WOAY-TV
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WOAY is a broadcast television station in southern West Virginia and locally owned by Thomas Broadcasting. It is licensed to the town of Oak Hill and It is affiliated with ABC.
History
WOAY took to the airwaves on December 14, 1954. The station was originally affiliated with ABC, CBS, and DuMont. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.[1]
In previous decades, the station was known throughout the area for a very theatrical professional wrestling show that it produced itself with local "talent." However, this ended shortly after Thomas Broadcasting took over ownership in 1979, when the station's main studio, control room, office and transmitter building burned to the ground. The station's studio, control room and transmitter were relocated and rebuilt in the adjacent wrestling arena, where they remain today.
As for programming, WOAY clears the entire ABC schedule, with the exception of World News Now, which is available on cable systems throughout the area when WOAY signs off; and World News Sunday, which WOAY has long since pre-empted.
WOAY still signs off every night, resuming at 6:00 a.m., making it a few in the country to still sign off every night.
Newscast Titles
- News Picture (1954-1958)
- News Final (1958-1963)
- The Johnson/Grayson Report (1963-1970)
- Channel 4 News Report (1970-1974)
- WOAY-TV Newservice (1974-1979)
- NewsWatch 4 (1979-present)
Current Personalities
Anchors
- Bob Brunner: News Director/Reporter
- Shelley Orman: Noon Anchor/Reporter
- Alycia Pence: Morning Anchor/Morning Weather
- Mike Pickett: Weekend Anchor/Reporter
- Keke Vencill: 6 pm and 11 pm Anchor
Reporters
- Leslie Draffin: Assignment Editor/Reporter
- Matt Earle: Reporter
Weather
- Bryan Shaw: Chief Meteorologist
- Shane Smith: Weekend Meteorologist/Reporter
Sports
- Marty Longhi: Sports Anchor
- Dan Toth: Sports Director
Former Personalities
- Craig Minervini: Former sports director in the 1980s, now works for Fox Sports Florida
- Shirley Love: Former news anchor, now a senator in the West Virginia State Senate
Digital television
WOAY-TV shut down analog channel 4 at 11:35 PM June 12, 2009 and will remain on digital channel 50.
References
- ^ "Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films", Boxoffice: 13, November 10, 1956
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External links
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