during their respective seasons. Along with the agreement, WFTO will air the annual CHL Playoffs and Finals (also supplied by HTN Communications) through at least 2021. In the event that these programs will air, WFTO will transfer regularly scheduled programming over to WFTO-DT3.
In late 2015, WFTO's owners, Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation, purchased WTEE and has since converted the station to a full time translator station for WFTO from being a former Argosy affiliate. However from July, WTEE no longer operated as a translator station for WFTO. Instead, WTEE, along with several other Berfield-owned Argosy affiliates across the US, will operate as separate independent stations airing a mix of older and newer sitcoms, dramas, movies, among others. WTEE also has plans of entering a news-share agreement with WFTO which will result in a straight from the ground up news operation using WFTO’s news staff. Plans were underway to develop a full time translator of WFTO for Carcer City, Liberty, however those plans have since been terminated. 
On December 28, 2015, WFTO made an agreement with Sabana American Broadcast Holdings and ABN Group to allow WFTO to air UBC programming on the station's digital subchannel, 24.5. For a brief period of time in 2016, WFTO's sixth subchannel carried an audio simulcast of radio sister station, WJSM-FM. As of June 2016, that subchannel is currently airing color bars.
It was announced on June 3, 2016 that 24.6 will become an affiliate of the newly formed Country Music Network channel. It officially joined on July 1. 
On June 24, 2016, WFTO announced that they would carry three networks on their seventh subchannel: GetTV, Z Channel, and MyTV. GetTV specializes in classic television programs and feature films from the Sony Pictures library. Z Channel specializes in the art of cinema and showcases feature films. MyTV is a general entertainment format network specializing in Americanized versions of television series from the UK and from Australia owned as a joint venture between Adelphia Communications Corporation and Disney-ABC Domestic Television. MyTV is expected to have a morning newscast and a nightly newscast.
On August 3, 2016, WFTO added the newly formed Couch Potato Television network to its eighth subchannel. Couch Potato specializes in classic sitcoms and dramas from the 1950s-1990s, much like competing network, , which WFTO also airs programs from.
==News/Station Presentation==
===Current On-Air Staff===
Jeff Inglewood - News Director
* Gurdeep Ahluwalia - anchor; weekday mornings "News 24 First Edition" and "News 24 DayBreak"; also reporter
* Steve Anthony - anchor; weekday mornings "News 24 In The Morning"
* Pooja Handa - anchor; weekday mornings "News 24 In The Morning"
* Stephen LeDrew - anchor; weekdays "News 24 Live at Noon"; also host of "Your Voice. Your City"
* Stephanie Smyth - anchor; weeknights "News 24 First at Four" and "News 24 Live at Five"; also Managing Editor and Breaking News Anchor
* Nathan Downer - anchor; weeknights "News 24 First at Four" and "News 24 Live at Five"; also reporter
* Deborah Allen - anchor; weeknights "News 24 More News at Seven" (on WRBL) (formerly of WXTR)
* George Lagogianes - anchor; weeknights "News 24 Prime Time News at Nine"
* Kyle Christie - anchor; weeknights "News 24 Live at Six", "News 24 Live at Ten" and "The Night Team"
* Jee-Yun Lee - anchor; weeknights "News 24 Live at Six", "News 24 Live at Ten" and "The Night Team"
* Jamie Gutfreund - anchor; weekend mornings "News 24 First Edition Weekend", "News 24 DayBreak Weekend" and "News 24 In The Morning Weekend"
* Travis Dhanaraj - anchor; weekend mornings "News 24 First Edition Weekend", "News 24 DayBreak Weekend", "News 24 In The Morning Weekend" and "News 24 Live at Noon Weekend"
* Nick Dixon - anchor; weekend evenings "News 24 Live at Six", "News 24 Live at Ten" and "The Night Team"
===24/7 StormLab Weather Meteorologists===
* Kyler Watts - meteorologist; weekday mornings "News 24 First Edition", "News 24 DayBreak" and "News 24 In The Morning"
* Kelsey Jackson - meteorologist; weekdays "News 24 Live at Noon", "News 24 First at Four" and "News 24 Live at Five"
* Chris Jordan - chief meteorologist (AMS Seal of Approval); weeknights "News 24 Live at Six", "News 24 Live at Ten" and "News 24 Live at Eleven"
* Jill Colton - meteorologist; weekend mornings "News 24 First Edition Weekend", "News 24 DayBreak Weekend", "News 24 In The Morning Weekend" and "News 24 Live at Noon Weekend"
* Patricia Jaggernauth - meteorologist; weekend evenings "News 24 Live at Six Weekend", "News 24 Live at Ten Weekend" and "News 24 Live at Eleven Weekend"
===Sports Blitz===
* Ken Reid - sports director; weeknights "News 24 Live at Ten" and "News 24 Live at Eleven"
* Devon Soltendieck - sports reporter; weekend evenings "News 24 Live at Ten Weekend" and "News 24 Live at Eleven Weekend"; also weeknight reporter (see below)
===Current On-Air Reporters/Staff===
* Andrea Hartling - general assignment reporter
* Karman Wong - general assignment reporter
* Jackie Crandles - general assignment reporter
* Diana Petrucci - general assignment reporter; also assignment editor
* Arda Zakarian - general assignment reporter
* Omar Sachedina - general assignment reporter
* Amber MacArthur - general assignment reporter
* Courtney Heels - general assignment reporter
* Cristina Tenaglia - general assignment reporter; also host of "Hot Property"
* Cam Woolley - on-site morning traffic reporter; also host of "Know Your Rights"
* Sue Sgambati - host of "Liberty City Crime Stoppers" segment
* Caryn Lieberman - host of "Does It Work?" segment; also breaking news producer
* Bryce Wylde - health reporter
* Dr. Karl Kabasele - medical reporter
* Lorne Honickman - legal specialist; also co-host of "Know Your Rights"
* Jamey Tucker - tech reporter; host of "What The Tech?" segment
===TimeSaver Traffic===
* Bob Summers - traffic reporter; weekday mornings "News 24 First Edition", "News 24 DayBreak" and "News 24 In The Morning"
* Amber Payie - traffic reporter; weekday afternoons "News 24 First at Four", "News 24 Live at Five" and "News 24 Live at Six"
==Programming Schedule for Monday, January 29th-Sunday, February 4th==
 	MON 	TUE 	WED 	THU 	FRI 	SAT 	SUN
4:00 am 	News 24 First Edition 	News 24 First Edition 	News 24 First Edition 	News 24 First Edition 	News 24 First Edition 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
4:30 am 	News 24 DayBreak 	News 24 DayBreak 	News 24 DayBreak 	News 24 DayBreak 	News 24 DayBreak 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
5:00 am 	News 24 Five in the Morning 	News 24 Five in the Morning 	News 24 Five in the Morning 	News 24 Five in the Morning 	News 24 Five in the Morning 	News 24 First Edition Weekend 	News 24 First Edition Weekend
5:30 am 	News 24 Five in the Morning 	News 24 Five in the Morning 	News 24 Five in the Morning 	News 24 Five in the Morning 	News 24 Five in the Morning 	News 24 DayBreak Weekend 	News 24 DayBreak Weekend
6:00 am 	News 24 Six in the Morning 	News 24 Six in the Morning 	News 24 Six in the Morning 	News 24 Six in the Morning 	News 24 Six in the Morning 	News 24 Six in the Morning Weekend 	News 24 Six in the Morning Weekend
6:30 am 	News 24 Six in the Morning 	News 24 Six in the Morning 	News 24 Six in the Morning 	News 24 Six in the Morning 	News 24 Six in the Morning 	News 24 Six in the Morning Weekend 	News 24 Six in the Morning Weekend
7:00 am 	News 24 Seven in the Morning 	News 24 Seven in the Morning 	News 24 Seven in the Morning 	News 24 Seven in the Morning 	News 24 Seven in the Morning 	News 24 Seven in the Morning Weekend 	News 24 Seven in the Morning Weekend
7:30 am 	News 24 Seven in the Morning 	News 24 Seven in the Morning 	News 24 Seven in the Morning 	News 24 Seven in the Morning 	News 24 Seven in the Morning 	News 24 Seven in the Morning Weekend 	News 24 Seven in the Morning Weekend
8:00 am 	News 24 Eight in the Morning 	News 24 Eight in the Morning 	News 24 Eight in the Morning 	News 24 Eight in the Morning 	News 24 Eight in the Morning 	News 24 Eight in the Morning Weekend 	News 24 Eight in the Morning Weekend
8:30 am 	News 24 Eight in the Morning 	News 24 Eight in the Morning 	News 24 Eight in the Morning 	News 24 Eight in the Morning 	News 24 Eight in the Morning 	News 24 Eight in the Morning Weekend 	News 24 Eight in the Morning Weekend
9:00 am 	EyeOpener Liberty City 	EyeOpener Liberty City 	EyeOpener Liberty City 	EyeOpener Liberty City 	EyeOpener Liberty City 	News 24 Nine in the Morning Weekend 	News 24 Nine in the Morning Weekend
9:30 am 	EyeOpener Liberty City 	EyeOpener Liberty City 	EyeOpener Liberty City 	EyeOpener Liberty City 	EyeOpener Liberty City 	Wild About Animals (E/I) 	Your Voice. Your City.
10:00 am	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures (E/I) 	Your Voice. Your City.
10:30 am	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin (Part of GoTime; E/I)	Joel Osteen
11:00 am	CityLine 	CityLine 	CityLine 	CityLine 	CityLine 	Expedition Wild (Part of GoTime; E/I) 	In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley
11:30 am	CityLine 	CityLine 	CityLine 	CityLine 	CityLine 	Brain Games: Family Edition (Part of GoTime; E/I) 	In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley
12:00 pm	News 24 Live at Noon 	News 24 Live at Noon 	News 24 Live at Noon 	News 24 Live at Noon 	News 24 Live at Noon 	News 24 Live at Noon Weekend 	News 24 Live at Noon Weekend
12:30 pm	News 24 Live at Noon 	News 24 Live at Noon 	News 24 Live at Noon 	News 24 Live at Noon 	News 24 Live at Noon 	Dog Town, USA (Part of GoTime; E/I) 	Hot Property
1:00 pm 	The Better Sex 	The Better Sex 	The Better Sex 	The Better Sex 	The Better Sex 	Recipe Rehab (Part of GoTime; E/I) 	The Wild West Session
1:30 pm 	Dealer's Choice 	Dealer's Choice 	Dealer's Choice 	Dealer's Choice 	Dealer's Choice 	Hatched (Part of GoTime; E/I) 	The Wild West Session
2:00 pm 	Steve 	Steve 	Steve 	Steve 	Steve 	Paid Programming 	The Wild West Session
2:30 pm 	Steve 	Steve 	Steve 	Steve 	Steve 	Paid Programming 	The Wild West Session
3:00 pm 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Today's Homeowner with Danny Lipford 	Today's Homeowner with Danny Lipford
3:30 pm 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show
4:00 pm 	News 24 First at Four 	News 24 First at Four 	News 24 First at Four 	News 24 First at Four 	News 24 First at Four 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show
4:30 pm 	News 24 First at Four 	News 24 First at Four 	News 24 First at Four 	News 24 First at Four 	News 24 First at Four 	Inside Edition 	Inside Edition
5:00 pm 	News 24 Live at Five 	News 24 Live at Five 	News 24 Live at Five 	News 24 Live at Five 	News 24 Live at Five 	Military Makeover 	Entertainment Tonight
5:30 pm 	News 24 Live at Five 	News 24 Live at Five 	News 24 Live at Five 	News 24 Live at Five 	News 24 Live at Five 	Hiring America 	Entertainment Tonight
6:00 pm 	News 24 Live at Six 	News 24 Live at Six 	News 24 Live at Six 	News 24 Live at Six 	News 24 Live at Six 	News 24 Live at Six 	News 24 Live at Six
6:30 pm 	News 24 Live at Six 	News 24 Live at Six 	News 24 Live at Six 	News 24 Live at Six 	News 24 Live at Six 	News 24 Live at Six 	News 24 Live at Six
7:00 pm 	Wheel of Fortune 	Wheel of Fortune 	College Basketball on HTN Communications	Wheel of Fortune 	Wheel of Fortune 	Wheel of Fortune 	The Whole 19 Yards
7:30 pm 	Jeopardy! 	Jeopardy! 	College Basketball on HTN Communications	Jeopardy! 	Jeopardy! 	Jeopardy! 	The Whole 19 Yards
8:00 pm 	King of the Hill 	King of the Hill 	College Basketball on HTN Communications	King of the Hill 	King of the Hill 	Pawn Stars 	Pawn Stars
8:30 pm 	King of the Hill 	King of the Hill 	College Basketball on HTN Communications	King of the Hill 	King of the Hill 	Pawn Stars 	Pawn Stars
9:00 pm 	News 24 Prime Time News at Nine	Graham News Special Report: State of the Union Address	News 24 Prime Time News at Nine 	News 24 Prime Time News at Nine	News 24 Prime Time News at Nine	Scandal 	Scandal
9:30 pm 	Inside Edition 	Graham News Special Report: State of the Union Address	Inside Edition 	Inside Edition 	Inside Edition 	Scandal 	Scandal
10:00 pm	News 24 Live at Ten 	Graham News Special Report: State of the Union Address	News 24 Live at Ten 	News 24 Live at Ten 	News 24 Live at Ten 	News 24 Live at Ten 	News 24 Live at Ten
10:30 pm	News 24 Live at 10:30 	Graham News Special Report: State of the Union Address	News 24 Live at 10:30 	News 24 Live at 10:30 	News 24 Live at 10:30 	The Andy Griffith Show 	Know Your Rights
11:00 pm	The Night Team 	The Night Team 	The Night Team 	The Night Team 	The Night Team 	The Night Team 	The Night Team
11:30 pm	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	Sports Blitz Sunday
12:00 am	Blue Bloods 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	Blue Bloods
12:30 am	Blue Bloods 	Pawn Stars 	Pawn Stars 	Pawn Stars 	Pawn Stars 	Pawn Stars 	Blue Bloods
1:00 am 	Leverage 	Forensic Files 	Forensic Files 	Forensic Files 	Forensic Files 	Forensic Files 	WCW Saturday Night
1:30 am 	Leverage 	Forensic Files 	Forensic Files 	Forensic Files 	Forensic Files 	Forensic Files 	WCW Saturday Night
2:00 am 	Whacked Out Sports 	News 24 Live at Eleven (repeat) 	News 24 Live at Eleven (repeat) 	News 24 Live at Eleven (repeat)	News 24 Live at Eleven (repeat)	Intelligence for Your Life 	Whacked Out Sports
2:30 am 	Whacked Out Videos 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	News 24 Live at Eleven (repeat) 	Whacked Out Videos
3:00 am 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Intelligence for Your Life
3:30 am 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
== Programming Schedule from July 2000 ==
 	MON 	TUE 	WED 	THU 	FRI 	SAT 	SUN
6:00 am 	Shepherd's Chapel 	Shepherd's Chapel 	Shepherd's Chapel 	Shepherd's Chapel 	Shepherd's Chapel 	Digital Cafe 	Berchem United Methodist Church
6:30 am 	Shepherd's Chapel 	Shepherd's Chapel 	Shepherd's Chapel 	Shepherd's Chapel 	Shepherd's Chapel 	Kids 'N Motorsports 	American Athlete
7:00 am 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures	Awakening Hour
7:30 am 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	Animal Rescue 	Time For Hope
8:00 am 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	Popular Mechanics for Kids 	Christ for the Crisis
8:30 am 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	24 NewsPulse Morning Edition 	Real Life 101 	This Old House
9:00 am 	Martha Stewart Living 	Martha Stewart Living 	Martha Stewart Living 	Martha Stewart Living 	Martha Stewart Living 	Pressure 1 	Jimmy Swaggart
9:30 am 	Martha Stewart Living 	Martha Stewart Living 	Martha Stewart Living 	Martha Stewart Living 	Martha Stewart Living 	Pressure 2 	Jimmy Swaggart
10:00 am	Jenny Jones 	Jenny Jones 	Jenny Jones 	Jenny Jones 	Jenny Jones 	Bill Nye the Science Guy 	Jack Van Impe Presents
10:30 am	Jenny Jones 	Jenny Jones 	Jenny Jones 	Jenny Jones 	Jenny Jones 	Techno 2100 	Rebecca's Garden
11:00 am	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	Wild About Animals 	Gaither's Homecoming Hour
11:30 am	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	Awesome Adventures 	Gaither's Homecoming Hour
12:00 pm	The Partridge Family 	The Partridge Family 	The Partridge Family 	The Partridge Family 	The Partridge Family 	Field Trip 	Swan's Place
12:30 pm	The Partridge Family 	The Partridge Family 	The Partridge Family 	The Partridge Family 	The Partridge Family 	Critter Gitters 	Swan's Place
1:00 pm 	The Monkees 	The Monkees 	The Monkees 	The Monkees 	The Monkees 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy
1:30 pm 	The Monkees 	The Monkees 	The Monkees 	The Monkees 	The Monkees 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy
2:00 pm 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	Super 24! Saturday Matinee 	Travel Update
2:30 pm 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	Super 24! Saturday Matinee 	Adrenaline TV
3:00 pm 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	Super 24! Saturday Matinee 	Paid Programming
3:30 pm 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	Super 24! Saturday Matinee 	Paid Programming
4:00 pm 	Good Times 	Good Times 	Good Times 	Good Times 	Good Times 	Shooting Show 	Super 24! Sunday Matinee
4:30 pm 	Good Times 	Good Times 	Good Times 	Good Times 	Good Times 	K & H Ultimate Hunting 	Super 24! Sunday Matinee
5:00 pm 	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	This Week in NASCAR 	Super 24! Sunday Matinee
5:30 pm 	Lifestyles Magazine 	Lifestyles Magazine 	Lifestyles Magazine 	Lifestyles Magazine 	Lifestyles Magazine 	Outdoorsman with Buck McNeely 	Super 24! Sunday Matinee
6:00 pm 	Haven 	Thee Perfect Days 	Main Floor 	Living Better with Carrie Wyatt	Real TV 	Wildside Wrestling 	Super 24! Sunday Matinee
6:30 pm 	Lucy 	B. Smith with Style 	Lighter Side of Sports 	Every Woman 	Real TV 	Wildside Wrestling 	Super 24! Sunday Matinee
7:00 pm 	Bonanza 	American Adventure 	One World Music Beat 	Dr. McDougall 	Bonanza 	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 	Super 24! Sunday Matinee
7:30 pm 	Bonanza 	American Adventure 	One World Music Beat 	NASCAR Classics 	Bonanza 	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 	Super 24! Sunday Matinee
8:00 pm 	Super 24! Monday Night Movie 	Neat Stuff 	Mounties 	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 	Super 24! Friday Night Movie 	Super 24! Saturday Night Movie	Super 24! Sunday Night Movie
8:30 pm 	Super 24! Monday Night Movie 	Neat Stuff 	Mounties 	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 	Super 24! Friday Night Movie 	Super 24! Saturday Night Movie	Super 24! Sunday Night Movie
9:00 pm 	Super 24! Monday Night Movie 	Neat Stuff 	Gospel Jubilee 	WCW Wrestling 	Super 24! Friday Night Movie 	Super 24! Saturday Night Movie	Super 24! Sunday Night Movie
9:30 pm 	Super 24! Monday Night Movie 	Neat Stuff 	Gospel Jubilee 	WCW Wrestling 	Super 24! Friday Night Movie 	Super 24! Saturday Night Movie	Super 24! Sunday Night Movie
10:00 pm	24 NewsPulse at Ten 	24 NewsPulse at Ten 	24 NewsPulse at Ten 	24 NewsPulse at Ten 	24 NewsPulse at Ten 	Poltergeist: The Legacy 	Wall Street Journal Report
10:30 pm	Hollywood Squares 	Hollywood Squares 	Hollywood Squares 	Hollywood Squares 	Hollywood Squares 	Poltergeist: The Legacy 	Jack Van Impe Presents
11:00 pm	X-Posure 	X-Posure 	X-Posure 	X-Posure 	X-Posure 	One World Music Beat 	Master of the Wind
11:30 pm	X-Posure 	X-Posure 	X-Posure 	X-Posure 	X-Posure 	One World Music Beat 	Sports Week
12:00 am	Kickin' It 	Unhappily Ever After 	Unhappily Ever After 	Unhappily Ever After 	Unhappily Ever After 	Unhappily Ever After 	Kickin' It
12:30 am	Kickin' It 	You Bet Your Life 	You Bet Your Life 	You Bet Your Life 	You Bet Your Life 	You Bet Your Life 	Kickin' It
1:00 am 	Benny Hill 	I Spy 	I Spy 	I Spy 	I Spy 	I Spy 	Benny Hill
1:30 am 	Benny Hill 	I Spy 	I Spy 	I Spy 	I Spy 	I Spy 	Benny Hill
2:00 am 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF
2:30 am 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF
3:00 am 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF
3:30 am 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF
4:00 am 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF
4:30 am 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF
5:00 am 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF
5:30 am 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF
== Programming Schedule from November 2009 ==
 	MON 	TUE 	WED 	THU 	FRI 	SAT 	SUN
5:00 am 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF
5:30 am 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF
6:00 am 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF
6:30 am 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	SIGN-OFF 	SIGN-OFF
7:00 am 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition Weekend	24News Morning Edition Weekend
7:30 am 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition Weekend	24News Morning Edition Weekend
8:00 am 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition Weekend	24News Morning Edition Weekend
8:30 am 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition 	24News Morning Edition Weekend	24News Morning Edition Weekend
9:00 am 	The Martha Stewart Show 	The Martha Stewart Show 	The Martha Stewart Show 	The Martha Stewart Show 	The Martha Stewart Show 	24News Morning Edition Weekend	24News Morning Edition Weekend
9:30 am 	The Martha Stewart Show 	The Martha Stewart Show 	The Martha Stewart Show 	The Martha Stewart Show 	The Martha Stewart Show 	24News Morning Edition Weekend	24News Morning Edition Weekend
10:00 am	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures	Your Voice. Your City
10:30 am	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	Wild About Animals 	Your Voice. Your City
11:00 am	M*A*S*H 	M*A*S*H 	M*A*S*H 	M*A*S*H 	M*A*S*H 	DragonFlyTV 	Andrew Wommack
11:30 am	M*A*S*H 	M*A*S*H 	M*A*S*H 	M*A*S*H 	M*A*S*H 	Dog Tales 	Jesse Duplantis
12:00 pm	24News Live at Noon 	24News Live at Noon 	24News Live at Noon 	24News Live at Noon 	24News Live at Noon 	Gladiators 2000 	Kenneth Copeland
12:30 pm	The Honeymooners 	The Honeymooners 	The Honeymooners 	The Honeymooners 	The Honeymooners 	Fat Albert 	Key of David
1:00 pm 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	Animal Exploration 	Richard Henton
1:30 pm 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	I Love Lucy 	Animal Rescue 	Ephren Taylor
2:00 pm 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	Star Trek 	Star Trek
2:30 pm 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	The Beverly Hillbillies 	Star Trek 	Star Trek
3:00 pm 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	Lost in Space 	Lost in Space
3:30 pm 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	The Andy Griffith Show 	Lost in Space 	Lost in Space
4:00 pm 	24News First at Four 	24News First at Four 	24News First at Four 	24News First at Four 	24News First at Four 	American Chopper 	American Chopper
4:30 pm 	24News First at Four 	24News First at Four 	24News First at Four 	24News First at Four 	24News First at Four 	American Chopper 	American Chopper
5:00 pm 	24News Live at Five 	24News Live at Five 	24News Live at Five 	24News Live at Five 	24News Live at Five 	24News Live at Five 	24News Live at Five
5:30 pm 	The Honeymooners 	The Honeymooners 	The Honeymooners 	The Honeymooners 	The Honeymooners 	The Steve Harvey Show 	Jamal Bryant
6:00 pm 	24News Live at Six 	24News Live at Six 	24News Live at Six 	24News Live at Six 	24News Live at Six 	24News Live at Six 	24News Live at Six
6:30 pm 	Roseanne 	Roseanne 	Roseanne 	Roseanne 	Roseanne 	The Steve Harvey Show 	Bill Winston
7:00 pm 	The Steve Harvey Show 	The Steve Harvey Show 	The Steve Harvey Show 	The Steve Harvey Show 	The Steve Harvey Show 	Deadliest Catch 	Deadliest Catch
7:30 pm 	The Steve Harvey Show 	The Steve Harvey Show 	The Steve Harvey Show 	The Steve Harvey Show 	The Steve Harvey Show 	Deadliest Catch 	Deadliest Catch
8:00 pm 	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Weekend Movies on WFTO 	Weekend Movies on WFTO
8:30 pm 	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Weekend Movies on WFTO 	Weekend Movies on WFTO
9:00 pm 	The Jeffersons 	The Jeffersons 	The Jeffersons 	The Jeffersons 	The Jeffersons 	Weekend Movies on WFTO 	Weekend Movies on WFTO
9:30 pm 	The Jeffersons 	The Jeffersons 	The Jeffersons 	The Jeffersons 	The Jeffersons 	Weekend Movies on WFTO 	Weekend Movies on WFTO
10:00 pm	24News Live at Ten 	24News Live at Ten 	24News Live at Ten 	24News Live at Ten 	24News Live at Ten 	24News Live at Ten 	24News Live at Ten
10:30 pm	Roseanne 	Roseanne 	Roseanne 	Roseanne 	Roseanne 	Lost 	Sports Blitz Sunday
11:00 pm	Good Times 	Good Times 	Good Times 	Good Times 	Good Times 	Lost 	Phillip Goudeaux
11:30 pm	Good Times 	Good Times 	Good Times 	Good Times 	Good Times 	Stargate Atlantis 	Lost
12:00 am	Lost 	The Brady Bunch 	The Brady Bunch 	The Brady Bunch 	The Brady Bunch 	The Brady Bunch 	Stargate Atlantis
12:30 am	Stargate Atlantis 	The Brady Bunch 	The Brady Bunch 	The Brady Bunch 	The Brady Bunch 	The Brady Bunch 	The Outer Limits
1:00 am 	Stargate Atlantis 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	The Outer Limits
1:30 am 	The Outer Limits 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Late Weekend Movies on WFTO
2:00 am 	The Outer Limits 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Late Weekend Movies on WFTO
2:30 am 	Late Weekend Movies on WFTO	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Late Weekend Movies on WFTO
3:00 am 	Late Weekend Movies on WFTO	Cheers 	Cheers 	Cheers 	Cheers 	Cheers 	Late Weekend Movies on WFTO
3:30 am 	Late Weekend Movies on WFTO	Cheers 	Cheers 	Cheers 	Cheers 	Cheers 	Phillip Goudeaux
4:00 am 	Late Weekend Movies on WFTO	The Three Stooges 	The Three Stooges 	The Three Stooges 	The Three Stooges 	The Three Stooges 	Joyce Meyer
4:30 am 	SIGN-OFF 	The Three Stooges 	The Three Stooges 	The Three Stooges 	The Three Stooges 	The Three Stooges 	Jimmy Swaggart
==News operation==
WFTO currently broadcasts 67 Hours of news programming each week, one of the highest amounts in the Liberty City DMA alone. In addition to news programming, WFTO produces Your Voice. Your City, a Sunday morning public affairs program that airs at 10 am; Sports Blitz Sunday, a sports-related program airing Sunday Nights at 11:30 pm; and Know Your Rights, a phone-in show discussing certain legal topics which airs Sunday nights at 10:30 pm. WFTO produces a one hour long 9pm newscast for it's sister station, WTEE titled WTEE News at Nine. It originates from the WFTO studios at Victor Willis Plaza in Liberty City. WFTO operates a Bell LongRanger 206L newsgathering helicopter titled "Chopper 24". WFTO operates two, live, local radars at their station: LIVE StormTrak Doppler First Fury Radar and KRYPTON Live Doppler One Million. The first of which is supplied by Advanced Design Corporation and has been in use since 2001 and the latter being a Baron Services live doppler radar, originally installed in 2011; then upgraded in Fall 2014 to contain Dual-Pol capabilities, making it the only station in Liberty City to have a live, dual-polarimetric doppler radar. WFTO also relies on a data feed from the National Weather Service NEXRAD radar located at Francis International Airport. WFTO currently has a partnership with Berfield/Willis-owned Axum Radio Group to provide hourly news and weather updates to it's stations. WFTO also simulcasts the audio portion of it's wall-to-wall severe weather coverage on these stations as well.
===Early Years and Today===
For the first several years as a station, WFTO's news operation wasn't a huge success, usually ranking 7th in the Nielsen ratings behind WLIX (ABN), WEHK (NBC), WLIB (CBS), WLFO (FOX), WELC (ABC), WLCT (The WB) in that order. However in the mid to late 2000's, news director Jeff Inglewood was brought in and made drastic changes to the news station by employing a harder emphasis on news reporting and by adding more hours dedicated to news programs. This in turn caused ratings to increase dramatically from where they were at when they started the operation. During the February 2015 Nielsen Sweeps period, WFTO ranked 4th behind long dominant stations WLIX (ABN), WEHK (FOX), and WLIB (ABC) in that order.
===StormRover===
WFTO, WTEE and WRBL are the only stations in Liberty City that currently operate a news vehicle specifically meant for storm chasing. The vehicle, named StormRover, has an on board laptop with NEXRAD radar and hyper local GPS software, 3 NOAA weather radios, 2 handheld CB radios, dash mounted HAM radio, dash mounted HD GoPro camera, weather sensors, 1080p PTZ 360 degree camera, 2 scrolling LED message lights displaying weather information, flashing amber lights and a 40” water resistant flat screen television in the back of the vehicle. When the vehicle is in operation, it is followed by a WFTO ENG truck in order for live shots to be sent back to the station and sent out over the airwaves.
=== StormLab Weather Action Da===
WFTO is one of many stations in the US and one of the very few in Liberty City that will declare a “StormLab Weather Action Day” if the weather in the Liberty City metropolitan area is considered very threatening, severe and will cause high impact on life and property. These “StormLab Weather Action Days” usually will occur whenever there is severe weather (tornadoes, supercells, squall lines), winter weather (snow/ice storms, blizzards), tropical weather (hurricanes, tropical storms), heat waves, etc. affecting the Liberty City area.
==Digital television==
Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
24.1 	1080i	16:9 	WFTO-DT 	Main WFTO Programming
24.2 	480i 	4:3 	WFTO-SD 	Antenna TV
24.3 	480i 	4:3 	WFTO-WX 	24/7 Weather Now
24.4 	480i 	4:3 	WFTO-DT4 	Escape
24.5 	720i 	16:9 	UBC-HD 	United Broadcasting Company
24.6 	480i 	4:3 	WFTO-HA 	Ha!
24.7 	480i 	4:3 	WFTO-DT7 	Couch Potato Television
On September 12, 2017, it was publicly announced that WFTO was participating in the FCC's digital repack, becoming the first of Berfield/Willis' stations to do so, and would change digital channel positions from digital channel 57 to digital channel 24. It was also announced that WFTO had entered into a channel sharing agreement with sister station WRBL (channel 4) would share it's new digital channel position with WRBL as the latter had recently sold it's spectrum to the FCC for an undisclosed amount.
==Newscast titles==
24 NewsPulse (1998–2006)
* 24 NewsPulse @ Ten (1998–2006)
* 24 NewsPulse Morning Edition (2000–2006)
* 24 NewsPulse @ Six (2004–2006)
24News (2006-2010)
* 24News Morning Edition (2006–2010)
* 24News Live @ Noon (2006–2010)
* 24News First @ Four (2006–2010)
* 24News Live @ Five (2006–2010)
* 24News Live @ Six (2006–2010)
* 24News Live @ Ten (2006–2010)
* 24News Weekend (2007–2010)
News 24 (2010–Present)
* News 24 First Edition (2010–present)
* News 24 DayBreak (2010–present)
* News 24 In The Morning (2010–present)
* News 24 Live at Noon (2010–Present)
* News 24 First at Four (2010–present)
* News 24 Live at Five (2010–present)
* News 24 Live at Six (2010–present)
* News 24 Live at Ten (2010–resent
* News 24 Live at Eleven (2010–2017)
* The Night Team (2017–present)
==Station branding history==
*Super 24! (1996–2003)
*WFTO (2003–2015)
*The 'FTO 24 (2015–2016)
*WFTO 24 (2016–present)
==Ownership history ==
*Willis Communications, Inc. (1996–2015)
*Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation (2015–present)
==News music packages==
*1998-2006 Impact (V.1, V.2, V.3, V.4, V.5) (615 Music)
*2004–Present Production Music: Complete Coverage (Megatrax) (Theme for TimeSaver Traffic updates in the mornings)
*2006-2010 Lighthouse (360 Music)
*2008–present Production Music: Industry (The Music Bakery) (Theme for Your Voice. Your City)
*2008–present Streaming News (Cue11) (Theme for Sports Blitz Sunday)
*2010-2017 Right Here, Right Now (615 Music)
*2010–present Propulsion V.1 (615 Music) (Theme for News 24 First Edition and DayBreak)
*2017–present News Music Package II (Van Gogh Productions) (Theme for TimeSaver Traffic updates in the afternoons and evenings)
*2017–present Revolution (Gari Music)
*2017–present WSVN 2001 News Package (Chris Crane) (Theme for The Night Team) 
==Station slogan history==
* "Super 24! The Best in Entertainment!" (1996–1999)
* "Super 24: Liberty's SuperStation" (1999–2003)
* "WFTO. We've got your Laughs!" (2003–2006)
* "We are You. We are WFTO/Liberty City" (2006–2015)
* "We are You. We are The 'FTO 24/Liberty City" (2015–2016)
* "#WeStandWithWDBJ" (August 28–October 4, 2015)
* "#PrayersForParis" (November 13–December 13, 2015)
* "#WFTO20" (2016)
==News slogan history==
* "Coverage You Can Count On!" (1998-2004)
* "First. Fast. Live." (2004-2010)
* "Fast. Accurate. Dependable." (2010-2015)
* "Liberty's Only LIVE, Million Watt Radar. Only on News 24!" (2014-Present)
* "More News. More Often." (2016-2017)
* "Liberty's Breaking News" (2017–present)
==Website history==
*www.wfto.com (1996–present)
==Gallery==
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Logos=
WFTO new.png|Logo used from September 2016-October 2017
WFTO-0.PNG|Logo used from June 2015-September 2016
WFTO Logo 2.PNG|Logo used from January 2011-June 2015
WTFO News 24.png|WFTO News 24 logo from 2010-2017
WFTO Logo from early 2000s.PNG|Logo used from 2003-2011
WFTO Logo 1999-2003.PNG|Logo used from 1999-2003
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Miscellaneous (station IDs, news opens and screenshots)=
Wftoeastest1999.png|Beeep. Beeep. Beeep. Beeep. Beep. Beep. Beep. (Circa May 1999)
Super24comedymarathon.png|WFTO's "COMEDY MARATHON" promo from 2001.
Livedoppler.png|KRYPTON Live Doppler One Million Logo
Stormtrak.png|Live StormTrak Doppler First Fury Radar
Stormfind.png|MAX HD StormFind Radar Logo
Stormrover.png|StormRover Logo
LiveDoppler24.png|LIVE Double Doppler MAX 3D Logo
WFTO Hourly ID Byline.png|WFTO Hourly ID Byline (December 2015) as seen on an episode of Dr. Phil
WFTO hourly id byline updated 2016.JPG|WFTO Hourly ID Byline (September 2016) as seen on an episode of Dr. Phil
Wfto logo id.jpeg|WFTO Logo Bug as seen on an episode of The Andy Griffith Show
Wfto logo bug id.JPG|WFTO Logo Bug as seen on an episode of Forensic Files
WFTO Screengrab.png|WFTO News 24 Breaking News Lower Third Screengrab (Circa 2016)
Timeandtemperaturewfto.JPG|Time and Temperature ID (September 2016)
Chopper 24 HD.png|Chopper 24 HD Logo
Wfto2016.png|WFTO Station ID 2016; "(middle-age male announcer) You're Watching WFTO-TV, News 24! A Berfield/Willis Original Station! Celebrating 20 Years of the Best!"
News2paidadvertisement.png|WFTO Paid Programming Disclaimer November 2016
WFTO schedule bumper 2016.jpg|WFTO Schedule Bumper November 2016
Wfto24happyholidays2016.png|WFTO Holiday Bumper ID December 2016
News24.png|WFTO "In The Morning" February 2017 bumper.
WFTO Facebook Hourly ID.JPG|WFTO Facebook Hourly ID
Stormlabnews24.png|WFTO StormLab Weather Action Day Bumper ID 2017 ("Thunderstorms")
WFTO EyeOpener bumper.png|WFTO bumper for the upcoming Dorado-produced morning show "EyeOpener" August 2017
wfto eyeopener bumper 2.PNG|WFTO "EyeOpener" bumper ID from August 2017
Wfto weather app.PNG|WFTO weather app icon. (Also used on WFTO's weather social media pages)
wfto screengrab.JPG|WFTO lower-third screengrab from September 2017
Steve wfto new logo.PNG|WFTO logo bug as seen on an episode of "Steve"
koth screengrab.JPG|WFTO Severe Weather Ticker (December 2017)
shutdown showdown.PNG|Screengrab during Facebook Live Special Report on Impending Government Shutdown (January 19, 2018)
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