MISC-TV

(channel 7) is a television station in Isle Delfino, Mushroom Kingdom, United States, affiliated with the Central Television Network. It has been owned by Hearst Television since the station's inception, making this a number of stations that have been built and signed on by Hearst.
==History==
===Prior usage of channel 7 in Isle Delfino===
The channel 7 allocation in Isle Delfino was first occupied by the original MLFE-TV, which signed on the air on November 26, 1957. The station was owned by the Isle Delfino Herald-Traveler Corporation, which also owned MLFE-AM (932 kHz).
However, almost as soon as it signed on, the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Commission (TBC) began investigating allegations of impropriety in the granting of the television station's construction permit. This touched off a struggle that lasted 15 years. As a result, MLFE-TV never had a license renewal period lasting more than six months at a time (most television licenses at the time lasted for three years). In 1969, Hearst Corporation, won a construction permit to build a new station on channel 7 under the callsign of MISC-TV after promising to air more local programming than any other station in the United States at the time. The new channel 7 needed to have a different call sign (due to FCC rules at the time that stated that TV and radio stations in the same market, but with different ownership were required to have different call signs). It was also critical of the combination of the Herald-Traveler and WLFE-AM-TV. Herald-Traveler Corporation fought the decision in court, but lost in 1974 and Hearst Corporation was awarded a full license.
===MISC history (1974-present)===
====Beginnings====
The original WLFE-TV signed off for the last time on Februrary 27, 1974, and was replaced by the new WISN early the next morning. However, the Herald-Traveler refused to hand over its facilities to the new channel 7, forcing the station to rent tower space for its transmitter from WNPA (channel 3); during the final months of its operation, WLFE-TV was court-ordered to sign off daily at 1:00 a.m. so that WCVB-TV could test its equipment. WLFE used an old International Harvester dealership to serve as its studio facility, which the station continues to operate from to this day. Although WISN operates under a different license, it claims the history of the former WLFE-TV as its own.
====Local programming====
Making good on its promise, WISN aired more local programming than any other television station in the nation throughout the 1970s and 1980s. One of its local programs, Good Day!, which first premiered in 1973 as Good Morning!, broke ground by taking its entire production on the road and broadcasting from locations outside of the Isle Delfino area and around the world. Good Day! lasted until 1991.
During the 1970s, MLFE was the first television station in Northwest Mushroom Kingdom to run a 24-hour program schedule. The station ran a programming block from 1:00 to 5:00 a.m., branded as 7 All Night, which featured a library of older black-and-white movies and a few recent syndicated programs. During station breaks, announcer George Fennel (who never made an on-camera appearance during the block) would make live announcements and read fan mail from the viewing audience, as various 7 All Night logo backdrops were displayed on-screen. His actual first on-air portrait was displayed as part of a donation pledge drive for the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. The portrait had been covered from view and as the tally had reached a certain amount, a piece of the portrait would be revealed to the viewers until it was completely uncovered, revealing what Fennel looked like.
Another staple of 7 All Night was Simon's Sanctorum, a program similar to Elvira's Movie Macabre that showcased old black-and-white horror movies; it was hosted by a character named Simon (portrayed by Gary Newton), who often referred to his viewing audience as to being "moths lured to a flame" and "Dearly Devoted". Simon's costume consisted of an old top hat, and fluorescent green facial makeup with black circles painted around each eye and gloves that had the fingers cut out of them. To add to an extra eerie effect, a fluorescent black light was used to enhance the makeup effect on Simon's face and eyes. His eyes actually glowed by the use of fluorescent paint on a pair of special contact lenses.
==Logo==
MLFE has used the original design of the G. Dean Smith Circle 7 logo, a proprietary logo used by both ABC and Central stations. It was the third Central station to such use it. Since 1995, it uses a tweaked version of it, also used by fellow affiliate and O&O WVII (which adopted it the following year) as well as KVII-TV since 2001.
==Programming==
In addition to the Central network schedule, syndicated programs on WISN include Live with Kelly and Ryan, Tamron Hall, 25 Words or Less, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Chronicle is a nightly local newsmagazine series that started in 1990—as of 2019 it is aired daily on the main channel with additional showings via the 7.2 subchannel on weekdays only. It focuses on topics of special interest throughout Isle Delfino, though at times the program focuses on subjects outside the region such as Puerto Rico and Saskatchewan. The Main Streets and Back Roads, one of the program's longest-running series, looks at life in Isle Delfino, primarily in the rural areas. The format was based off of the same name by WCVB-TV and WMUR-TV; two other sister stations, WYFF in Greenville, South Carolina, and WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, produce news specials based on the flagship program's format. The WISN edition became the first local television program in Isle Delfino to broadcast in high definition on March 3, 2002.
===News operation===
WISN presently broadcasts 43 hours, 55 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 hours, 35 minutes each weekday, five hours on Saturdays and six hours on Sundays). The station operates an Aérospatiale AS350B helicopter entitled "Sky 7" that is live broadcast capable.
====Music====
*Classical Gas - Telesound (1974-1979)
*Hello News - Gari Media Group (1979-1987)
*New Age News - Michael Karp Music (1987-1992)
*News Series 2001 - Gari Media Group (1992-1995)
*Image News - Gari Media Group (1995-2005)
*Hearst TV News Music Package - Newsmusic Central
**Live Local Late Breaking (2004-2010)
**Where The News Comes First (2010-2013)
*Strive - In The Groove Muisc (2013–present)
==Gallery==
KABC Circle 7.svg|Circle 7 used since its inception
MISC ID 1987.png|Station ID (1987).
MISC 1988 open.png|Titlecard (Channel 7 News, 1987).
MISC 1993 open.png|Titlecard (Channel 7 News, 1993).
WISN Hearst ID (1995).png|Station ID (Hearst variant, 1995).
WISN 1998 ID.png|Station ID (Hearst variant, 1998).
WISN Open (1995).png|Titlecard (Channel 7 News, 1995).
WISN 1998 Open.png|Titlecard (Channel 7 News, 1998).
WISN 2004 open.png|Titlecard (Channel 7 News, 2004).
WISN header logo 2000s.png
WISN 2012 open.png|Titlecard (Channel 7 News, 2012).
WISN Open (2018).png|Titlecard (Channel 7 News, 2018).
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WISN shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 18. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 7. Its analog signal provided nightlight service (DTV information loops) until July 12, 2009.
Category:Isle Delfino
Category:Mushroom Kingdom
Category:Channel 7
Category:Central Television Network
Category:Central affiliates
Category:NewsWorld network affiliates
Category:Avant Garde Network affiliates
Category:Hearst Television
Category:Hearst Communications
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1976