WNIU

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 (channel 3) is a television station in Butler, Alabama, United States, affiliated with CBS and is owned by Gray Television.
==History==
Channel 3 signed on the air on July 16, 1959, with its inaugural program being Love of Life at 11 a.m. Central Time. 
The station's first ever local newscast, The Channel 3 Evening Report, aired weekdays in the 10 p.m. slot over the summer of 1964. In 1967, the show relaunched as Channel 3 Eyewitness News. A 5 p.m. show was added in 1971; Drew Young anchored both programs. 
In 1970, the station began airing Phil Donahue's talk show in the 9 a.m. slot; I Love Lucy and The Beverly Hillbillies did not air on WNIU because of this. Then-independent station WYJE carried them instead. Donahue was a longtime staple of channel 3's morning lineup until its end in 1996. The Rosie O'Donnell Show took its place, then Life Moments began airing there in 2002 (Rosie successor The Caroline Rhea Show aired at 3 p.m.). Infomercials temporarily aired from fall 2003 until March 2004, when Guiding Light started airing at 9 a.m. instead of 2 p.m. 
In 1977, a noon and Sunday night newscast were added to the schedule; WNIU rebranded to Butler CBS, with newscasts becoming Butler News but continuing to use the Eyewitness News format.
In 1983, the station was bought by Gray Television, with its former owner Confection Broadcasting assuming ownership of Linden's NBC affiliate, WTWY. Channel 3 added a half-hour long 5 a.m. newscast to the schedule, leading into AgDay at 5:30 and The CBS Morning News at 6 a.m. The current CBS Morning News (then known as The CBS Early Morning News) was preempted by WNIU until 1990. The morning show moved to 6 a.m. in 1997, with CBS This Morning being aired at 7. 
Weekend morning and 6 p.m. broadcasts entered the schedule in 1995. The current branding, CBS 3/CBS 3 News, launched the following year. Later, in 1998, the station got local rights to air Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, airing them at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., respectively. 
Syndicated programming seen on WNIU includes the aforementioned Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, as well as The People's Court and The Kelly Clarkson Show. Since 2016, the station has aired a "Quick Commute" traffic update with 5 p.m. anchor Leilani Ramirez in between Dr. Phil and Jeopardy!
==Programming==
===News operation===
====Notable current on-air staff====
=====Anchors=====
* Annabella Clifford - weekdays, 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., 12 p.m.
* Bobby Lawless - weekdays, 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., 12 p.m.
* Caroline Carr - weekdays, 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 p.m.
* Daniel Griffith - weekdays, 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 p.m,
* Cydney Swanson - weekend mornings
* Taylan Forrester - weekend evenings
=====Meteorologists=====
* Ava Ochoa - weekdays, 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., 12 p.m.
* Harlow Bradshaw - weekdays, 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 p.m.
* Cara Clark - weekend mornings
* Christopher Sawyer - weekend evenings
=====Traffic=====
* Verity Ponce - weekdays, 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.
* Leilani Ramirez - weekdays, 3:59 p.m. and 5 p.m.
=====Reporters=====
* Eleri Smith
* Gage Tyler
* Erik Timms
* Leighton Snow
* Blake Watters
* Chloe-Louise Wharton
* Brielle Penn
==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's signal is multiplexed:
 Subchannels of WNIU
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
3.1 	720p	16:9 	WINU-HD 	CBS
3.2 	480i	16:9 	Mystery 	Ion Mystery
3.3 	480i	16:9 	Circle 	Circle
== Gallery ==
WFSB_current_made_from_scratch_in_Inkscape.svg|Standalone glossy version of the Circle 3, shared with sister WFSB
WNIU Open.jpg|Screencap of WNIU's 5pm open, used since December 18, 2020.
WNIU Bug.jpg|Screencap of WNIU's screenbug from a November 7, 2017 airing of Jeopardy!
Category:CBS network affiliates
Category:Gray Television
Category:Butler
Category:Alabama
Category:Channel 3
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1959