WKBN-TV
Encyclopedia
WKBN-TV is the CBS
-affiliated television station
for Youngstown, Ohio
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 41 from a transmitter at WKBN's studios on Sunset Boulevard in Boardman Township
. Owned by New Vision Television
, WKBN is sister to and shares studios with low-power
Fox affiliate WYFX-LD as well as ABC
affiliate WYTV
. Syndicated
programming on the station includes: Jeopardy!
, Wheel of Fortune
and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
, as well as airing Mr. Food
segments during their noon newscast.
on WKBN-DT2. Both subchannels broadcast at 720p
.
to the air by 56 days. It was owned by the Williamson family along with WKBN radio (AM 570
and FM 98.9, now WMXY
). The radio station was a CBS Radio
affiliate, and out of loyalty, the television station has been a primary CBS affiliate from the beginning. It also had secondary affiliations with ABC and DuMont
. Shortly afterward, WKST-TV in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania
signed-on and took the ABC affiliation. With DuMont off-the-air three years later, WKBN was solely affiliated with CBS by the end of 1956.
In 1997, the Williamsons sold the station to Gocom which later became Piedmont Television
and the station changed its logo and graphics package shortly after. Although WKBN is still a competitive number two to longtime rival WFMJ, it lost the "locally owned-and-operated" edge that WFMJ still maintains to this day with the Maag family. Although most of the Williamsons have moved away from Youngstown, the family still makes major donations to the area. Most notably, Youngstown State University
's Williamson College of Business Administration, which is housed in Williamson Hall, is named in their honor. The Williamsons held onto WKBN-AM-FM until 1999. However, WKBN-TV does retain a news and weather sharing partnership with Clear Channel Communications
, the current owners of its former radio sisters.
The station gained some national attention when embarrassing photos of then-anchorwoman Catherine Bosley
were leaked onto the Internet.
On April 19, 2006, WKBN began airing its digital signal on UHF channel 41. The digital broadcast features CBS programming in high definition (when available) and also carries a simulcast of low-powered sister station WYFX-LP.
On November 15, Piedmont Television announced the sale of WKBN and WYFX to New Vision Television based in Atlanta. The sale closed in early March 2007. Shortly afterward, WKBN began operating longtime rival WYTV in a shared services agreement. This called for the consolidation of their news departments and combined web operations
for sport
s and weather
. The two stations gradually had their on-air look mirror each other while their own respective web sites are now identical.
A new logo for the stations and their websites debuted in January 2009, and the websites were redesigned. A new on-air image, created by John Christopher Burns Design, premiered on February 24, 2009, replacing graphics which date back to 1997. The "WKBN" lettering in the new logo was inspired from the WKBN sign at its historical studios at 3930 Sunset Boulevard.
On February 8, 2009, the station did a "dual HD" test airing both college basketball
on its main digital signal and the Gatorade Duel
(the qualifying race for the Daytona 500
) on 27.2 (which simulcasts WYFX) in a possible attempt to broadcast both signals in high definition full-time. WKBN had to compress both signals to the 720p
format in order to make it possible. It began broadcasting both channels in high definition full-time the next day making WKBN the eighth station nationally to broadcast two subchannels on the same signal in high definition, and currently the only one in the Youngstown market.
The downside to this process is that it reduces the HD picture quality WKBN and WYFX can achieve. This quality difference is noticeable when compared to other stations not compressing their signals. Some refer to this as "HD-Lite".
On the other hand, WKBN's powerful signal provides viewers in the eastern half of the Cleveland DMA an alternative to WJW (FOX) and WOIO (CBS) which broadcast on channels 8 and 10, respectively. VHF has proven to be a problem with digital television and frustrated viewers have had better luck picking up WKBN's UHF signal than with WJW and WOIO's VHF signals.
Unlike most CBS affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone
, WKBN does not air local news weeknights at 5:30, instead airing syndicated programming. The station has aired reruns of The King of Queens
and later Family Feud
in the past. Currently, WKBN airs the syndicated version of Deal or No Deal
.
On Thursday, May 6, 2010, WKBN (along with sister stations FOX Youngstown and WYTV) made the switch to HD broadcasts starting with the 5pm newscasts.
First News weather team
MY Valley Sports
First News reporters
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High School in Youngstown and received a bachelor of science in journalism from Kent State University
. Co-anchor Gina Marinelli once said, "We estimate Tom anchored more than 15,000 newscasts, raising an entire generation of Valley news watchers on his no-nonsense brand of journalism." Holden stepped down from his late news anchor duties in April 2005. He died of complications from a blood infection on June 11, 2005.
while on a vacation with her husband in Key West
, Florida
. The event was filmed and the film of Bosley stripping and posing nude for the crowd was leaked on the Internet about 10 months later. As a result of the negative publicity, she forcibly resigned from the station. Bosley was then replaced by Amber Nicotra as the morning co-anchor on 27 First News This Morning in January 2004. Bosley is currently an anchor and reporter for CBS affiliate WOIO-TV
in Cleveland
.
-born Ode Aduma (born 1943) came to Youngstown in 1952. After a career as a fashion artist at Strouss' Department Store, he joined the station in 1971 as a field reporter in the days when reporters had to shoot their own video. Aduma's distinctive and polished voice on voice-over news stories made him more known than his face with his distinctive outcue, "For Newswatch 27, I'm Ode...Aduma." Nonetheless, Aduma gradually gained more face time over the years, as he eventually became host of Sundays with Ode, a locally-produced public affairs program aired Sunday mornings. Aduma continued to host the program until his retirement in 2005 http://www.vindy.com/news/2005/sep/30/wkbn-tv-newscaster-ode-aduma-retires.
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...
for Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
. 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 at WKBN's studios on Sunset Boulevard in Boardman Township
Boardman, Ohio
Boardman is a census-designated place in Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, just south of Youngstown. Boardman is considered to be a moderately affluent community and is one of two major retail hubs in the greater Youngstown area...
. Owned by New Vision Television
New Vision Television
New Vision Television is a broadcast company based in Los Angeles, California. The company owns or manages 18 television stations in medium sized markets.-New Vision I:...
, WKBN is sister to and shares studios with low-power
Low-power broadcasting
Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area.The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same...
Fox affiliate WYFX-LD as well as ABC
ABC Network
ABC Network may refer to any of the following:*American Broadcasting Company, a private television network in the United States.*Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, regional radio and television broadcaster in Japan....
affiliate WYTV
WYTV
WYTV is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Mahoning Valley of Northeastern Ohio and Northwestern Pennsylvania that is licensed to Youngstown. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 36 from a transmitter on Shady Run Road in Boardman Township...
. 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 the station includes: Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
, Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)
Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin, which premiered in 1975. Contestants compete to solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a large wheel. The title refers to the show's giant carnival wheel that...
and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is an American television quiz show which offers a maximum prize of $1,000,000 for correctly answering 14 consecutive multiple-choice questions of random difficulty. Until 2010, the format required contestants to correctly answer 15 consecutive questions of increasing...
, as well as airing Mr. Food
Mr. Food
Art Ginsburg, commonly known as Mr. Food, is a television chef and best selling author of cookbooks who emphasizes simple recipes. He is the originator of "quick & easy cooking" who, for the past 30+ years, has paved the way for TV food personalities who have followed. With his enthusiastic style,...
segments during their noon newscast.
Digital programming
The station's digital signal is multiplexed. Because WYFX is low-powered, they don't broadcast digital signals of their own. Therefore, there's one airing in high definitionHigh-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...
on WKBN-DT2. Both subchannels broadcast at 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...
.
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 27.1 | Main WKBN-TV programming / CBS |
| 27.2 | Main WYFX programming / FOX |
History
The station went on-the-air January 11, 1953 as the first UHF station in Ohio and the sixth in the nation, beating WFMJ-TVWFMJ-TV
WFMJ-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Youngstown, Ohio. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 20 from a transmitter on Mabel Street in Youngstown. Owned by the Maag family, the station has studios on West Boardman Street in downtown Youngstown. WFMJ-TV is...
to the air by 56 days. It was owned by the Williamson family along with WKBN radio (AM 570
WKBN (AM)
WKBN is an AM radio station in Youngstown, Ohio, USA broadcasting at 570 kHz with a talk radio format. The station also carries games for the Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, and Youngstown State Penguin football and basketball...
and FM 98.9, now WMXY
WMXY
WMXY is a radio station in Youngstown, Ohio, broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary music format. It is the Youngstown affiliate for Delilah in the evening.-History:...
). The radio station was a CBS Radio
CBS Radio
CBS Radio, Inc., formerly known as Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States, third behind main rival Clear Channel Communications and Cumulus Media. CBS Radio owns around 130 radio stations across the country...
affiliate, and out of loyalty, the television station has been a primary CBS affiliate from the beginning. It also had secondary affiliations with ABC and DuMont
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...
. Shortly afterward, WKST-TV in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania
New Castle, Pennsylvania
New Castle is a city in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Pittsburgh and near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border just east of Youngstown, Ohio; in 1910, the total population was 36,280; in 1920, 44,938; and in 1940, 47,638. The population has fallen to 26,309 according to the...
signed-on and took the ABC affiliation. With DuMont off-the-air three years later, WKBN was solely affiliated with CBS by the end of 1956.
In 1997, the Williamsons sold the station to Gocom which later became Piedmont Television
Piedmont Television
Piedmont Television was a broadcasting company in the United States that owned television stations in smaller markets. The company was based in Charlotte, North Carolina....
and the station changed its logo and graphics package shortly after. Although WKBN is still a competitive number two to longtime rival WFMJ, it lost the "locally owned-and-operated" edge that WFMJ still maintains to this day with the Maag family. Although most of the Williamsons have moved away from Youngstown, the family still makes major donations to the area. Most notably, Youngstown State University
Youngstown State University
Youngstown State University, founded in 1908, is an urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. As of fall 2010, there were 15,194 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. It is recognized as being one of the premier schools in the country, comparable to Ivy League...
's Williamson College of Business Administration, which is housed in Williamson Hall, is named in their honor. The Williamsons held onto WKBN-AM-FM until 1999. However, WKBN-TV does retain a news and weather sharing partnership with Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
, the current owners of its former radio sisters.
The station gained some national attention when embarrassing photos of then-anchorwoman Catherine Bosley
Catherine Bosley
Catherine Bosley is an television news anchorwoman.Bosley was born in Lake County, Ohio, and graduated from Harbor High School, near Painesville, in 1985. She began working at age 17 at the local Hills Department Store as a cashier, staying there through her first year of college at Kent State...
were leaked onto the Internet.
On April 19, 2006, WKBN began airing its digital signal on UHF channel 41. The digital broadcast features CBS programming in high definition (when available) and also carries a simulcast of low-powered sister station WYFX-LP.
On November 15, Piedmont Television announced the sale of WKBN and WYFX to New Vision Television based in Atlanta. The sale closed in early March 2007. Shortly afterward, WKBN began operating longtime rival WYTV in a shared services agreement. This called for the consolidation of their news departments and combined web operations
My Valley (Youngstown)
My Valley is a branding used by New Vision Television for its Youngstown, Ohio properties, which it acquired in late 2006. NVT owns CBS affiliate WKBN-TV and Fox affiliate WYFX-LD outright, while NVT also operates ABC affiliate WYTV and its MyNetworkTV digital subchannel MyYTV through a shared...
for sport
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
s and weather
Weather
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. Most weather phenomena occur in the troposphere, just below the stratosphere. Weather refers, generally, to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate...
. The two stations gradually had their on-air look mirror each other while their own respective web sites are now identical.
A new logo for the stations and their websites debuted in January 2009, and the websites were redesigned. A new on-air image, created by John Christopher Burns Design, premiered on February 24, 2009, replacing graphics which date back to 1997. The "WKBN" lettering in the new logo was inspired from the WKBN sign at its historical studios at 3930 Sunset Boulevard.
On February 8, 2009, the station did a "dual HD" test airing both college basketball
College basketball
College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
on its main digital signal and the Gatorade Duel
Gatorade Duel
The Gatorade Duel is NASCAR Sprint Cup Series preliminary event to the Daytona 500 held annually in February at Daytona International Speedway. It consists of two races, and serves as a qualifying race for the Daytona 500...
(the qualifying race for the Daytona 500
Daytona 500
The Daytona 500 is a -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is one of four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule....
) on 27.2 (which simulcasts WYFX) in a possible attempt to broadcast both signals in high definition full-time. WKBN had to compress both signals to the 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...
format in order to make it possible. It began broadcasting both channels in high definition full-time the next day making WKBN the eighth station nationally to broadcast two subchannels on the same signal in high definition, and currently the only one in the Youngstown market.
The downside to this process is that it reduces the HD picture quality WKBN and WYFX can achieve. This quality difference is noticeable when compared to other stations not compressing their signals. Some refer to this as "HD-Lite".
On the other hand, WKBN's powerful signal provides viewers in the eastern half of the Cleveland DMA an alternative to WJW (FOX) and WOIO (CBS) which broadcast on channels 8 and 10, respectively. VHF has proven to be a problem with digital television and frustrated viewers have had better luck picking up WKBN's UHF signal than with WJW and WOIO's VHF signals.
News team
WKBN airs five daily newscasts on weekdays. The weekday morning show, 27 First News This Morning, began in 1992. There is a talk show on Sunday mornings, hosted by Dee Crawford, who interviews various people from the area. On December 10, 2007, WKBN and Parkin Broadcasting (owner of WYTV) made the announcement that this station was to start producing WYTV's newscasts. Because of this arrangement, there were several layoffs including WKBN's Joe Bell and Tricia Perry who were veteran reporters at the station for many years. The station also produces weekday morning and nightly 10 o'clock newscasts for WYFX.Unlike most CBS 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...
, WKBN does not air local news weeknights at 5:30, instead airing syndicated programming. The station has aired reruns of The King of Queens
The King of Queens
The King of Queens is an American sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007.This show was produced by Hanley Productions and CBS Productions , CBS Paramount Television ,and CBS Television Studios in association with Columbia TriStar Television , and Sony Pictures...
and later Family Feud
Family Feud
Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people...
in the past. Currently, WKBN airs the syndicated version of Deal or No Deal
Deal or No Deal (U.S. syndicated game show)
Deal or No Deal is an American game show, a daytime version of the American series of the same name that is syndicated by NBCUniversal Television Distribution. It premiered on September 8, 2008 and is hosted by Howie Mandel. The format is similar to the UK version of the show...
.
On Thursday, May 6, 2010, WKBN (along with sister stations FOX Youngstown and WYTV) made the switch to HD broadcasts starting with the 5pm newscasts.
Current on-air staff
First News anchors- Jeff Levkulich - weekday mornings from 5-7 a.m. and noon
- Amy Radinovic - weekday mornings from 5-7 a.m.
- Dave Sess - weeknights at 6, 10 (on WYFX), and 11 p.m.
- Dan Martin - weekends at 6 and 11 p.m. & weeknight reporter
- Teresa Weakley - weeknights at 6, 10 (on WYFX), and 11 p.m.
First News weather team
- Don Guthrie - chief meteorologist - weekday nights at 10 and 11 p.m.
- Rich Morgan - weekday mornings and noon
- Paul Wetzl - weekend meteorologist
- Ryan Halicki - Fill-in meteorologist and reporter
MY Valley Sports
- Ryan Allison - sports director, weeknights at 6 & 11 p.m.
- Joe Aulisio - assistant director, weeknights at 10 p.m. (on WYFX) and fill-in on WKBN
- Chad Krispinsky - weekends and reporter
- Kristi Braham- Sports Reporter
First News reporters
- Greta Mittereder - morning show live reporter
- Dennis Biviano - morning show live reporter
- Gerry Ricciutti - chief reporter seen weeknights at 5 & 6
- Peggy Sinkovich - Trumbull County Reporter
- Roxann Sebest - weeknight reporter
- Miriam Hobbs - weeknight reporter
- Jason Vinkler - weeknight reporter
- Natalie JovonavichReporter
- Kirsti Zontini- Fill-in Weather
- Patty Coller - reporter / fill-in weather
- Dee Crawford - Community affairs director
--99.28.72.62 (talk) 01:47, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
Tom Holden (1938–2005)
For more than 30 years, Tom Holden was the face of Youngstown television news. Holden joined the WKBN news team in March 1972 as a reporter and sportscaster. He was made anchor of the evening newscasts in 1974, a position he held until shortly before his death. Known as "Hootie" to his friends, Holden was born in Youngstown in 1938. He graduated from Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
High School in Youngstown and received a bachelor of science in journalism from Kent State University
Kent State University
Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...
. Co-anchor Gina Marinelli once said, "We estimate Tom anchored more than 15,000 newscasts, raising an entire generation of Valley news watchers on his no-nonsense brand of journalism." Holden stepped down from his late news anchor duties in April 2005. He died of complications from a blood infection on June 11, 2005.
Catherine Bosley
Anchorwoman Catherine Bosley became a full-time night-side crime reporter and back-up anchor at the station in 2000. In 2001, she was named morning show co-anchor at WKBN and became the noon show anchor in 2003. However, that spring, Bosley participated in a wet t-shirt contestWet T-shirt contest
A wet T-shirt contest is an exhibitionistic beauty contest that typically features young women performing at a nightclub, bar, or resort. They have traditionally been a staple of college spring break celebrations at locations such as Daytona Beach and Cancún.Contest participants generally wear...
while on a vacation with her husband in Key West
Key West, Florida
Key West is a city in Monroe County, Florida, United States. The city encompasses the island of Key West, the part of Stock Island north of U.S. 1 , Sigsbee Park , Fleming Key , and Sunset Key...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. The event was filmed and the film of Bosley stripping and posing nude for the crowd was leaked on the Internet about 10 months later. As a result of the negative publicity, she forcibly resigned from the station. Bosley was then replaced by Amber Nicotra as the morning co-anchor on 27 First News This Morning in January 2004. Bosley is currently an anchor and reporter for CBS affiliate WOIO-TV
WOIO
WOIO, virtual channel 19 , is the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. It is licensed to the nearby suburb of Shaker Heights. WOIO is owned by Raycom Media and its sister station to MyNetworkTV affiliate WUAB . The two stations share a studio facility in Cleveland and WOIO's transmitter is located in...
in Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
.
Ode Aduma
New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
-born Ode Aduma (born 1943) came to Youngstown in 1952. After a career as a fashion artist at Strouss' Department Store, he joined the station in 1971 as a field reporter in the days when reporters had to shoot their own video. Aduma's distinctive and polished voice on voice-over news stories made him more known than his face with his distinctive outcue, "For Newswatch 27, I'm Ode...Aduma." Nonetheless, Aduma gradually gained more face time over the years, as he eventually became host of Sundays with Ode, a locally-produced public affairs program aired Sunday mornings. Aduma continued to host the program until his retirement in 2005 http://www.vindy.com/news/2005/sep/30/wkbn-tv-newscaster-ode-aduma-retires.
Newscast titles
- News Today (1950s)
- Newswatch 27 (??-1994)
- 27 First News (1994-present)
Station slogans
- We've Got the Touch, You and 27 (1983–1984; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
- You and 27, We've Got the Touch (1984-1985; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
- 27 Cares (1986–1996)
- Where the News Is First (1994-1997)
- The Address Is TV-27, Welcome Home (1997-2000; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
- Where Your News Comes First (1997–present)