WLOV-TV
Encyclopedia
WLOV-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station
for Northern Mississippi
and portions of West Alabama licensed to West Point, Mississippi
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 16 (or virtual channel
27.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on County Road
70 in Woodland, Mississippi
. The station can also be seen on Cable One
channel 9 and Comcast
channel 11. There is a high definition feed provided on Cable One digital channel 475 and Comcast digital channel 1011. Locally-owned, WLOV is operated by NBC
affiliate WTVA
through a local marketing agreement
(LMA). The two outlets share studios with ABC
affiliate WKDH
on County Road
681 in Saltillo, Mississippi
. Syndicated
programming on this station includes The Big Bang Theory
, Two and a Half Men
, Judge Judy
, and Judge Joe Brown among others.
.
in Hamilton, Bermuda
) on May 29, 1983
as the third commercial
station in the market
. Although it was supposed to launch on May 1, equipment and weather delays pushed the date back. Originally owned by Venture Systems and airing an analog
signal on UHF channel 27, WVSB immediately took the ABC affiliation from WTVA where the network had been offered in a secondary nature. From its start, the station had the disadvantage of being a UHF-band television outlet competing with two other well established VHF channels.
Love Communications would buy WVSB in 1991 and changed the call sign to WLOV-TV (a play on the company name). Despite efforts to educate viewers about obtaining the station, competition from WCBI-TV
and WTVA was fierce. In May of 1992, it entered into a program service agreement (predecessor to local marketing agreement) with Tupelo
's WTVA. On November 25 of that year, the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) cleared the deal allowing WLOV to move its facilities from West Point to Tupelo. At first, WLOV moved into offices in the Tupelo Community Antenna (now Comcast) building, but it was eventually integrated into WTVA's studios in Saltillo. Lingard Broadcasting purchased the station in August of 1994 while continuing the partnership with WTVA. At the same time, this outlet began carrying programming from Fox in a secondary nature.
In November of 1995, WLOV picked up the News Corporation
-owned network full-time resulting in ABC being dropped. This move left Northeastern Mississippi and the part of West Alabama the station served without a local affiliate until the launch of WKDH on June 18, 2001. During that period, cable
systems in the area piped in WPTY-TV
from Memphis, Tennessee
or WCFT-TV
from Birmingham, Alabama
. WLOV's digital signal on UHF channel 16 signed-on August 22, 2004 and upgraded to full-powered high definition level in April of 2007. The station ceased analog transmission in 2009 and remained on its pre-transitional digital channel allotment. On April 1 of that year, WLOV launched a new second digital subchannel
to be the market's This TV affiliate. Although not initially carried on digital cable systems, WLOV-DT2 was eventually picked up by carriage agreements.
digital subchannel (which had just affiliated with new Fox sister service MyNetworkTV
three days earlier). On April 20, 2009, WTVA became the first station in the market and second in the state to upgrade local news to high definition. Compared nationwide, it was the smallest market outlet that made the change. WLOV News at Nine would not be included in the upgrade until June 22.
Anchors
Reporters
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 Northern Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
and portions of West Alabama licensed to West Point, Mississippi
West Point, Mississippi
West Point is a city in Clay County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 12,145 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Clay County and the principal city of the West Point Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Columbus-West Point Combined Statistical...
. 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 16 (or virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
27.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on County Road
Chickasaw County, Mississippi
-National protected areas:* Natchez Trace Parkway * Tombigbee National Forest -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 19,440 people, 7,253 households, and 5,287 families residing in the county. The population density was 39 people per square mile . There were 7,981 housing units at an...
70 in Woodland, Mississippi
Woodland, Mississippi
Woodland is a village in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 159 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Woodland is located at ....
. The station can also be seen on Cable One
Cable One
Cable ONE is a United States cable service provider and subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, functioning as its own self-contained corporation within its parent company. The company's name and current focus dates back to 1997; prior to that time the company was known as Post-Newsweek Cable...
channel 9 and Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
channel 11. There is a high definition feed provided on Cable One digital channel 475 and Comcast digital channel 1011. Locally-owned, WLOV is operated 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...
affiliate WTVA
WTVA
WTVA is the NBC-affiliated television station for Northern Mississippi and Northwestern Alabama licensed to Tupelo, Mississippi. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter on County Road 70 in Woodland, Mississippi. The station can also be seen on Cable One...
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 outlets share studios 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...
affiliate WKDH
WKDH
WKDH is the ABC-affiliated television station for Northern Mississippi and Northwestern Alabama licensed to Houston, Mississippi. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 45 from a transmitter on County Road 70 in Woodland, Mississippi. The station can also be seen on Comcast...
on County Road
Lee County, Mississippi
-National protected areas:* Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site* Natchez Trace Parkway * Tupelo National Battlefield-History:On September 20, 1816, General Andrew Jackson, David Meriwether, and the Chickasaw Nation signed the Treaty of Chickasaw Council House in Lee County.Lee County was...
681 in Saltillo, Mississippi
Saltillo, Mississippi
Saltillo is a town in Lee County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,393 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Saltillo is located at ....
. 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 this station includes The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the show, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers...
, Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake...
, 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...
, and Judge Joe Brown among others.
Digital programming
On WLOV-DT2, Comcast digital channel 420, and Cable One digital channel 476 is This TVThis TV
This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
.
| Channels (physical/virtual) | Name | Video | Aspect 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,... |
Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.1/27.1 | WLOV-HD | 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... |
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 ... |
main WLOV programming/Fox (HD) |
| 16.2/27.2 | WLOV-DT2 | 480i 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... |
4:3 | "This West Point" (SD) |
History
The station signed-on as WVSB-TV (not related to VSB-TVVSB-TV
VSB-TV is the NBC television affiliate for Hamilton, Bermuda. The station broadcasts on channel 11. In addition to carrying the full NBC network East Coast feed, VSB locally produces a half-hour nightly newscast at 7 p.m., preceding the NBC Nightly News...
in Hamilton, Bermuda
Hamilton, Bermuda
Hamilton is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. It is the territory's financial centre and a major port and tourist destination.-Geography:...
) on May 29, 1983
1983 in television
The year 1983 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1983.For the American TV schedule, see: 1983-84 United States network television schedule.-Events:...
as the third commercial
Commercial broadcasting
Commercial broadcasting is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship...
station in the 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...
. Although it was supposed to launch on May 1, equipment and weather delays pushed the date back. Originally owned by Venture Systems and airing an analog
Analog television
Analog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal...
signal on UHF channel 27, WVSB immediately took the ABC affiliation from WTVA where the network had been offered in a secondary nature. From its start, the station had the disadvantage of being a UHF-band television outlet competing with two other well established VHF channels.
Love Communications would buy WVSB in 1991 and changed the call sign to WLOV-TV (a play on the company name). Despite efforts to educate viewers about obtaining the station, competition from WCBI-TV
WCBI-TV
WCBI-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Northern Mississippi and Northwestern Alabama licensed to Columbus. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 35 from a transmitter in Northwestern Clay County. The station can also be seen on Cable One channel 7 and Comcast...
and WTVA was fierce. In May of 1992, it entered into a program service agreement (predecessor to local marketing agreement) with Tupelo
Tupelo, Mississippi
Tupelo is the largest city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. It is the seventh largest city in the state of Mississippi, smaller than Meridian, and larger than Greenville. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city's population was 34,211...
's WTVA. On November 25 of that year, 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) cleared the deal allowing WLOV to move its facilities from West Point to Tupelo. At first, WLOV moved into offices in the Tupelo Community Antenna (now Comcast) building, but it was eventually integrated into WTVA's studios in Saltillo. Lingard Broadcasting purchased the station in August of 1994 while continuing the partnership with WTVA. At the same time, this outlet began carrying programming from Fox in a secondary nature.
In November of 1995, WLOV picked up the 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...
-owned network full-time resulting in ABC being dropped. This move left Northeastern Mississippi and the part of West Alabama the station served without a local affiliate until the launch of WKDH on June 18, 2001. During that period, cable
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
systems in the area piped in WPTY-TV
WPTY-TV
WPTY-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for west Tennessee that is licensed to Memphis. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 25 from a transmitter in the Brunswick section of Arlington. Owned by Newport Television, the station is sister to CW affiliate WLMT and Fox...
from Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
or WCFT-TV
WBMA-LP
WBMA-LD, channel 58, is the ABC television affiliate for Birmingham and central Alabama. Its transmitter is located in Birmingham, while its studio is in Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham....
from Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
. WLOV's digital signal on UHF channel 16 signed-on August 22, 2004 and upgraded to full-powered high definition level in April of 2007. The station ceased analog transmission in 2009 and remained on its pre-transitional digital channel allotment. On April 1 of that year, WLOV launched a new second digital subchannel
Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
to be the market's This TV affiliate. Although not initially carried on digital cable systems, WLOV-DT2 was eventually picked up by carriage agreements.
Newscasts
In March of 2000, WTVA began producing a Sunday through Friday night prime time newscast on this station. Currently known as WLOV News at Nine, this broadcast can be seen for thirty minutes. It began to have competition on September 8, 2008 when WCBI added a weeknight-only half-hour newscast on its secondWCBI-DT2
WCBI-DT2 is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Northern Mississippi and Northwestern Alabama. The station is a second digital subchannel of CBS affiliate WCBI-TV owned by Morris Multimedia. Over-the-air, it broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 35.2 from a...
digital subchannel (which had just affiliated with new Fox sister service MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
three days earlier). On April 20, 2009, WTVA became the first station in the market and second in the state to upgrade local news to high definition. Compared nationwide, it was the smallest market outlet that made the change. WLOV News at Nine would not be included in the upgrade until June 22.
Anchors
- Julee Brown - weeknight news and reporter
- C.J. LeMaster - Sunday news and reporter
- Stan Allen - West Point of View and Community Edition host
- Terry Smith - Managing EditorManaging editorA managing editor is a senior member of a publication's management team.In the United States, a managing editor oversees and coordinates the publication's editorial activities...
and Focus host - Matt Laubhan (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,...
Seal of Approval) - Chief Meteorologist seen weeknights - Dick Rice - Chief Meteorologist EmeritusEmeritusEmeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
and fill-in - John Dolusic - Sunday meteorologist
- Jim Holder - weeknight sports
- Drew Goldfarb - Sunday sports and sports reporter
Reporters
- Wayne Hereford - photographer and fill-in news anchor
- Jeff Bryant - photographer and associate producer
- David Chimahusky - photographer
- Alvin Ivy - photographer
- Susan Parker
- Keegan Foxx
- Robert Byers
- Sunya Walls
- Drew Powell
- Justin Lewis
- Allie Ware