However, Chronicle wanted to continue trading on the WOW calls, and got a waiver from the FCC to retain a "W" in its calls. Alex McLoon joined 6 News in November 2019 and has been reporting in Omaha since 2018. Lauren co-anchors 4, 5, 6:30, and 10 p.m. newscasts for WOWT 6 News. Former Channel 11 meteorologist Mike LaPoint, who was uncermoniously jerked around throughout his tenure at WPXI, has landed a new gig.He always seemed like a nice guy so I hope he'll get better treatment at his new station. Joined in December 2020. Also in 1995, WOWT's sports department launched a weekly half-hour sports news program titled Channel 6 Sunday Sports Extra, which aired after the station's 10 p.m. newscast on Sunday evening. WLWT-TV (Cincinnati, OH): Derek Forrest ( @DerekWLWT ) is moving from WYMT-TV to … In addition, National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for New York City for Sunday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. when the second nor’easter in less than a week is supposed to dump three to six more … WOWT, virtual channel 6 (UHF digital channel 22), is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, United States and also serving Council Bluffs, Iowa. WOWT presently broadcasts 35 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with six hours each weekday and 2½ hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); in regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the highest local newscast output among the Omaha market's broadcast television stations. Dave Zawilinski joined the WOWT team as a morning anchor in October 2014. Cecelia wants to tell your stories. On January 7, 2015, Gray Television stations WOWT, WIBW (Topeka, Kansas), and KAKE (Wichita, Kansas; no longer owned by them) were dropped from Cox cable lineups as a retransmission deal expired. Clay Ostarly joins WOWT's First Alert Weather Team as an AP award-winning and NWA certified meteorologist and multimedia journalist. 15 Hot Weather Girls Who Love To Show Off Their Bod These weather girls are so hot that they basically become internet famous simply by wearing curve-loving outfits while doing their job. Until 2016, WOWT was carried in standard definition on digital channel 83 in Lincoln and surrounding Spectrum systems. KETV (channel 7) dropped The Local AccuWeather Channel one month before when it switched its second subchannel to MeTV. Until 2014, WOWT was also reckoned as the default NBC affiliate for the state capital, Lincoln, located 52 miles (84 km) from Omaha. The station is owned by Gray Television. Only on KETV NewsWatch 7. The subchannel became an independent station branded as "62O", when The WB and UPN shut down in September 2006 (former WB affiliate KXVO (channel 15) now carries WB and UPN successor The CW, while Fox affiliate KPTM (channel 42) carries MyNetworkTV on its second digital subchannel). On July 16, 2018, WOWT re-added a 4 p.m. newscast on weekdays, competing with KMTV's newscast at that time slot. Chief Meteorologist Rusty Lord joined the 6 News First Alert Weather Team in June of 2008. Its current moniker is "6 On Your Side". Meteorologist, WOWT 6 News, Omaha, Nebraska, 2016-2019 Meteorologist and Video Journalist, KOLN/KGIN 10/11 News, KSNB NBC Nebraska and KIIT Fox North Platte News, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2015 - 2016 David Koeller is a meteorologist for WOWT 6 News, bringing you weather updates weekdays at 4, 5, 6:30 and 10pm as well as any time severe weather threatens. Antenna TV went live on 6.3 on January 18, 2016. She’s covered Congress and the White House for more than a decade. Not surprisingly, channel 6 owns a lot of firsts in the market. It was the first Omaha station to broadcast local programming in color, starting in the mid-1950s; it was the first station to provide live reports during its daily newscasts; it was the first of the three local stations to broadcasts three live daily newscasts, at 5, 6, and 10 p.m.; and in 1993, WOWT was the first local television station to offer a website. Before coming to to WOWT in February 2013 , she worked at WSBT in South Bend, Ind., WXIA in Atlanta, WTHI in Terre Haute, Ind. As of today, it is no longer available in Lincoln. [1] It can also be seen on CenturyLink Prism channels 6 (SD) and 1006 (HD). KETV, virtual channel 7 (UHF digital channel 20), is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, United States and also serving Council Bluffs, Iowa. Normally, channel 6 would have had to adopt a callsign starting with "K" when it changed its call letters, since the WOW call letters had been assigned before the current K/W dividing line was moved to the Mississippi River. Karen Daborowski joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in January 2019 as a producer. Gina Dvorak, who joined the WOWT newsroom in 2018, has strong roots in Nebraska, growing up in a multigenerational farm family and graduating from UNL's journalism college. OMAHA, Neb. Yes please Not now Now, join us for the digital age as we shut off our analog signal and transition to digital television. It began with the words "Welcome to the Future", followed with archived film footage of WOW-TV's transmitter being turned on 1949 as it was covered by then-sister station WOW radio (now KXSP), outdoor scenes set to the song America the Beautiful, and concluded with the station logo and digital call sign WOWT-DT Omaha set to the NBC chimes. Ted Fioraliso returned to Washington, D.C. in April 2016 as a senior reporter/executive producer at the Gray Television Washington News Bureau. He now serves as Supervisor of Videography. [9], As part of the SAFER Act,[10] WOWT kept its analog signal on the air temporarily to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a scrolling message. We look forward to the new journey ahead. He has spoken to Ryan McPike, current Chief Meteorologist at KMTV, and has confirmed it. Leigh Waldman is a proud Texan excited to venture into the Midwest. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- AccuWeather said New York City should prepare for a “band of heavy snow” Sunday morning, where an inch to two inches of snow could fall each hour. The station is owned by Gray Television. Flowers started in 1979 as chief meteorologist at WOLO-TV in Columbia, South Carolina. WOWT's studios are located on Farnam Street near downtown Omaha, and its transmitter is located on a "tower farm" near North 72nd Street and Crown Point Avenue in north-central Omaha. 7.1K likes. The station claims it was bought by former Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews in 1954, but this is false as Matthews had died two years earlier. It was the only program of its kind in Omaha, and was hosted from its inception by sports producer (now sports director) Ross Jernstrom. Owned by Branson Visitors TV; Gray holds a 50.1% interest in this company. Mary Beth Keating is an Omaha native. The station was owned by Radio Station WOW, Inc., alongside WOW radio (590 AM, now KXSP, and 92.3 FM, now KEZO). In 1956, after the radio stations dropped their longtime affiliation with the NBC Red Network in favor of the CBS Radio Network, WOW-TV switched affiliations with KMTV and became Omaha's CBS television affiliate. Experts at guiding careers of broadcast talent. She currently anchors the weekend evening newscasts and reports on general assignments during the week. Greg Fishel stopped by to say farewell. When direct broadcast satellite gained more penetration KHAS-TV (now KNHL) in Hastings, long the NBC affiliate for the western half of the Lincoln market, was offered as the local NBC affiliate. and its sister show Wheel of Fortune on a single station (the latter airs on ABC-affiliated KETV). John Chapman is a veteran member of the WOWT 6 News team. The award-winning news and sports reporter has worked for close to three decades in the Omaha area. We asked WOWT for comment but haven’t heard back. In October 2005, WOWT launched a second digital subchannel operating as a UPN affiliate, and branded as "UPN Omaha". Sheila Brummer, WOWT reporter and anchor, 2008-2011 Now co-anchor on KTIV in Sioux City, Iowa I thought the original movie was hilarious, except I lost interest during the fight scene. WOWT is Gray's only Nebraska station not to be part of its Nebraska News & Weather Network (consisting of sister stations KOLN/KGIN, KSNB-TV and KNOP-TV). One of his earliest reports in South Carolina was Hurricane David. A broadcaster who has spent most of her career on The Weather Channel is joining WICS Channel 20 and WRSP Channel 55 as their new chief meteorologist. John Knicely co-anchors live at 4, 5, 6:30, and 10 p.m. nightly on WOWT 6 News. A Lincoln native and 1977 Journalism graduate of UNL, Mike has 30 years reporting experience at WOWT -- 10 years of that as State Bureau Chief. Rex is an award-winning sports reporter who joined WOWT in December 2019. Omaha is one of the few markets in the United States to not carry both Jeopardy! After that, 6.2 affiliated with Universal Sports; in advance of that network switching exclusively to a cable and satellite channel, WOWT dropped Universal Sports on October 1, 2011, replacing it with a local weather service known as "The Weather Authority Channel", an affiliate of The Local AccuWeather Channel. Mallory Schnell WOWT, Omaha, Nebraska. Mallory is the Weekend Meteorologist at WOWT. His in-depth reports, special projects and documentaries air throughout the year. TV news agents representing reporters, anchors, producers, meteorologists, sportscasters, MMJs and hosts. [6] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22,[7] using PSIP to display WOWT's virtual channel as 6 on digital television receivers. Emily Dwire joined the WOWT News team in late 2019. Television station in Iowa, United States, Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with, sorted by primary channel network affiliations, "Goodbye", WOWT analog farewell video; archived on WOWT's. Broadcast Meteorologist in Omaha • Born & bred Kentuckian • Alumna of Western Kentucky University Facebook … Voiceover artist Charlie Van Dyke provided narration: "Sixty years ago, WOWT turned on its analog signal to be the first television station in Omaha. On cable, the station is available on Cox Communications channel 8 in both standard and high definition (cable channel 6 is occupied by the second digital subchannel of KPTM (channel 42)). Another prominent former employee is former ABC Good Morning America reporter Steve Bell, who worked for Channel 6 during the early and mid-1960s. WOWT, virtual channel 6 (UHF digital channel 22), is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Omaha, Nebraska, United States and also serving Council Bluffs, Iowa. Kristin Kasper joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July of 2019 as a multimedia journalist. According to a release from the office of He was the only local reporter to go to Dallas in November 1963 to cover the aftermath of the John F. Kennedy assassination. It even went as far as to include Lincoln in its legal IDs. Bell left channel 6 in 1967 to join ABC News, where he remained until 1986. Kyle Midura joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2017 from Gray TV's WCAX-TV. Jillian Angeline joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in January 2019 as a multimedia journalist. Jacqueline Policastro created the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in 2014. LaPoint comes to WOWT from WPXI in Pittsburgh , where worked for five years. If you have an idea, don't hesitate to reach out. [3] The previous agreement expired on December 31, but a one-week extension was agreed upon before the current blackout. Natalie Grim joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau as a multimedia journalist in June 2019. Chris grew up in rural Nebraska but always wanted to move to the city! During the analog era, WOWT-TV was relayed in Clarinda, Iowa on a UHF repeater, K58AE, which has since been shut down and deleted from the FCC database. After a dispute lasting several days, a new agreement was reached on January 11, 2015 and the three Gray Television stations returned to Cox cable lineups.[4]. Mary Beth has a wide range of experience in the broadcasting field. (WOWT) - Clouds and a few flurries kept temperatures just above zero this morning, with wind chills below zero for much of the area. Danielle Avitable joined WOWT 6 News in August 2020 as co-anchor of Daybreak, but she is no stranger to the Midwest. (WOWT) - A former Dodge County deputy on Monday pled guilty in federal court to using his business to defraud six people and a federally insured bank of almost $11 million. Syndicated programs broadcast on WOWT include Jeopardy!, The Doctors, and Inside Edition. Brian Mastre can be seen weekdays reporting and anchoring for WOWT 6 News at 6 & 10. Breaking News: Former WOWT/Channel 6 Chief Meteorologist Jim Flowers is moving to KMTV Channel 3 Coming from a former KMTV employee who is currently at channel six. And in October 2013 the news products were re-branded WOWT 6 News. ", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2dmigeQI0U, "UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program", BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WOWT-TV, KHGI-DT 13.2 / KWNB-DT 6.2 / KWNB-LD 29.2 / KHGI-LD 27.2, Lincoln/Kearney/Hayes Center/McCook/O'Neill, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WOWT&oldid=1006043988, Ion Television subchannel-only affiliates, Television channels and stations established in 1949, Short description is different from Wikidata, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 10 February 2021, at 18:59. A member of the WOWT staff since 1990, Roger Hamer has covered everything from National Championship games to presidential visits. David Koeller is a meteorologist for WOWT 6 News, bringing you weather updates weekdays at 4, 5, 6:30 and 10pm as well as any time severe weather threatens. OMAHA, Neb. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WOWT shut down its Mobile DTV signals at the end of 2015 in favor of offering an additional subchannel, Antenna TV, over-the-air. Cheryl has the AMS and NWA Seals of Approval, and for over 20 years, she was one of the staples seen on The Weather Channel delivering local, regional In 1999, Chronicle sold its media holdings (including its newspapers and four television stations) to separate buyers; WOWT was sold to Benedek Broadcasting via LIN TV Corporation in a three-way deal for WWLP in Springfield, Massachusetts; three years later, Benedek Broadcasting was bought out by current owner Gray Television. In 1995, WOWT launched a cable news channel called "NEWS on ONE", which featured live simulcasts and taped rebroadcasts of the station's newscasts on Cox Communications channel 1; the channel was eventually rebranded as "News 4 You", concurrent with its move to Cox channel 4 in 2009. To this day, WOWT is one of the westernmost stations with a callsign starting with "W." Channel 6 rejoined NBC under a special agreement with KMTV on June 29, 1986. Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor. The station was originally a primary NBC affiliate and secondary ABC affiliate; it lost ABC programming in 1953, when KOLN signed on from Lincoln as an ABC affiliate. Even though Lincoln is located in a different market, most Lincoln-area cable systems carried WOWT, and channel 6's analog signal decently covered Lincoln. Would you like to receive local news notifications on your desktop? WOWT shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 6, on February 17, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television (which Congress had moved the previous month to June 12). See anchors, reporters and more staff on the KETV News Team page. It also claims to have gone on the air earlier than any station in four other Midwestern states—Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota and South Dakota. federally mandated transition from analog to digital television, Commercial Television Stations of the U. S., 1949, http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/WOWT-Cox-Reach-Agreement-Signal-Back-Sunday-Afternoon-288193211.html, Digital delay muddles broadcasters' plans, FCC document: "Appendix B: All Full-Power Television Stations by DMA, indicating those terminating analog service before on or February 17, 2009. Sharon Chen anchors First at Four on WOWT 6 News. In … From 2008-2009, TWC laid off a number of talented meteorologists including Cheryl & others such as Kristina Abernathy, Eboni Deon, Kristin Dodd, Rich Johnson and Mark Mancuso. She joined the First Alert Weather Team in June 2018. Tara brings some Canadian flavor to the WOWT newsroom: She was born and raised just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia, and spent the majority of her journalism career in the province of Saskatchewan. WICS-TV (Springfield, IL): Former WOWT-TV Meteorologist Cheryl Lemke (@CherylLemkeWICS) has taken on the role of Chief Meteorologist at @wics_abc20. Cheryl Lemke comes to … Saturday was the last day at WRAL-TV for meteorologist Mike Moss, who is retiring. Ashly Richardson joined the WOWT 6 News team in July 2019 as a Daybreak reporter and multimedia journalist. Alana Austin joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau team in August 2017 after spending three years covering national and state politics in Richmond, Virginia at Gray TV's WVIR-TV. Home » Anchor » Malorie Maddox Wikipedia, Age, Husband, WOWT, Salary【 Omaha Bio 】 Malorie Maddox Wikipedia, Age, Husband, WOWT, Salary【 Omaha Bio 】 by Marathi.TV Editorial Team Mar 6, 2020 Dec 30, 2020 Harper Lundgren is a Digital Producer for WOWT 6 News. You know what it is. In 1991, WOWT rebranded its newscasts from Action News 6 to Channel 6 News. Between 2016 and 2019 with Antenna TV on its third subchannel, it aired nightly repeats of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; as mentioned above Carson grew up in Norfolk and started his career with WOWT. Penzkowski, who also goes by the name "Ron Gerard," was communication director for Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle from 2009-2010. The station signed on the air on August 29, 1949 at 12 noon as WOW-TV; it was the first television station in Nebraska and is one of the oldest in the Upper Midwest. However, in 1954, Lincoln was separated from the Omaha market, and WOW-TV resumed sharing ABC programming with KMTV (channel 3) until 1957, when KETV signed on as an ABC affiliate. WOWT had been the first Omaha station to have a 4 p.m. newscast, launching it in 1994. [8], Upon the switch to digital, WOWT aired a 60-second farewell video bookending the analog era from beginning to end. Timothy Knapp joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2018 as Studio Manager and Photojournalist. Peter Zampa joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2015 as a multimedia journalist. In the 1980s and 1990s, he was a … The NWT Group represents top journalists working on English and Spanish [2] The owners operated under a United States Supreme Court ruling which had forced the Woodmen of the World, who had founded WOW in 1923, to divest itself of the radio stations because they threatened the Woodmen's tax-exempt status. This is WOWT, Channel 6.". Cheryl Lemke has been a respected broadcast meteorologist since 1983. Program Alert UNC-CH students could face consequences for … When Meredith sold channel 6 to the San Francisco-based Chronicle Publishing Company in 1975, it changed its call letters to WOWT on July 9, due to FCC restrictions regarding the usage of the same call letters by different owners at the time. WOWT's most famous former employee is former Tonight Show host Johnny Carson, who worked at WOW-TV in the early 1950s in his first television job as host of a program called The Squirrel's Nest, in which he told jokes. However, most Lincoln cable systems opted to continue carrying WOWT. Meteorologists Mike LaPoint and Cheryl Lemke have joined WOWT, the NBC affiliate in Omaha. WOWT and PBS member station KYNE (part of the NET state network) were the only two stations in the Omaha market to shut down their analog signals on the original deadline. In 2006, WOWT lost its longtime spot in first place in most timeslots to KETV, who remains there as of 2020. The station is owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of Hearst Communications. With the acquisition of KSNB-TV in Superior by Gray, that station took over the primary local NBC affiliation and WOWT's place on the Lincoln Time Warner Cable (now Charter Spectrum) system. Meredith Corporation bought WOW-AM-FM-TV in 1951. Taleisha Newbill is a Digital Producer for WOWT 6 News. Lauren is no stranger to the Midwest, coming from WEEK-TV in Peoria, Ill., where she was the weekend anchor and investigative reporter.

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