WCHS-TV
Encyclopedia
WCHS-TV is the ABC
-affiliated television station
for Charleston
and Huntington, West Virginia
. This area is the second-largest market
in terms of area east of the Mississippi River
and consists of 61 counties in Central West Virginia
, Eastern Kentucky
, and Southern Ohio
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 41 from a transmitter south of Scott Depot
along the Putnam
and Kanawha
County line.
Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group
, the station operates Fox affiliate WVAH-TV
(owned by Cunningham Broadcasting
) through a local marketing agreement
(LMA). The two share studios on Piedmont Road in Charleston along I-64
/I-77
. Syndicated
programming on WCHS includes: Entertainment Tonight
, Judge Judy
, Judge Joe Brown, The Nate Berkus Show
and Anderson
.
580 which is now owned by the West Virginia Radio Corporation
. The station was actually the second in Charleston after WKNA-TV. That channel had launched on UHF channel 49 as an ABC affiliate in 1953 but went dark in 1955 due to lack of viewership. Originally a CBS
station with secondary ABC affiliation, WCHS became a full CBS affiliate when WHTN-TV in Huntington signed-on in 1955. During the late-1950s, it was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network
.
In 1958, WCHS swapped affiliations with WHTN and became an ABC affiliate. The WCHS stations were sold to Rollins Telecasting in 1960. This television station reversed the swap and went back to CBS in 1962. In 1986, the station swapped affiliations once again with WOWK-TV
.
The following year, Rollins Telecasting merged with Heritage Broadcasting to form Heritage Media. The company sold off WCHS-AM in 1991. Heritage sold all of its remaining broadcasting properties (four television stations, LMAs for two other television stations, and 24 radio stations) to Sinclair in 1997 just as Heritage itself was being swallowed up by News Corporation
. As such, the former Heritage stations retained the current network affiliations instead of becoming Fox owned-and-operated
stations.
The Sinclair purchase of WCHS forced the company to sell WVAH which it had acquired three years before when it merged with Abry Communications to Glencairn as the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) did not permit duopolies at the time. However, Glencairn's stock was almost entirely controlled by the Smith family, owners and founders of Sinclair. In effect, Sinclair now owned both stations. The company further circumvented the rules by entering into a local marketing agreement with WVAH which allowed Sinclair to continue operating WCHS.
The other station retained its own studios on Mount Vernon Road in Hurricane
along I-64 even although most of its operations were merged with WCHS. Eventually, WVAH's separate facilities were put on sale. Sinclair tried to merge with Glencairn in 2001 after the FCC decided to allow duopolies but could not repurchase WVAH because the FCC does not allow common ownership of two of the four highest-rated stations in a single market. Glencairn changed its name to Cunningham Broadcasting and the local media agreement with WCHS continues to this day. There is overwhelming evidence that Glencairn/Cunningham is merely a shell corporation used by Sinclair to circumvent FCC ownership rules.
WCHS-TV ended analog operations on June 12, 2009, as part of the DTV transition in the United States
. The station remained on its pre-transition channel 41. Although digital tuners still also display it as 8 through the use of PSIP
. One of the first televised presidential debates featuring John F. Kennedy
took place at WCHS' studios. The nationally syndicated "Produce Corner" segments were taped at the studios as well.
were both in a brief dispute over retransmission fees on May 17, 2005. This dispute was resolved on May 20 and the notice was taken down.
2006, Charter Communications
streamlined its operations which included selling off portions of its cable system which were "geographically non-strategic". Charter accounts in WCHS's market area were purchased by Suddenlink Communications
(formerly known as Cebridge). Sinclair requested a $40 million one time fee and a $1 per sub per month fee from Suddenlink for retransmission rights of WCHS and WVAH on the Suddenlink cable system. This led to a protracted media battle and smear campaign between the two companies and Sinclair pulled the two stations off-the-air in the Beckley
market. After several weeks of negotiations, the two companies reached an agreement allowing WCHS and WVAH to continue transmission over the Suddenlink cable system. The terms of the agreement were not released to the public.
systems in the Charleston/Huntington market would lose WCHS and WVAH starting December 31. However, this only applied to cable subscribers that were previously owned by Adelphia. An extension agreement was made until January 12, 2007 for negotiations.
, WCHS has been a distant runner up to longtime dominant WSAZ-TV
. This is especially the case in the western areas of the market (Huntington/Ashland, Kentucky
/Southern Ohio
) since the station does not maintain a bureau in Huntington. Unlike WOWK and WSAZ, WCHS has its main facility based in Charleston. As a result, there is a noticeable focus on West Virginia's Capitol
and surrounding areas but there is coverage provided to the western vicinities as well.
This station and WOWK are usually more competitive in Charleston but WCHS ultimately has higher viewership. The two outlets have rarely come close to WSAZ except for a brief period in the late-1990s when WOWK overtook it for first place in the Charleston side of the market. WSAZ also came in a close second to WCHS for a short period in late 2009-early 2010. This was due to lower lead-in numbers originated by The Jay Leno Show
and WSAZ has since regained its first place ratings.
WCHS currently uses the Eyewitness News
branding for its news operation and produces three newscasts for sister station WVAH. This includes Eyewitness News This Morning on Fox 11 seen for an hour on weekday mornings from 7 until 8. There is also an hour long nightly prime time broadcast known as Eyewitness News at 10 on Fox 11. Although it competes with a nightly show at 10 on MyNetworkTV affiliate WSAZ-DT2
, WVAH's broadcast is the market's only sixty minute late night news.
During the yearly college football season, its Saturday night newscast at 6 is regularly pre-empted by game coverage from the network. Unlike most ABC affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone
, WCHS does not air news weeknights at 5 and/or 5:30. On June 27, 2011, WSAZ will become the second station in West Virginia but first in Charleston to upgrade local newscasts to high definition. Shows on WCHS and WVAH remain in pillarboxed 4:3 standard definition and no plans have been made to make any changes to 16:9
enhanced definition widescreen
and/or full high definition.
Eyewitness News Storm Team Meteorologists
Sports
Reporters
Contributors
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for Charleston
Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...
and Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at...
. This area is the second-largest market
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
in terms of area east of the Mississippi River
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
and consists of 61 counties in Central West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
, Eastern Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, and Southern Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on UHF channel 41 from a transmitter south of Scott Depot
Scott Depot, West Virginia
Scott Depot is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along Crooked Creek at and downstream from the creek's intersection with Teays Valley Road. The zipcode is 25560. It is part of the census-designated place of Teays Valley...
along the Putnam
Putnam County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 51,589 people, 20,028 households, and 15,281 families residing in the county. The population density was 149 people per square mile . There were 21,621 housing units at an average density of 62 per square mile...
and Kanawha
Kanawha County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 200,073 people, 86,226 households, and 55,960 families residing in the county. The population density was 222 people per square mile . There were 93,788 housing units at an average density of 104 per square mile...
County line.
Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group
The Sinclair Broadcast Group is an American telecommunications company that operates the largest number of local television stations in the United States. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, it owns a total of 57 stations across the country in 35 primarily small and medium markets, many of...
, the station operates Fox affiliate WVAH-TV
WVAH-TV
WVAH-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Charleston and Huntington, West Virginia which is the second-largest market in terms of area east of the Mississippi River. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter south of Scott Depot along the Putnam...
(owned by Cunningham Broadcasting
Cunningham Broadcasting
Cunningham Broadcasting Corporation is an owner of television stations in the United States. The company currently owns six stations—four affiliated with Fox Broadcasting Company , one affiliated with MyNetworkTV and one affiliated with The CW Television Network.Cunningham has very close ties to...
) through a local marketing agreement
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
(LMA). The two share studios on Piedmont Road in Charleston along I-64
Interstate 64 in West Virginia
The alignment of Interstate 64 was to originally parallel US 60 from Charleston to the Virginia state line. This would go through environmentally sensitive areas such as Hawk's Nest and the New River Gorge area and might have disrupted the natural beauty and the isolation of the area.In 1969,...
/I-77
Interstate 77 in West Virginia
In the U.S. state of West Virginia, Interstate 77 is a major north–south Interstate highway. It extends for between Bluefield at the Virginia state line to Williamstown at the Ohio state line....
. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on WCHS includes: Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, Judge Judy
Judge Judy
Judge Judy is an American court show featuring former family court judge Judith Sheindlin arbitrating over small claims cases in small claims court...
, Judge Joe Brown, The Nate Berkus Show
The Nate Berkus Show
The Nate Berkus Show, commonly referred to as The Nate Show, is a syndicated talk show hosted by interior designer Nate Berkus, which premiered on September 13, 2010....
and Anderson
Anderson (TV series)
Anderson is an American first-run syndicated talk show that is hosted by CNN anchorman Anderson Cooper, who also serves as co-producer in his first foray into daytime talk television. The show debuted on September 12, 2011, and is distributed by Warner Bros...
.
Digital programming
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 8.1 | Main WCHS-TV programming / ABC |
| 8.2 | TheCoolTV TheCoolTV THECOOLTV is a United States over-the-air digital subchannel launched in March 2009. The network's current program schedule consists of an all-music video lineup that can be customized to meet an affiliate's preference, along with the three hours per week of E/I programming as required by the... |
History
WCHS-TV signed-on August 15, 1954 airing an analog signal on VHF channel 8. It was owned by the Tierney Company along with WCHS-AMWCHS (AM)
WCHS is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, serving the Kanawha Valley. WCHS is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation.-Programming:...
580 which is now owned by the West Virginia Radio Corporation
West Virginia Radio Corporation
West Virginia Radio Corporation or WVRC is a media corporation comprising exclusively radio stations and two radio networks based in the state of West Virginia.The company is controlled by Greer Industries, and the Greer Family.-Radio markets:...
. The station was actually the second in Charleston after WKNA-TV. That channel had launched on UHF channel 49 as an ABC affiliate in 1953 but went dark in 1955 due to lack of viewership. Originally a CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
station with secondary ABC affiliation, WCHS became a full CBS affiliate when WHTN-TV in Huntington signed-on in 1955. During the late-1950s, it was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network
NTA Film Network
The NTA Film Network was an early American television network founded by Ely Landau in 1956. The network was not a full-time television network like CBS, NBC, or ABC. Rather, it operated on a part-time basis, broadcasting films and several first-run television programs from major Hollywood studios...
.
In 1958, WCHS swapped affiliations with WHTN and became an ABC affiliate. The WCHS stations were sold to Rollins Telecasting in 1960. This television station reversed the swap and went back to CBS in 1962. In 1986, the station swapped affiliations once again with WOWK-TV
WOWK-TV
WOWK-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Tri-States and Kanawha Valley area of West Virginia that is licensed to Huntington which is the second largest market east of the Mississippi River. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter...
.
The following year, Rollins Telecasting merged with Heritage Broadcasting to form Heritage Media. The company sold off WCHS-AM in 1991. Heritage sold all of its remaining broadcasting properties (four television stations, LMAs for two other television stations, and 24 radio stations) to Sinclair in 1997 just as Heritage itself was being swallowed up by News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
. As such, the former Heritage stations retained the current network affiliations instead of becoming Fox owned-and-operated
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
stations.
The Sinclair purchase of WCHS forced the company to sell WVAH which it had acquired three years before when it merged with Abry Communications to Glencairn as the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) did not permit duopolies at the time. However, Glencairn's stock was almost entirely controlled by the Smith family, owners and founders of Sinclair. In effect, Sinclair now owned both stations. The company further circumvented the rules by entering into a local marketing agreement with WVAH which allowed Sinclair to continue operating WCHS.
The other station retained its own studios on Mount Vernon Road in Hurricane
Hurricane, West Virginia
Hurricane is a city in Putnam County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 6,284 at the 2010 census.-History:Hurricane was named after Hurricane Creek, which was, in turn, named after a group of trees at the mouth of the river bent in one direction...
along I-64 even although most of its operations were merged with WCHS. Eventually, WVAH's separate facilities were put on sale. Sinclair tried to merge with Glencairn in 2001 after the FCC decided to allow duopolies but could not repurchase WVAH because the FCC does not allow common ownership of two of the four highest-rated stations in a single market. Glencairn changed its name to Cunningham Broadcasting and the local media agreement with WCHS continues to this day. There is overwhelming evidence that Glencairn/Cunningham is merely a shell corporation used by Sinclair to circumvent FCC ownership rules.
WCHS-TV ended analog operations on June 12, 2009, as part of the DTV transition in the United States
DTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
. The station remained on its pre-transition channel 41. Although digital tuners still also display it as 8 through the use of PSIP
Program and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch...
. One of the first televised presidential debates featuring John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
took place at WCHS' studios. The nationally syndicated "Produce Corner" segments were taped at the studios as well.
Local HD
Their hasn't been plans or future plans to have WCHS/WVAH news operations in HD. WCHS/WVAH does carry some syndicated programming in HD. On June 26, 2011, WSAZ launched the second High Definition news cast in the state of West Virginia and the first in the Charleston-Huntington DMA,On June 3, 2011 WTAP in Parkersburg launched the first news outlet in West Virginia with local news in High Definition (HD).Dish Network
Sinclair and Dish NetworkDish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
were both in a brief dispute over retransmission fees on May 17, 2005. This dispute was resolved on May 20 and the notice was taken down.
Suddenlink Communications
In SummerSummer
Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice...
2006, Charter Communications
Charter Communications
Charter Communications is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 4.7 million customers in 25 states. By revenues, it is the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, behind Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox Communications...
streamlined its operations which included selling off portions of its cable system which were "geographically non-strategic". Charter accounts in WCHS's market area were purchased by Suddenlink Communications
Suddenlink Communications
Suddenlink Communications, formerly Cebridge Connections, is a top-10 cable broadband services provider in the United States with approximately 1.4 million subscribers. Suddenlink operates in 18 states in primarily medium-sized communities. With its corporate headquarters in St. Louis, MO,...
(formerly known as Cebridge). Sinclair requested a $40 million one time fee and a $1 per sub per month fee from Suddenlink for retransmission rights of WCHS and WVAH on the Suddenlink cable system. This led to a protracted media battle and smear campaign between the two companies and Sinclair pulled the two stations off-the-air in the Beckley
Beckley, West Virginia
Beckley is a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, which was founded on April 4, 1838. The 2008 population was estimated to be 16,832 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Early in its history, the town was known as Beckleyville and Raleigh Court House...
market. After several weeks of negotiations, the two companies reached an agreement allowing WCHS and WVAH to continue transmission over the Suddenlink cable system. The terms of the agreement were not released to the public.
Time Warner Cable
It was announced on December 20, 2006, that Time Warner CableTime Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
systems in the Charleston/Huntington market would lose WCHS and WVAH starting December 31. However, this only applied to cable subscribers that were previously owned by Adelphia. An extension agreement was made until January 12, 2007 for negotiations.
News operation
For most of its history according to Nielsen ratingsNielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
, WCHS has been a distant runner up to longtime dominant WSAZ-TV
WSAZ-TV
WSAZ-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Huntington and Charleston, West Virginia. This area is the second-largest market in terms of area east of the Mississippi River consisting of 61 counties in Central West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and Southeastern Ohio. It broadcasts a high...
. This is especially the case in the western areas of the market (Huntington/Ashland, Kentucky
Ashland, Kentucky
Ashland, formerly known as Poage Settlement, is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, nestled along the banks of the Ohio River. The population was 21,981 at the 2000 census. Ashland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the...
/Southern Ohio
Appalachian Ohio
Appalachian Ohio is a bioregion and political unit in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio characterized by the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The Appalachian Regional Commission defines the region as consisting of twenty-nine counties...
) since the station does not maintain a bureau in Huntington. Unlike WOWK and WSAZ, WCHS has its main facility based in Charleston. As a result, there is a noticeable focus on West Virginia's Capitol
West Virginia State Capitol
The West Virginia State Capitol is the seat of government for the state of West Virginia, and houses the West Virginia Legislature and the office of the Governor of West Virginia. Located in Charleston, West Virginia, the building was dedicated in 1932...
and surrounding areas but there is coverage provided to the western vicinities as well.
This station and WOWK are usually more competitive in Charleston but WCHS ultimately has higher viewership. The two outlets have rarely come close to WSAZ except for a brief period in the late-1990s when WOWK overtook it for first place in the Charleston side of the market. WSAZ also came in a close second to WCHS for a short period in late 2009-early 2010. This was due to lower lead-in numbers originated by The Jay Leno Show
The Jay Leno Show
The Jay Leno Show is an American comedy show created by and starring Jay Leno, that aired from September 14, 2009 to February 9, 2010 on NBC following the May 29, 2009 conclusion of Leno's first tenure as host of The Tonight Show...
and WSAZ has since regained its first place ratings.
WCHS currently uses the Eyewitness News
Eyewitness News
Eyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...
branding for its news operation and produces three newscasts for sister station WVAH. This includes Eyewitness News This Morning on Fox 11 seen for an hour on weekday mornings from 7 until 8. There is also an hour long nightly prime time broadcast known as Eyewitness News at 10 on Fox 11. Although it competes with a nightly show at 10 on MyNetworkTV affiliate WSAZ-DT2
WSAZ-DT2
WSAZ-DT2 is the primary MyNetworkTV and secondary This TV television station for Huntington and Charleston, West Virginia, the second-largest market in terms of area east of the Mississippi River. It is a second digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WSAZ-TV which is owned by Gray Television...
, WVAH's broadcast is the market's only sixty minute late night news.
During the yearly college football season, its Saturday night newscast at 6 is regularly pre-empted by game coverage from the network. Unlike most ABC affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
, WCHS does not air news weeknights at 5 and/or 5:30. On June 27, 2011, WSAZ will become the second station in West Virginia but first in Charleston to upgrade local newscasts to high definition. Shows on WCHS and WVAH remain in pillarboxed 4:3 standard definition and no plans have been made to make any changes to 16:9
16:9
16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...
enhanced definition widescreen
Widescreen
Widescreen images are a variety of aspect ratios used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than the standard 1.37:1 Academy aspect ratio provided by 35mm film....
and/or full high definition.
News team
Anchors- Jennifer McAndrews - weekday mornings and "Baby Steps" segment producer
- Patrick McMurtry - weekday mornings and noon (also "Behind the Kitchen Door" and "West Virginia Wildlife" segments producer)
- Deborah Linz - weekdays at noon and weeknights at 6
- Elizabeth Noreika - weeknights at 10 and 11
- Rick Lord - weeknights
- Kallie Cart - weekends and reporter
- Dave Benton - weekends and reporter
Eyewitness News Storm Team Meteorologists
- Jim Barach (CBMCertified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast Meteorologist is a rating for meteorologists given by the American Meteorological Society.The Certified Broadcast Meteorologist program was established to raise the professional standard in broadcast meteorology and encourage a broader range of scientific understanding,...
and NWANational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
Seals of Approval) - Chief seen weeknights - Douglass Harlow - weekday mornings and noon
- Ashley Smith - weekends and news reporter
Sports
- Mark Martin - DirectorSports DirectorA sports director is an individual at a television or radio station who is in charge of the sports department. In local news, the sports director is typically the station's primary sportscaster, and often anchors the primetime newscasts on weekdays. They are in charge of sports programming and...
seen weeknights and "Scholar-Athlete of the Week" segment producer - Josh Lewis - weekends and reporter
- A.J. Good - reporter
Reporters
- Brad Rice - "West Virginia Wildlife" photojournalist and "Traveling West Virginia" segment producer
- Darrah Wilcox - weekday mornings and "Food Revolution Now" segment producer
- Kennie Bass - fill-in news anchor
- Dan Matics
- Kristin Keeling
- Atish Baidya
- Leslie Rubin
- Bob Aaron
Contributors
- Mark E. HymanMark E. HymanMark E. Hyman is the Vice President for Corporate Relations for Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest chain of local television stations in the United States. Hyman became a visible presence during local news broadcasts over Sinclair's stations, many of which aired The Point from late 2001...
- Sinclair Vice PresidentVice presidentA vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...
for Corporate Relations and Behind the Headlines host - Lee Ann Miller - Ohio's Amish CountryPennsylvania Dutch CountryPennsylvania Dutch Country refers to an area of southeastern Pennsylvania, United States that by the American Revolution had a high percentage of Pennsylvania Dutch inhabitants. Religiously, there was a large portion of Lutherans. There were also German Reformed, Moravian, Amish, Mennonite and...
Recipes - Armstrong WilliamsArmstrong WilliamsArmstrong Williams is an African American political commentator, author of a conservative newspaper column, and host of a daily radio show and a nationally syndicated TV program, called The Right Side with Armstrong Williams. From 2004 to 2007, he co-hosted a daily radio program with Sam...
- The Right Side host - Stephen AndersonStephen Anderson-Arts and entertainment:*Steve Anderson, birth name of American wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin *Steve Anderson , British musician*Steve Anderson , musician and songwriter*Stephen J...
- On the Trail host - Kennie Bass - Screen Gems
- Joe Matusic - Baby Steps