WTFH

WTFH is the ABC affiliate that serves the Nowhere, OK area. It broadcasts on channel 8 and is the secondary flagship broadcast property of NDL Broadcasting Company along with WNDL, while Swift Television Group operates the station.
==History==
===As a CBS affiliate===
The station first signed on the air on June 2, 1948 by the owner of WTFH-AM-FM (its "W" suffix, along with WNDL are grandfathered), The Nowhere Chronicle, as a CBS affiliate. Supposedly, the station was going to be an NBC affiliate, but they went to CBS instead due to technical problem. It broadcasts several ABC programs along with WNDL until KXST-TV signed on in 1952.
In 1953, The Nowhere Cronicle was sold off to Richmond Newspaper. Forcing WTFH to sold its radio counterparts (later changed to KTAH-AM-FM) and dropping its -TV suffix. However, the company was granted a permanent waiver permitting it to keep The Nowhere Chronicle, making WTFH its first asset in the state of Oklahoma.
In 1969, Richmond Newspaper changed its name to Media General. Just 3 years later, WTFH started using "Move Closer to Your World" for it's news theme, it survives with the current owner with a slight change in 2000, using its Cliff Schwarz rendition to celebrate the new millennium.
From 1980, Media General sold the station to General Electric. They made some investments to the station, by making a new logo consists of the VHF channel "8" fused with a question mark with red dot and "NewsCenter 8" branding. The iconic "W.T.F.H" intro (which currently still used for newscasts) was made in 1987, just four years after it was sold to its former anchor Daniel Spidgewood. From 1989, it was sold to Swift Television Group's salesman Brian Butterfield.
===Independent, Switch to WB, then ABC===
In 1994, Fox made a deal with Media General, the owner of ABC affiliate KXST-TV, channel 16. To switch several stations to Fox, which saw ABC moving away from the station in favour of the Fox network.
A year later, CBS had a plan to yank WTFH's affiliation. Due to their reputation for pre-empting their programming for local news. Resulting them to end its 47-year of CBS affiliation and ran a station without a network, with CBS programming moved to KCNB, channel 4 and ABC moving to cable-only TV10.
On September 10, 1995. ABC saw an opportunity for a comeback to Nowhere when K2GTE (now KTNF) signed on to serve as a terrestrial feed of "TV10" while WTFH joined The WB. K2GTE later changed its callsign to KTNF (channel 2) in 1996, and swapped their affiliation to The WB. Making it the first time for ABC to be located on well-known VHF station and frequency.
In 2003, the ABC logo has been added on primary basis. 4 years ahead, Brian Butterfield exited from television business and sold WTFH to Swift Television Group, as it violated the FCC ownership rules (A company couldn't own 2 or more of 4-highest rated stations). It was sold to NDL Broadcasting. Making it a sister station of both WNDL and KTNF. On June 2, 2008. The whole ABC programming and local programming are enhanced in HD and rebranded their news department to News 8 ABC.
On June 2, 2018. To mark its 70th anniversary of the station, it changed its branding from WTFH 8 to WTFH ABC 8 while its newscast being rebranded to ABC 8 News.
On Late-August 2021, USANATV13 Corporation and Ndul Broadcasting made a deal to swap the virtual ownership of KTNF and the ownership of KNOK to pay the debt from the previous sale, yet later discovered that they need to sold the station to another company, although it owns WTFH with a separate news department and operator. As a result, they keep both of them and sold KNOK to Salt Lake City-based Crikey Salt Company. Making it a virtual sister station to both WNDL and WTFH.
==Programming==
WTFH's clears the entire ABC schedule. Syndicated programming include the aforementioned The Peter Serafinowicz Show, Just for Laughs: Gags, Inside Edition, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and it also airs several Central programs, including In the Eyes of Cinema which KSXT-TV refused to air.
==Digital television==
===Digital channels===
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programing
8.1 	1080p	16:9 	WTFH-DT 	Main WTFH programming/ABC
8.2 	1080p	16:9 	MeTV Nowhere 	MeTV
8.3 	1080p	16:9 	AVG 	Avant Garde Network
8.4 	720p 	4:3 	FREE8 	Freeform
===Analog-to-digital transition===
WTFH started its digital transmission on 2000 New Year's Day, at 12AM Central Time. Their first HD newscast starts on 5AM, just before Good Morning America. The station shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 8, 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 WTFH digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 16 (Ironically, the same frequency as rival channel 16) with digital television receivers continuing to display WTFH's PSIP virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 8.
==News operation==
WTFH presently broadcasts 51 hours, 30 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 7 hours, 40 minutes each weekday and seven hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); although they air the longest slots on their newscasts, it is rated as the second after WNDL. However, it is one of the highest newscast output in the Nowhere DMA.
WTFH also produces the majority of nationwide news magazine called The News Chronicle. A joint-venture of Swift Television Group and Ndul Broadcasting, it uses 250.000 employees of Pierre and NDL-owned stations to report. It is known for its political neutrality.
After the revival of WNDL, WNDL launched a whole new news operation with its own staff, while using WTFH's content resources. Along with WNDL, it also use several local content from The News Chronicle
==News Themes==
* "Move Closer To Your World" by Mayoham Music (1972-1999)
* "G.E. TV Stations News Music Package" by Lucas/McFaul (1980-1983)
* "WPXI News Theme" by Cliff Schwarz (2000–present)
* Stream by Stephen Arnold Music (2021–present, only on 6PM newscasts)
==Gallery==
WTFH 1994.png|A short-lived newscast logo before losing its CBS affiliation.
WTFH 1995.png|1995 logo after becoming an Independent.
WTFH 1990s ABC.png|1996-2003 logo after the swap with KTNF.
WTFH Early1995Post.png|A screenshot of the newscast in early 1995, right two days after The WB was launched
WTFH Early19952.png|Noon open
WTFH Early19953.png|Primetime open
WTFH SCREEN 1996 GMN.png|Morning open in 1997, right after Hongkong handover ceremony.
WTFH 1996-2000.png|1996 open (recorded in 2000)
WTFH 2003.png|2003-2007 Logo (used secondarily until 2010)
WTFH 2007.png|2007-2013 (newscast)
WTFH 2007 Alt.png|2007-2013 (Legal ID)
Start here.png|Legal ID (daytime)
Start here2.png|Legal ID (nighttime)
WTFH.png|2013-2021 Logo
MeTV Nowhere.png|On DT2.
Category:Channel 8
Category:Nowhere, OK
Category:Oklahoma
Category:Ndul Communications
Category:Swift Television Group
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1948
Category:Former CBS affiliates
Category:ABC network affiliates
Category:MeTV subchannel-only network affiliates
Category:Avant Garde Network affiliates