WMIW

WMIW, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 45), is the NBC affiliated station that licensed to serve the Milwaukee, Wisconsin broadcast market. WMIW is currently owned by Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation, as part of a duopoly with Telemundo-affiliated station WRMI-TV (channel 11). The two stations share studio facilities located on North Water Street in Downtown Milwaukee with transmitter facilities located 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Downtown Milwaukee.
== Newscast Themes ==
WMIW 1954 News Theme (1954-1962)
WMIW 1962 News Theme (1962-1975)
Production Music: Patterns - NBC Background Music Library (1975-1979)
We're 4 - Klein & (1979-1985)
WMIW 1985 News Theme (1985-1994)
Watch Our Team Work (1994-1998)
High Town News - Stephen Arnold Music (1998-2007)
Production Music: Pop News - Freeplay Music (2007-2008)
WMIW 2008 News Theme (2008-2014)
Newstime - 615 Music (2014–present)
== Voiceover Talents ==
Unidentified (1954-1974)
Jack Hobbs (Station Talent) (1974-1993)
Mark Peeples (1993-2009)
Scott Chapin (2009-2014)
Nicholas Stealth (2014–present)
== History ==
The station signed on February 16, 1954 as WMIW-TV. The station was an independent station when it signed on and was one of Milwaukee's strongest independent stations. In 1995, the station became the new NBC affiliate after former NBC affiliate WINC channel 4 switched to independent. On late nights before signing off, the station carried business news programming from the Financial News Network from 1981 until 1985. The station used to be owned by LIN Media before they merged with Media General in 2014. On December 29, 2016, WMIW was sold by Media General to NBCUniversal, making WMIW an NBC-owned-and-operated station, and the third network O&O in the Milwaukee market. On November 26, 2017, less than a year after NBCUniversal acquired the station, WMIW was put up for sale and was purchased by Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation, owners of CW affiliate WOKY (channel 18) and Telemundo-affiliated station WRMI-TV (channel 11). On the same day, Berfield/Willis agreed to sell WOKY to Sinclair Broadcast Group, owners of KTTN affiliated station WCGV (channel 24). Category:NBC network affiliates
Category:Channel 2
Category:Milwaukee
Category:Wisconsin
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1954
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Former owned-and-operated stations
Category:Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation