WEVV
Encyclopedia
WEVV-TV is a CBS
-affiliated television station
located in Evansville, Indiana
. The station operates on digital channel 45, or virtual channel 44 via PSIP
, from a transmitter located in Henderson, Kentucky
. WEVV is owned and operated by Communications Corporation of America
. WEVV also operates a digital subchannel (44.2) that is currently affiliated with Fox
and MyNetworkTV
.
WEVV's digital signal on UHF channel 45 is multiplexed:>
Channel
Name
Video
Aspect
Programming
44.1
WEVV-HD
1080i
16:9
Main WEVV programming / CBS
44.2
WEVV-DT2
480i
"Fox 44"; Fox
and MyNetworkTV
On May 11, 2011, WEVV signed an affiliation agreement with Fox, reuniting WEVV with its first network affiliation, after WTVW
lost its affiliation due to a dispute between Fox and owner Nexstar over Fox's demands of a share of retransmission consent
earnings (WTVW then became an independent station); CBS programming remained on digital channel 44.1, and Fox began airing on July 1, 2011 on WEVV digital channel 44.2. MyNetworkTV programming moved from the 7-9 p.m. primetime slot to 9-11 p.m. The subchannel is branded as Fox 44 and uses a logo that resembles those used by its sister Comcorp-owned Fox affiliates such as WGMB
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
and KWKT
in central Texas, though with a plain midpoint bullet
between calls and city rather than a decorative outline, and continuing to use WEVV's longtime "44" logo.
On June 24, 2011, WEVV-TV signed on a new digital low-power station on channel 47. This station, which will eventually hold the low-power translator calls W47EE-D, will be used to air the Fox/MyNetworkTV schedule in 720p
high definition to cable/satellite providers and local antenna viewers in the immediate Evansville/Henderson area. WEVV is currently working with all of the market's cable and satellite providers to place WEVV-DT2's high definition signal on their systems, and move the station's standard definition channel from the extended digital lifeline tier to the basic tier which every viewer in the area can receive.
WEVV began broadcasting on November 17, 1983. It was originally an independent station, then became a Fox affiliate around 1987, originally branded as Fox 44 and later as WEVV Fox TV.
In 1995, Banam Broadcasting, a subsidiary of BankAmerica
, sold WTVW
(channel 7) to Petracom Broadcasting. Fox then acquired a 20% equity stake in Petracom; this led to a three-way affiliation swap in which WTVW ended its affiliation with ABC
after 39 years and affiliated with Fox on December 3, 1995. Conversely, the ABC affiliation moved to WEHT
(channel 25) ending its affiliation with CBS after 41 years.
On July 1, 1995, WEVV-TV signed an affiliation agreement with CBS to become the network's new affiliate for the Tri-State market. On September 18, 1995, WEVV aired its first CBS program with an episode of The Price is Right
, eventually the station picked up CBS This Morning after it was dropped by WEHT; WEVV officially became a full-time on December 4, 1995, when the remainder of CBS' programming lineup was added to the station.
In June 2006, WEVV owner Communications Corporation of America filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy
protection in the Western District of Louisiana. In September of that year, WEVV began broadcasting a digital high definition signal; at the time, a digital subchannel was added on virtual 44.2, which was affiliated with MyNetworkTV and was simulcast on WTSN-LP
(and as such, was branded as "MyTSN"). In 2009, the relationship with WTSN-LP ended and channel 44.2 changed branding to My44, with WTSN moving to air America One
(and as of November 2011, Me-TV) programming.
Other newscasts were added to mornings, and the 5 p.m. newscast moved to 6 p.m. However, none of these additions/time period changes helped the news ratings, remaining in fourth place behind WFIE
, WEHT
and WTVW
. WEVV shuttered its news department in June 2001 and has not had any local news programming since then, though WeatherVision
does provide weather content for the station. WEVV is one amongst a group of major network affiliates without any local newscasts, a group that also includes WTWC-TV
/Tallahassee
(NBC
), WUTV
/Buffalo
(Fox), and KECY-TV
/El Centro
(Fox).
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...
-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...
located in Evansville, Indiana
Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the largest city in Southern Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 117,429. It is the county seat of Vanderburgh County and the regional hub for both Southwestern Indiana and the...
. The station operates on digital channel 45, or virtual channel 44 via 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...
, from a transmitter located in Henderson, Kentucky
Henderson, Kentucky
Henderson is a city in Henderson County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River in the western part of the state. The population was 27,952 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Evansville Metropolitan Area often referred to as "Kentuckiana", although "Tri-State Area" or "Tri-State" are more...
. WEVV is owned and operated by Communications Corporation of America
Communications Corporation of America
Communications Corporation of America is a broadcasting company in the United States that owns television stations in smaller markets. The company is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana...
. WEVV also operates a digital subchannel (44.2) that is currently affiliated with Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
and MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
.
Digital programming
Display resolution
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Aspect ratio
The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,...
1080i
1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...
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 ...
WEVV-DT2
WEVV-DT2 is the primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV television station for Evansville, Indiana. It is the second digital subchannel of CBS affiliate WEVV-TV, owned by Communications Corporation of America. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel...
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
and MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
On May 11, 2011, WEVV signed an affiliation agreement with Fox, reuniting WEVV with its first network affiliation, after WTVW
WTVW
Banam sold WTVW to Petracom Broadcasting in 1995. A 20-percent equity stake in Petracom was purchased by Fox soon afterward, eventually leading to a three-way affiliation swap in which WTVW ended its 39-year ABC affiliation and joined Fox on December 3, 1995, with ABC moving to former CBS...
lost its affiliation due to a dispute between Fox and owner Nexstar over Fox's demands of a share of retransmission consent
Retransmission consent
Retransmission consent is an option granted to US television stations as part of the law that granted such stations the option to elect must-carry rights. Under retransmission consent, a full-power US television station may elect to negotiate with a cable system operator for carriage of its...
earnings (WTVW then became an independent station); CBS programming remained on digital channel 44.1, and Fox began airing on July 1, 2011 on WEVV digital channel 44.2. MyNetworkTV programming moved from the 7-9 p.m. primetime slot to 9-11 p.m. The subchannel is branded as Fox 44 and uses a logo that resembles those used by its sister Comcorp-owned Fox affiliates such as WGMB
WGMB
WGMB-TV is the local Fox affiliate for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is owned by Communications Corporation of America, and is sister station to the area's The CW affiliate, WBRL-CD. WGMB also shared facilities and staff with WVLA-TV and KZUP-CD...
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
and KWKT
KWKT
KWKT-TV channel 44 and KYLE-TV channel 28 are Fox affiliates in Central Texas and are owned by Communications Corporation of America. KWKT serves the Waco/Killeen/Temple area. KYLE serves the Bryan-College Station area....
in central Texas, though with a plain midpoint bullet
Bullet (typography)
In typography, a bullet is a typographical symbol or glyph used to introduce items in a list. For example:*Item 1*Item 2*Item 3...
between calls and city rather than a decorative outline, and continuing to use WEVV's longtime "44" logo.
On June 24, 2011, WEVV-TV signed on a new digital low-power station on channel 47. This station, which will eventually hold the low-power translator calls W47EE-D, will be used to air the Fox/MyNetworkTV schedule in 720p
720p
720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan...
high definition to cable/satellite providers and local antenna viewers in the immediate Evansville/Henderson area. WEVV is currently working with all of the market's cable and satellite providers to place WEVV-DT2's high definition signal on their systems, and move the station's standard definition channel from the extended digital lifeline tier to the basic tier which every viewer in the area can receive.
History
In 1995, Banam Broadcasting, a subsidiary of BankAmerica
Bank of America
Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
, sold WTVW
WTVW
Banam sold WTVW to Petracom Broadcasting in 1995. A 20-percent equity stake in Petracom was purchased by Fox soon afterward, eventually leading to a three-way affiliation swap in which WTVW ended its 39-year ABC affiliation and joined Fox on December 3, 1995, with ABC moving to former CBS...
(channel 7) to Petracom Broadcasting. Fox then acquired a 20% equity stake in Petracom; this led to a three-way affiliation swap in which WTVW ended its affiliation with ABC
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...
after 39 years and affiliated with Fox on December 3, 1995. Conversely, the ABC affiliation moved to WEHT
WEHT
WEHT is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Tri-State area of Southwestern Indiana, Northwestern Kentucky and Southeastern Illinois; it is owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group under a shared services agreement with independent station WTVW...
(channel 25) ending its affiliation with CBS after 41 years.
On July 1, 1995, WEVV-TV signed an affiliation agreement with CBS to become the network's new affiliate for the Tri-State market. On September 18, 1995, WEVV aired its first CBS program with an episode of The Price is Right
The Price Is Right
The Price Is Right is a television game show franchise originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, and created by Bob Stewart, and is currently produced and owned by FremantleMedia. The franchise centers on television game shows, but also includes merchandise such as video games, printed...
, eventually the station picked up CBS This Morning after it was dropped by WEHT; WEVV officially became a full-time on December 4, 1995, when the remainder of CBS' programming lineup was added to the station.
In June 2006, WEVV owner Communications Corporation of America filed for Chapter 11
Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Chapter 11 is a chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code, which permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Chapter 11 bankruptcy is available to every business, whether organized as a corporation or sole proprietorship, and to individuals, although it is most...
bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....
protection in the Western District of Louisiana. In September of that year, WEVV began broadcasting a digital high definition signal; at the time, a digital subchannel was added on virtual 44.2, which was affiliated with MyNetworkTV and was simulcast on WTSN-LP
WTSN-LP
WTSN-LD channel 36 is the Me-TV affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. It is licensed in Evansville. Formerly a Pax, UPN and My Network TV affiliate, it became an affiliate of America One in June 2009....
(and as such, was branded as "MyTSN"). In 2009, the relationship with WTSN-LP ended and channel 44.2 changed branding to My44, with WTSN moving to air America One
America One
America One is an over-the-air television network in the United States. The network serves over 170 LPTV, Class A, Full Power, Cable and Satellite affiliate stations...
(and as of November 2011, Me-TV) programming.
News operation
WEVV established a news department in 1992, with local news, branded Fox 44 News at Nine, originally airing weeknights at 9 p.m. With the switch to CBS, the 9 p.m. newscast was dropped, and the news operation was relaunched as NewsNow, adding newscasts at noon, 5 p.m., 10 p.m., and weekends. NewsNow later became CBS 44 News.Other newscasts were added to mornings, and the 5 p.m. newscast moved to 6 p.m. However, none of these additions/time period changes helped the news ratings, remaining in fourth place behind WFIE
WFIE
WFIE is the NBC-afifliated television station for the Tri-State area of Southwestern Indiana, Northwestern Kentucky and Southeastern Illinois that's licensed to Evansville, Indiana. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 46 from a transmitter in the Wolf Hills section of...
, WEHT
WEHT
WEHT is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Tri-State area of Southwestern Indiana, Northwestern Kentucky and Southeastern Illinois; it is owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group under a shared services agreement with independent station WTVW...
and WTVW
WTVW
Banam sold WTVW to Petracom Broadcasting in 1995. A 20-percent equity stake in Petracom was purchased by Fox soon afterward, eventually leading to a three-way affiliation swap in which WTVW ended its 39-year ABC affiliation and joined Fox on December 3, 1995, with ABC moving to former CBS...
. WEVV shuttered its news department in June 2001 and has not had any local news programming since then, though WeatherVision
WeatherVision
WeatherVision is a TV syndication company based in Jackson, Mississippi, that produces and distributes customized weather forecast segments for local airing by over 200 commercial and public television stations and Networks nationwide...
does provide weather content for the station. WEVV is one amongst a group of major network affiliates without any local newscasts, a group that also includes WTWC-TV
WTWC-TV
WTWC-TV is the NBC affiliate television station for Tallahassee, Florida, owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.-History:The station was started on April 21, 1983 by Guy Gannett Communications. This made Tallahassee one of the last markets in the country with full service from all three networks...
/Tallahassee
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...
(NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
), WUTV
WUTV
WUTV, virtual channel 29, is the Fox-affiliated television station in Buffalo, New York. It broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 14. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, in a duopoly with the area's MyNetworkTV affiliate WNYO-TV...
/Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
(Fox), and KECY-TV
KECY-TV
KECY-TV is the primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for El Centro, California and Yuma, Arizona. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 9 from a transmitter between the two cities in the Chocolate Mountains in Imperial County, California. Owned...
/El Centro
El Centro, California
El Centro is a city in and county seat of Imperial County, the largest city in the Imperial Valley and the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the core urban area and principal city of the El Centro metropolitan area which encompasses all of Imperial County. El Centro is also...
(Fox).
Newscast titles
- Fox 44 News at Nine (1992-1995)
- 44 News Now! (1995-1999)
- CBS 44 News (1999-2001)
Station slogans
- Your Only Primetime News (1992-1994)
- The Tri-State's Only Primetime News (1994-1995)
- Your Home for News (1995-2001)
Notable alumni
- Ryan Owens (ABC World News NowWorld News NowWorld News Now is an American overnight news program broadcast on American Broadcasting Company's television network. Its tone is often lighthearted, irreverent and humorous...
) - Adam Alexander (Speed (TV channel))
- Kelly Sutton (WZTVWZTVWZTV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Nashville, Tennessee. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 15 from a transmitter on Knob Road north of downtown along I-24...
, Nashville)