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The Golden Ticket

***The Golden Ticket*** is a U.S. syndicated game show produced by Tribune Entertainment in association with Sony Picture Television. Loosely based on *Hollywood Showdown* and *Jackpot!*, *The Golden Ticket* gets it's name from *Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory*. Michael Tiller is the host of the series, with Todd Newton (who hosted *Hollywood Showdown*) serving as Co-Executive Producer and Consultant.

## Gameplay

### Format

Seven contestants competed against each other over the course of five episodes. At any given time, one contestant was in control of the game, while the other six stood in the gallery, each holding an envelope. Five of the envelopes held cards with dollar amounts ranging from $500 to $5,000, while the last had the "Golden Ticket."

The contestant in control selected one gallery member, who opened his/her envelope and revealed its contents. The two contestants then squared off in a question round. Tiller read a series of questions with three answer choices, and the contestants buzzed in to answer. If correct, he or she scored one point, otherwise, the opponent chose from the remaining two choices. The first person to answer three questions correctly took control of the game.

If the gallery member's card showed a dollar amount, it was added to the Jackpot, which began at $10,000 after being collected. If the gallery member had the "Golden Ticket," the winner of that question round played for the jackpot.

### Jackpot Round

The object of the Jackpot round was to answer five questions correctly. Before each question, the contestant was presented with two category choices. The first four correct answers were worth $500 each, and the fifth won the Jackpot.

At any time, a contestant could quit and take what they had won up to that point. However, an incorrect answer lost whatever winnings they had earned. If a contestant did not win the Jackpot either by missing a question or choosing to stop, he or she played another game, with the Jackpot continuing to grow from its previous value. When a contestant won the Jackpot, he/she retired from the show, and a new contestant took his/her place among the remaining contestants. The Jackpot reset to $10,000 every time it was won.

### Friday Payoff

All weeks were self-contained, meaning that a game in progress on Friday could not continue into the following Monday. When time ran out, all remaining players in the gallery opened their envelopes, and the player with the Golden Ticket competed in the final question round for that week. The winner of that round could either take $1,000 or return next week to play again for a brand-new $10,000 Jackpot.
WCFL-TV

**WCFL-TV**, virtual channel 38 (UHF digital channel 43), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated television station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. WCFL-TV maintains office facilities located on Des Plaines and Van Buren Streets in the Chicago Loop, and its transmitter is located atop the Willis Tower on South Wacker Drive in the Loop.
WAPX-TV

**WAPX-TV**, virtual and UHF digital channel 46, is an Ion Television owned-and-operated television station licensed to Antigo, Wisconsin, United States and serving north-central Wisconsin, including Wausau and Rhinelander. The station is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. WAPX's transmitter is located near Glandon, Wisconsin.

Until 2021, the station's public file was maintained at studios on North Flint Road in Glendale, where WHKE, the Ion station in the Milwaukee market, was based. In October of that year with the 2019 repeal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Main Studio Rule, Ion Media officially registered its studio facility (along with most Ion-owned stations) as the Scripps Center in Cincinnati.
United Dorado Company

The **United Dorado Company** (often shortened to **UDC**) is an American digital broadcast network that is owned by the Dorado Television Group subsidiary of the Dorado Media Group.
UDC is carried on digital subchannels of affiliated television stations in most markets; however, some UDC-affiliated stations carry the network as a primary affiliation on their main channel, and a small number of stations air select programs from the network alongside their regular general entertainment schedules. The network is headquartered in the Dorado Plaza on Naito Parkway in Portland, Oregon alongside with flagship broadcast television network The Dorado Broadcasting Company.

## Background

On April 17, 2017, the former CEO of QTV Inc and its predecessors had sold the QTV television network to Dorado Media. Executives from Dorado Media announced on April 30, 2017, that they would respectively shut down QTV, and combine resources to form a new broadcast network, to be known as The United Dorado Company, that would – at the outset – feature programming from its predecessors-to-be as well as new content developed specifically for the new network.

On April 30, 2017, QTV parent Dorado Media announced that they would shut down the respective network and launch a new broadcast network that would incorporate QTV’s higher-rated programs with newer series produced exclusively for UDC. The new network immediately signed 10-year affiliation agreements with stations affiliated with QTV (many stations that were affiliated with the network that was owned by QTV’s former network' part-owner, QTV Inc. would merge with the Dorado Station Services) – including stations in the coveted markets of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. As a result, and the company responded a few days later by removing all QTV branding from those stations and ceasing the promotion of the network's programs.

QTV quietly went off the air on May 3, 2017, at 10:59 PM EDT, ending the network's existence after 2 years. The network made its debut in May of 2017, after its predecessor, respectively ceased independent operations on May 3 and 4 of that year.

## Programming

UDC airs its prime-time programming for only two hours on Monday through Friday evenings. This "common prime" scheduling allows the option for affiliates to air either a local newscast, syndicated programming or both during the 10:00–11:00 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific Time) time period.

As of October 2017, UDC currently provides 18 hours of regularly scheduled network programming each week, over the course of six days. The network provides ten hours of prime-time programming to its owned-and-operated and affiliated stations on Monday through Fridays from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time. However, some exceptions do exist for select special film presentations, which by virtue of their running time (depending on whether the film's original length, combined with commercial breaks that would be included in the television cut, would exceed a traditional two-hour broadcast timeslot) must spill over into the 10:00 p.m. hour, and overruns from live sports telecasts scheduled to air during prime time.
WAKR-TV

**WAKR-TV**, virtual and UHF digital channel 23, is an Ion Television station serving Cleveland, Ohio, United States that is licensed to Akron. Owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, WAKR's studios are located on King James Way in Akron, and its transmitter is located on the west side of the city, just north of the defunct Rolling Acres Mall. WAKR is the only full-power Ion station in the state of Ohio.
The Chew

***The Chew*** is an American cooking-themed talk show that aired for seven seasons from September 26, 2011 to June 28, 2018, having replaced the soap opera *All My Children*, on ABC as part of the network's weekday daytime lineup. The name and format was inspired by fellow ABC talk show *The View*, but *The Chew* centered on food-related and lifestyle topics rather than the news of the day.

In April 2015, *The Chew* won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host. This is the show's first Emmy win and also the first Daytime Emmy nomination and first win for each of the five co-hosts.

On May 23, 2018, ABC announced that they canceled *The Chew* after a seventh season and would not renew it for an eighth season. The last taped episode aired on June 15, 2018, with new, but pre-recorded episodes scheduled to air until June 28, and repeats continuing until mid-September.

On June 10, 2018, DuMont announced that they would be airing The Chew beginning Sept. 10.

## Background

*The Chew* premiered on September 26, 2011, and replaced the soap opera *All My Children*. It was hosted for seven seasons by Michael Symon, Carla Hall and Clinton Kelly (the show's moderator). Wellness expert Daphne Oz also hosted for the program's first six seasons while, in December 2017, chef Mario Batali stepped down, and was later officially terminated, from hosting the show amid sexual misconduct allegations.

*The Chew* was produced by British-Australian former talk show host Gordon Elliott, who also served as the show's announcer and has occasional on-camera roles. The show was taped at ABC's Lincoln Square facilities at 30 West 67th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

On May 23, 2018, ABC announced that *The Chew* was canceled after the seventh season, and the final taped episode aired on June 15, 2018, with new but pre-recorded episodes airing until June 28, and repeats continuing until in mid-September. It will be replaced in mid-September by a third hour of *Good Morning America*, airing in the 1:00 PM Eastern/12 noon Central timeslot.

On June 10, DuMont announced that they would be airing new episodes of The Chew beginning on September 10.

Coming back to the show are Michael Symon, Carla Hall, and Clinton Kelly. Joining the cast are Paula Deen (who will appear occasionally on the show), Bobby Flay (who will also appear occasionally), Aarti Sequeira, Alex Guarnaschelli, and Aaron McCargo, Jr. Sequeira, Guanaschelli, and McCargo will appear via rotation weekly. The series will now be taped at DuMont's New York Studios.
Ravens TV Network

The Ravens TV Network is a network of television stations in Maryland, Washington D.C., and parts of Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Operated by the E.W. Scripps Company, the stations air preseason games of the Baltimore Ravens as well as a weekly coach's show. The flagship station of the network is ABC affiliate WFBR.

## Affiliate Stations

 WOOK | 13.1
 WOCQ | 47.1
 WBKI | 34.1
 WTPA | 27.1
WCAJ

**WCAJ**, virtual channel 68 (UHF digital channel 36), is a CW and MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Love Media.

WCAJ has studios at the Riverchase office park on Concourse Parkway in Hoover (with a Birmingham mailing address) and transmitter facilities located at the American General candelabra tower on Red Mountain (near Interstate 65) in southwestern Birmingham. On cable, WCAJ is available on Charter Spectrum channel 2, Comcast Xfinity channel 12, and AT&T U-verse channel 68 in standard definition; and in high definition on Spectrum channel 1002, Xfinity channel 1003, and AT&T U-verse channel 1068.
WDET

WDET is the CBS Owned-and-Operated station serving the Detroit/Pontiac, MI areas. The station broadcasts on channel 5 and is owned by the CBS Television stations subsidiary of the CBS Corporation. WDET clears the entire CBS network schedule since it is an O&O with the exception of breaking news or severe weather coverage. Beginning in the 2021 NFL Season, WDET will become the primary station to broadcast Detroit Lions preseason games that are not nationally broadcast.
Schrader Blvd

Schrader Blvd was a short lived drama that aired in late 2019 and lasted only 12 episodes, 8 of which aired on CW.

The Series was about 3 alt models, their neighbor friend and other diverse characters in a apartment building.

Cast:

Arielle Siegel as Mayim (a nature enthuasist and Star Trek geek, who also was a Sucide Girl model)

Wes Brown as Byron Holmes (a burned out ex reporter turned private investigator who has feelings for Ashley.

Violett Beane as Ashley, a alt model, and activist

Kylie Bunbury as Daisy

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**Notable Guest Stars**

Jeremiah Bitsui as Andrew

Brian Huskey as Himself

Kent Kaliber as Himself

Junipr Suicide as Herself

Pulp Suicide as Herself

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Trivia

after it was cancelled in 2019 by the CW after 8 episodes, SLMB aired the never aired 4 episodes in March 2020 and all 12 episodes air in different 4 hour blocks at times.

The show was promoted as a 2010s version of Melrose Place
WBTU

**WBTU**. virtual channel 24, is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The station is owned by the Dorado Media Group, as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WVNU (channel 54). The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities on North Franklintown Road in the Gwynns Falls Park neighborhood of Baltimore.

## Digital Television

### **Digital channel**

 24.2

WBTU shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 24, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.

## Programming

Syndicated programs broadcast by WBTU include *The Wendy Williams Show*, *Maury*, *TMZ on TV*, *The People's Court*, and *Springer*.
WBRP

WBRP is the ABN affiliate serving the Baltimore, MD market broadcasting on channel 5. It was the site of the most violent insurrection in Baltimore's history after rioters began looting, pelting city policemen in SWAT and riot gear, setting businesses ablaze, of which WBRP was the unfortunate target after people in the building tried to disperse the rioters away, but it was too late as the rioters stormed into the building destroying equipment, destroying the digital archive files from WBRP's past news stories, and setting the Ultra HD studio on fire. Six of WBRP's staff were killed in the melee, 15 were injured. 2 were initially listed as fatal, but had since been upgraded to fair condition. They are recuperating in Baltimore area hospitals, seven had to be sent to Annapolis hospitals from the initial rioting.

The riots began April 25th following the April 19th death of Freddie Gray who was put under the custody of Baltimore City Police officers, two of them are African-Americans, four White Americans. All have been formally charged for the death of Freddie Gray. The three-day riot stems from years of anguish between white and black Baltimoreans. This is the latest and darkest moments of American history to date.
WBAR

**WBAR**, virtual channel 35, is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The station is owned by Central Broadcasting; the Dorado Media Group, which owns ABC affiliate WZPU (channel 14, also licensed to Baton Rouge), operates WBAR under a local marketing agreement (LMA). The two stations share on Highland Road in Baton Rouge, just south of downtown, and its transmitter is located in Sunshine, Louisiana.

## Digital Television

### **Digital channels**

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

 35.2

## Programming

Syndicated programming on WBAR includes *The King of Queens*, *2 Broke Girls*, *Hot in Cleveland*, *Two and a Half Men*, *How I Met Your Mother*, *The Middle*, *Dish Nation*, *Celebrity Name Game*, *The Steve Wilkos Show*, and *The Jerry Springer Show*. The station airs The CW's entire programming lineup with little to no preemptions.
WFBI

**WFBI**, virtual channel 50 (UHF digital channel 51), is an Ion Television station licensed to Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings. WFBI maintains studios and offices located at the Bartlett Corporate Park in Bartlett, and its transmitter is located in Ellendale.
WCAD

**WCAD** is the Rainbow Dash Network station serving Traverse City, MI. It broadcasts on channel 22. WCAD's transmitter is located in Cadillac, Michigan. Because of this, WCAD serves the southern half of the large Traverse City market while WTCY channel 2 in Petoskey serves the Northern half.

**WTCY** is the Rainbow Dash Network station serving Traverse City, MI. It broadcasts on channel 2. WTCY's transmitter is located in Petoskey, MI.

## WTCY

### Subchannel(s)

2.1: RDN
2.2: Rev'n
WDID

WDID is a DuMont affiliate licensed to Savannah, Georgia, United States, serving southeastern Georgia's Coastal Empire and southern South Carolina's Lowcountry. Broadcasting on channel 10, WDID is owned and operated by Grant Broadcasting, and is a part of a duopoly in the market (Grant also owns and operates WB-affiliate WBVH).
WCIN

WCIN (channel 6) is a television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, affiliated with CBS. The station is owned by CBS News and Stations.

## History

WCIN signed on as an ABC affiliate on June 29, 1979. It replaced WCRK-TV as Cincinnati's affiliate.

### Switch to ABC

While Cincinnati was initially unaffected by the 1994–96 affiliation switches, as WKRP was in a middle of a long-term affiliation contract with CBS, the affiliation contract was abruptly stopped. WKRP had agreed to affiliate with ABC in September 1995, but WCIN's contract with the network was not set to expire for another year. In May 1996, WCIN began airing half-hour-long special programs detailing upcoming programming changes at the two stations. On June 3, 1996, WCIN's contract ended, and WKRC joined CBS while WKRP rejoined ABC. The last ABC program to air on WCIN was the *ABC Sunday Night Movie* airing of the 1993 telefilm *The Only Way Out*, and the first CBS program was *CBS This Morning*.

## Programming

WCIN clears the entire CBS schedule since it is an O&O with the exception of severe weather or breaking news coverage. Syndicated programming includes *Jeopardy!*, *Wheel of Fortune*, *Who Wants to be a Millionaire?* among others.

WCIN is also the primary station for the Cincinnati Bengals, airing the majority of their regular season games since they are an AFC team and CBS has the rights to the AFC package. Beginning with the 2021 season, WCIN will also air select Cincinnati Reds games over-the-air on weekend afternoons/evenings when CBS Sports doesn't have any live sporting events scheduled.
Lady Luck Enterprises

Lady Luck Enterprises is an American television broadcasting company based in Birmingham, AL. Lady Luck Enterprises operates in two divisions: Lady Luck Communications and Lady Luck Productions.

## History

Lady Luck Enterprises was organized in 2002. Dean Valentine, who was UPN's CEO from 1997-2001, decided to venture out and formed his own media company. So in 2002, Valentine announced that the name of his company would be called Lady Luck. In 2006, Lady Luck began acquiring stations across the country and by the end of the decade, Lady Luck owned over 20 stations. In 2013, Valentine decided to divide up the company into three separate divisions: Lady Luck Communications, Lady Luck Productions.

### MyTV

In 2016, Lady Luck Enterprises purchased a majority stake in the network. Then on July 25, 2016, Mead Enterprises left the broadcasting world for good and sold their remaining shares to Adelphia Communications Corporation. As such, Lady Luck and Adelphia owns 50/50 share of the company. However, on Mar. 2, 2017, it was announced that Disney-ABC Television Group (part of Walt Disney Company) bought out Lady Luck Enterprises' shares and are now part-owners of MyTV with Adelphia. In 2019, MyTV officially changed their name to XYZ.

### Pax TV

Lady Luck wasn't out of the television business for long as it was announced on Aug. 20, 2017, that they have purchased rights to the name of "Pax TV" from Ion Media (which runs Ion Television that used to be Pax TV from 1998-2005).With that purchase, Lady Luck announced plans of launching their own "Pax TV" network on Jan.1, 2018, with 50 O&Os in the top 50 markets, and the remaining 160 affiliations be available via digital subchannels.

## Lady Luck Communications

Lady Luck Communications owns and operates numerous stations across the United States. Derrick Lindsey serves as the CEO of the division. Lady Luck owns and operates 50 Pax TV affiliates and operates them as O&Os, while the remaining stations have Pax TV on their subchannels.

## Lady Luck Productions

In 2013, when Valentine announced that he's launching Lady Luck Productions, the company purchased a studio in Orlando formerly owned by Nickelodeon. Lady Luck Productions began producing series for Pax TV, while continuing to produce series for XYZ along with ABC Circle Films.
WCHN

WCHN is an ABC affiliate licensed to Watertown, NY. Broadcasting on channel 50, WCHN is owned and operated by the Nexstar Media Group.

Although it continues to identify as a separate station in its own right, WCHN is now considered a semi-satellite of WIXT (channel 9) in Syracuse. As such, this station clears all network programming as provided by its parent, simulcasts most of WIXT's newscasts and airs some of its syndicated programming (albeit at different times). There are also some programs that only air on WCHN while some are only seen on WIXT. WCHN also airs separate station identifications and commercials.
WBUF

WBUF is the CBS Owned-and-Operated station serving the Buffalo, NY area. The station broadcasts on channel 13 and is owned by the CBS Television stations subsidiary of the CBS Corporation. WBUF carries all CBS Network programming since it is an O&O with the exception of severe weather or breaking news coverage.

In addition, WBUF is the primary station for the Buffalo Bills since CBS has the broadcast rights to the AFC package and the Bills are an AFC team, so WBUF airs a majority of their regular season games.
The Secret Storm

***The Secret Storm*** is an American soap opera that the CBS television network transmitted from February 1, 1954, to February 8, 1974. It was created by Roy Winsor, who also created the long-running soap operas *Search for Tomorrow* and *Love of Life*. Gloria Monty, of *General Hospital* fame, was a longtime director of the series.

Like most CBS soap operas of the time, such as *Guiding Light* and *As the World Turns*, *The Secret Storm* was broadcast live, and later taped, in New York at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street. At some point in the 1970s up until cancellation, it was taped at CBS Studio 54 at 221 West 26 Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan. In 2014, UPN, which was in the process of relaunch as a network under new owners United Television (the successors of Chris-Craft Industries) decided to have a daytime block to go along with their weeknight block and announced plans of rebooting it, along with Winsor's other two series (*Search for Tomorrow* and *Love of Life*).

## Plot

The story follows the Ames family, a prominent clan in the fictional Northeastern United States town of Woodbridge (eventually identified as being located in New York). The Ames family initially consisted of Peter, his wife Ellen, and their three children: Susan, Jerry, and Amy. However, Ellen was killed in the first episode and subsequent stories focused on Peter raising his three children. Lending a hand, however dubiously, was Peter's sister-in-law, as well as his former fiancée Pauline Rysdale.

Despite Susan's and Pauline's efforts to derail any new romances in Peter's life, he eventually remarried twice. His first remarriage was to Myra Lake, one of Amy's teachers, but that ended in divorce. His second and more successful remarriage was to divorcee Valerie Hill, to whom he was married until his death.

Later, the villainous Belle Clemens was the main source of trouble for Woodbridge, taking over from Aunt Pauline, the show's original villain. When Belle's daughter Robin drowned in an accident. Belle blamed Amy for the death.
WENN

**WENN** (channel 15) is a television station licensed to Mobile, Alabama, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains studios on Satchel Paige Drive in Mobile, with an additional studio and news bureau on Executive Plaza Drive in Pensacola, Florida; its transmitter is located in Spanish Fort, Alabama.
List Of DuMont Television Network Shows

This is a list of programs currently or formerly broadcast by the DuMont Television Network

## **Current Programming**

Titles are listed according to their debut date on the network in parentheses.

### **News/Information Programming**

*Breakfast With DuMont* (August 1, 1988 - Present)

*Lunch With DuMont* (September 10, 2018 - Present)

### **Soap Operas**

*Colonial Road* (December 13, 1960 - Present)

*Grosse Pointe* (October 15, 1990 - Present)

*Peyton Place* (September 13, 2010 - Present)

## **Former Programming**

### **Animation**

 *The Huckleberry Hound Show* | September 21, 1959
 *The Yogi Bear Show* | September 19, 1961

### **Movies**

 *Dumont Detective Theatre* | October 5, 1955
 *Colgate Theatre* | October 12, 1956

### **Sports**

 *Marigold Championship Wrestling*  | October 9, 1948
 *Pro Football Game Of The Week* | October 3, 1953
 *Capitol Wrestling From New York* | August 4, 1955
 *Heavyweight Wrestling* | June 21, 1956
WBTC

WBTC is a WB affiliate licensed to Johnson City, Tennessee, United States, serving the Tri-Cities area of northeastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia. Broadcasting on channel 30, WBTC is owned and operated by Grant Broadcasting and is a part of a duopoly in the market (Grant is also owns and operates DuMont affiliate WQUT).
WBSG-TV

**WBSG-TV**, virtual channel 21 (UHF digital channel 24), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated station serving Jacksonville, Florida, United States that is licensed to Brunswick, Georgia. The station is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. WBSG maintains studio facilities located on Blythe Island Highway/State Route 303 in southwestern Brunswick, and its transmitter is located in unincorporated southwestern Camden County (northwest of Kingsland).

On cable, the station is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 12 and in high definition on digital channel 438.
WENR-TV

WENR-TV, virtual channel 24 (UHF digital channel 44), is an ABC owned-and-operated television station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by the ABC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. WENR-TV's studios are located on North State Street in the Chicago Loop, and its transmitter is located atop the Willis Tower on South Wacker Drive.
WBVH

WBVH is a WB affiliate licensed to Savannah, Georgia, United States, serving southeastern Georgia's Coastal Empire and southern South Carolina's Lowcountry. Broadcasting on channel 13, WBVH is owned and operated by Grant Broadcasting, and is a part of a duopoly in the market (Grant also owns and operates DuMont-affiliate WDID).
WASA

## WASA

### Branding

Cincinnati's ABN 10 Ultra HD
NewsTeam10 Ultra HD

### Slogan

Darien's Most Watched Station
The NewsTeam That's Serving Ohio
One of Ohio's Most Watched Stations

### Channel(s)

Digital: 35 (UHF)
Virtual: 10 (PSIP)

### Subchannel(s)

ABN - 10.1
ABN Kids - 10.2
ABN Women - 10.3
ABN Sports - 10.4
ABN Maxx - 10.5

### Former Channel Number

Analog: 10 (VHF; 1965-2009)

WASA is a ABN affiliate serving Cincinnati, OH on channel 10.
WBCN

WBCN is a DuMont O&O (owned and operated) affiliate serving Boston, MA, and it's surrounding areas and broadcasts on channel 17. It's Studios and Offices are located on Newbury St in Boston's Back Bay Business district. Its transmitter is located atop the roof the The Prudential Tower. DuMont's longest running soap opera, Colonial Road, began filming at the WBCN studios in November of 1960, before moving to its own studio in nearby Allston, MA ten years later.

## History

WBCN was one of DuMont's start up UHF stations after losing it's Boston affiliate, WOTA (now WBCW) in early 1956, when that station left the then struggling network to go Independent. Community Cable technology allowed the station to be seen on Channel 11 in most homes, up until May 19, 1976 when WBCN switched to Channel 17 permanently.
WBTM

WBTM is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, United States. The station is owned by Bonneville International. Its studios and transmitter are located on West Broad Street in the West End of the city of Richmond. The tower is also the transmitter for former sister station WTVR-FM and NPR member WCVE-FM.
WETG

WETG. virtual channel 61 (UHF digital channel 31), is a television station licensed to Hartford, Connecticut and is the Fox O&O (owned and operated) affiliate for the Hartford–New Haven, Connecticut television market. WETG is owned by Fox Television Stations. The station share facilities with the formerly co-owned *Hartford Courant* newspaper in Downtown Hartford. WETG's transmitter is located on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington, Connecticut. On cable, the station is carried primarily on channel 6 throughout the Hartford–New Haven television market.
WERI

**WERI** is the NBC affiliated station serving the Erie, PA area. The station broadcasts on virtual channel 5 and is owned by Nexstar Media Group. WERI clears the entire NBC network schedule with the exception of breaking news or severe weather coverage.

## Station branding

* Erie 5 (1984-1988)
* WERI 5Witness (1988-1992)
* Channel 5 (1992-1999)
* 5 NBC (1999-present)

## Newscast titles

* Erie News 5 (1984-1988)
* Channel 5Witness News (1988-1992)
* Channel 5 Eyewitness News (1992-1995)
* News Channel 5 (1995-2008)
* Action News 5 HD (2008-2010)
* Action News 5 (2010-present)

## Newscast themes

* Image News - Gari Media (1999-2006)
* U-Phonix - Stephen Arnold Music (2008-present)
WCLV

WCLV is an UPN owned and operated affiliate serving Cleveland, OH licensed to Lorain, OH.

## Sports Programming

WCLV airs selected weekend games for the Cleveland Guardians (MLB). The games are produced by Trio Sports Ohio, itself owned and operated by ONE Media Corporation and United Television. WCLV also carries preseason games for the Cleveland Browns (which is also produced by Trio Sports Ohio) as well as the weekly *Kevin Stefanski Show* during the regular season.
WCHI

WCHI-TV is the CBS Owned-and-operated station serving the Chicago, IL area. Broadcasting on virtual channel 3, the station is owned by the CBS Television stations subsidiary of the CBS Corporation. The station clears the entire CBS network schedule since it is an O&O with the exception of breaking news or severe weather coverage. Syndicated shows include *Hot Bench, Dr. Phil, Judge Judy, Entertainment Tonight* among others.
WBMS

**WBMS** (channel 10) is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by American Spirit Media, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Gray Television, owner of NBC affiliate WJMF (channel 12), for the provision of certain services.
WBCT

**WBCT**, virtual channel 18, is an ACME owned-and-operated television station licensed to Hartford, Connecticut, United States, and serving the Hartford–New Haven television market. The station is owned by the Dorado Media Group. WBCT's studios are located at Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford and transmitter facilities on Hebron Avenue in Glastonbury, Connecticut.
WBCT operates a semi-satellite in Springfield, Massachusetts, **WTHX-LD** (channel 43), which airs the same programming as provided by its parent but airs separate commercial inserts and station identifications. WTHX-LD's transmitter is located on Provin Mountain in the Feeding Hills section of Agawam, Massachusetts. WBCT does not maintain any facilities in Springfield or Holyoke. Master control and some internal operations for WTHX are based at WBCT's facilities.

## History

The station commenced operations on January 23, 1992, as **WITR**, becoming one of Connecticut's full-service independent stations. The station's schedule consisted of cartoons, movies, off-network sitcoms and dramas, sports (including New York Mets baseball games), public affairs programming, and religious shows. However, it never really thrived, even with the addition of all-channel tuning.

On January 11, 1995, the station was considered a charter affiliate of The WB network, changing their call letters to **WBCT**. During the 1990s, the station added stronger programs to its schedule, including recent off-network sitcoms, talk, reality, and court shows.

The station eventually lost the WB affiliation and remained an independent station until 2016, following the launch of the upstart ACME television network, resulting in a first-ever affiliation agreement in 24 years.

### **WTHX-LD history**

WTHX-LD has its origins in **W43CG**, a low-power station on channel 43 in Hartford that signed on February 17, 1997, in which later became **WTHX-LP** on March 31, 1998, and shut down in November 1998 to make room for multiple digital signals. As the station did not return to the air within a year of going dark, the license was deemed to have expired by the Federal Communications Commission on October 17, 2002. However, the original owner claimed to the FCC that WTHX had briefly resumed operations on an annual basis, and the license was reinstated a month later; it was sold to Dorado soon thereafter. Dorado moved the station to channel 43 in Springfield and signed the new WTHX-LP on the air in November 2016 as a semi-satellite of WBCT. WTHX was picked up by Comcast's Springfield-area systems on July 10, 2017.

## Digital Television

### **WBCT digital channels**

WBCT's digital signal is multiplexed:

 18.2
 18.3
WCAH-TV

**WCAH-TV**, virtual channel 10 (UHF digital channel 21), is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Columbus, Ohio, United States. It serves as the flagship television station of the Dispatch Broadcast Group. WCAH-TV's studios and transmitting facilities are co-located west of Downtown Columbus, near the confluence of the Olentangy and Scioto rivers.
WEEK

*Not to be confused with WEEK, the real life NBC affiliated station serving Peoria, Illinois.*

## WEEK

### Channel(s)

Digital: 29 (UHF)
Virtual: 29 (PSIP)

### Subchannel(s)

29.1: ABC
29.2: Bounce TV
29.3: Grit

### Former Channel Number

29 (UHF analog, 1971–2009)

WEEK is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Traverse City, Michigan. Owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, it is operated under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, making it a sister station to Traverse City-licensed NBC affiliate WTCM, channel 7 (and its Cheboygan-licensed full-time satellite WCES-LD, channel 4). However, Sinclair effectively owns WEEK as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The two stations share studios on M-72 just west of Traverse City; WEEK's transmitter is located east of Kalkaska, Michigan.

Like other network affiliates in this vast and mainly rural area, it operates a full-time, full-power satellite, **WIRP**. Licensed to Sault Ste. Marie, this station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on virtual and VHF channel 8 from a transmitter approximately 30 miles (48 km) south-southeast of Sault Ste. Marie near Goetzville in southeastern Chippewa County. Together, the two stations are known on-air as ***ABC 29&8*** and serve the largest television market by land area east of the Mississippi River: 23 counties in the Northern Lower Peninsula, three counties in the Eastern Upper Peninsula, and portions of Northern Ontario including Sault Ste. Marie's Canadian sister city.

## WIRP

### Channel(s)

Digital: 8 (VHF)
Virtual: 8 (PSIP)

### Subchannel(s)

8.1: ABC
8.2: Bounce TV
8.3: Grit
WASV-TV

**WASV-TV**, channel 62, is an ACME owned-and-operated television station licensed to Asheville, North Carolina, United States, serving Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. The station is owned by the Dorado Media Group, as part of a duopoly with CW affiliate WAIM-TV (channel 13). The two stations share studios on International Drive (next to the I-26 and I-85 Business/Veterans Parkway interchange) in Spartanburg and transmitter facilities on Hogback Mountain in northeastern Greenville County (southwest of Tryon, North Carolina).

## Digital Television

### **Digital channels**

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

 62.2

### **Analog-to-digital conversion**

WASV-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 62, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 45. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 62, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.

## News operation

WASV-TV presently broadcasts 33½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5½ hours each weekday and three hours each on Saturdays and Sundays).
WENS

**WENS**, virtual channel 16 (UHF digital channel 38), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated television station licensed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. WENS' transmitter is located in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood.

On cable, the station is carried on Comcast Xfinity channels 4 (standard definition) and 807 (high definition), and on Verizon FiOS channels 16 (SD) and 516 (HD).
WELC

**WELC**, virtual channel 6 (VHF digital channel 5), is the CBS affiliated television station that serves the Liberty City and Alderney City broadcast area. The station is owned and operated by Tribune Broadcasting and is a part of a duopoly in the market (Tribune also owns and operates WB-affiliate WLBY).

## Logos

Former logo (until 2015)Former logo (2015-2018)
WBKL

**WBKL**, virtual channel 56, is an ACME owned-and-operated television station licensed to Buffalo, New York, United States. The station is owned by the Dorado Media Group, as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WBBU-TV (channel 49). The two stations share studios on Hertel Avenue near Military Road in Buffalo and transmitter facilities on Whitehaven Road (near I-190) in Grand Island, New York.

## Digital Television

### **Digital channels**

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

 59.2
 59.3

### **Analog-to-digital conversion**

WBKL shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 56, 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 broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 41. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 56, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.
WBLN

WBLN is a WB affiliate licensed to Harrisburg, Illinois, United States, serving Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri, and the Purchase area of Western Kentucky. Broadcasting on channel 50, WJPS is owned and operated by Grant Broadcasting and is a part of a duopoly in the market (Grant also owns and operates DuMont-affiliate WJPS).
WFBN-DT

**WFBN-DT** (channel 68) is a Univision owned-and-operated television station licensed to Joliet, Illinois, United States serving the Chicago area. The station is owned by TelevisaUnivision USA, as part of a duopoly with Aurora-licensed UniMás WXLT-DT (channel 60). Both stations share studios at 541 North Fairbanks Court in the Streeterville neighborhood. WFBN's transmitter is located atop the John Hancock Center.
WDZL

WDZL, virtual channel 39 (UHF digital channel 19), is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to Miami, Florida, United States and also serving Fort Lauderdale. The station is owned by Bonneville International. WDZL maintains studio facilities, which are shared with the formerly co-owned *Sun-Sentinel* newspaper, located on East Las Olas Boulevard and Southeast 2nd Street in Fort Lauderdale; its transmitter is located between Northwest 210th and 207th Streets in Andover. On cable, the station is carried on Comcast Xfinity channels 11 (standard definition) and 435 (high definition).
WDNL-TV

**WDNL-TV,** virtual channel 30, is a dual ABC/CW-affiliated television station licensed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Owned by the Portland, Oregon-based Dorado Media Group, it is part of a duopoly with ACME owned-and-operated station WMKE (channel 18). The two stations share studios on East Locust Street in the Riverwest neighborhood of Milwaukee, while WDNL-TV's transmitter is located at Lincoln Park in the northeastern part of Milwaukee.

## Digital Television

### Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

 30.2
 30.3

### **Analog-to-digital conversion**

WDNL-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 30, at 8:30 a.m. on June 12, 2009. The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 34.

## Programming

WDNL-TV presently clears the entire ABC schedule; however, it airs *Jimmy Kimmel Live!* and *Nightline* on a half-hour delay to facilitate the station's hour-long 10 p.m. newscast, airs the *Litton Weekend Adventure* block on Saturdays at its recommended times due to the July 31, 2010 expansion of its weekend morning newscasts, and airs *This Week with George Stephanopoulos* on a half-hour delay (9:30—10:30) on Sundays.

The station airs most of the highest-rated programs in syndication and because of this has usually had a very limited turnover in its schedule each fall for the last few years, with syndicated programs presently including *Live with Kelly and Ryan*, *The Dr. Oz Show*, *Rachael Ray*, *Steve*, *The Ellen DeGeneres Show* among others.

## News operation

As of September 2016, WDNL-TV presently broadcasts 32 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with six hours on weekdays, and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). In addition, the station produces the hour-long infotainment program *Talk of Wisconsin*, which airs weekday mornings at 9:00 a.m., and the half-hour sports highlight and discussion program *The Sports Zone*, which airs on Sunday nights following the 10:00 p.m. newscast.
WBXN-TV

**WBXN-TV**, virtual channel 43, is an ACME owned-and-operated television station serving Cleveland, Ohio, United States that is licensed to Akron. The station is owned by the Dorado Media Group. WBXN-TV's studios are located on State Road (near Portage Trail Extension West) in suburban Cuyahoga Falls, and its transmitter facilities located in the West Creek Reservation (between West Ridgewood Drive and the Rustic Trail) in Parma.

## Digital Television

### **Digital channels**

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

 43.2

WBXN shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 43, 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.

## Programming

In addition to carrying the entirety of the ACME program schedule, syndicated programs broadcast by WBXN-TV as of September 2017 include *Jerry Springer*, *Maury*, *The People’s Court*, *Extra*, *Family Feud*, *TMZ on TV* and *2 Broke Girls*.
WBXA-CD

**WBXA-CD** (channel 2) is a low-powered, Class A Telemundo affiliated television station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama, United States serving the Central Alabama region including the cities of Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and Anniston. The station is owned by L4 Media Group. WBXA's transmitter is located along Golden Crest Drive atop Red Mountain in South Birmingham.
WBTV

WBTV is the CBS Owned-and-Operated station serving the Boston, MA area. The station broadcasts on channel 7 and is owned by the CBS Television stations subsidiary of the CBS Corporation. WBTV clears the entire CBS network schedule since it is an O&O with the exception of breaking news or severe weather coverage. Syndicated shows seen on WBTV include *Dr. Phil, Judge Judy, Entertainment Tonight*.
WAVV-CD

**WAVV-CD**, virtual channel 19 (UHF digital channel 16), is a low-powered, Class-A Telemundo affiliated television station licensed to serve Indianapolis, Indiana. The station is owned by the Radio One subsidiary of Urban One as its only broadcast television property. WAVV-CD's studios are located at Urban One's Indiana headquarters on East St. Joseph Street in downtown Indianapolis, and its transmitter is located on North Hawthorne Lane and 23rd Street (south of I-70) on the city's near-northeast side.
WDUL

**WDUL** is the ABC affiliated station for North Central Wisconsin and Northeastern Minnesota. WHIB in Hibbing is a full-time satellite station of WDUL, serving the Iron Range including Grand Rapids, Virginia and Chisholm. With WDUL broadcasting on channel 9 and WHIB broadcasting on channel 12, the stations are owned and operated by Krueger Broadcasting.

## WHIB

### Subchannel(s)

12.1: ABC
12.2: Bounce TV
12.3: Grit
WCCL

**WCCL**, virtual channel 49 (UHF digital channel 50), is an Ion Television owned-and-operated television station licensed to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The station is owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. WCCL maintains offices located on Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Cleary Avenue in Metairie, and its transmitter is located off Behrman Highway in New Orleans' Algiers neighborhood. On cable, the station is available on Cox Communications channel 49 in standard definition and on channel 1049 in high definition.
WAYQ-TV

**WAYQ-TV**, virtual channel 43, is a UDC owned-and-operated television station licensed to Orlando, Florida, United States. The station s owned by the Dorado Station Services subsidiary of the Dorado Television Group. WAYQ-TV's studios are located on Douglas Avenue in Altamonte Springs, and its transmitter is located in unincorporated Bithlo, Florida.

## Digital Television

### **Digital channels**

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

 43.2
 43.3
 43.4
 43.5

### **Analog-to-digital conversion**

WAYQ-TV ended programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 43, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 20 to channel 43 for post-transition operations.

## News operation

WAYQ-TV presently broadcasts 44½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 7½ hours each weekday, three hours on Saturdays, and four hours on Sundays).
WBXP-TV

**WBXP-TV**, virtual channel 44, is an ACME owned-and-operated television station licensed to Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by the Dorado Media Group. WBXP's studios are located at the Shelby Oaks Corporate Park on Shelby Oaks Drive in the northeast section of Memphis, and transmitter facilities in the Brunswick section of unincorporated northeast Shelby County.

## Digital Television

### **Digital channels**

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

 44.2

### **Analog-to-digital conversion**

WBXP-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 44, 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 digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 45. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 44.
WBFT

**This callsign was used by a defunct low-power radio station in Micco, Florida.**

## WBFT

### Former Channel Number

Analog: 20 (UHF, 1965-2009)

WBFT is an independent television station serving the Buffalo, NY area. It is owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation alongside WBOT, a BBC One affiliate, and WBTT, a BBC Two affiliate. Currently, it is part of BBC Buffalo.
WATS-DT

**WATS-DT** is the ABN affiliate that serves the Wuhu Archipelago. The station broadcasts on channel 62, after CBS affiliate WDGI moved to channel 5.

WDGI 5 (CBS)
WUIE-TV 7 (PBS)
**WUHU-TV** 9 (FOX)
Island News 11 (cable only)
WIWD 12 (ABC)
**WUWI** 14 (UNI)
WSLN 27 (MNTV)
WNXP 36 (ION)
WSFT 40 (UniMás)
WGNW-TV 47 (CW)
**WTWI-CD** 51 (Telemundo)
**WATS-DT** 62 (ABN)