WPTV
Encyclopedia
WPTV-TV is the NBC
-affiliated television station
for South Florida
's Gold
and Treasure Coast
s. Licensed to West Palm Beach
, it broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on VHF channel 12 (PSIP virtual channel
5) from a transmitter in Lake Worth
along U.S. 441/SR 7. The station can also be seen on Comcast
channel 3 (in Martin
, Palm Beach
, Okeechobee
, and Southern St. Lucie Counties) and channel 5 (in Indian River
and Northern St. Lucie Counties). There is a high definition feed offered on Comcast digital channel 432. Owned by the E.W. Scripps Company, WPTV has studios on South Australian Avenue in Downtown West Palm Beach (mailing address says Banyan Boulevard also known as 1st Street). Syndicated programming on the station includes: Entertainment Tonight
, The Insider
, Oprah
, The Dr. Oz Show
, and Ellen
.
from 2004 until 2008. On September 6, 2011 WPTV-DT2 became an affiliate of the Live Well Network, and is available on channel 5.2 and where available on Comcast digital channel 216. Live Well Network's programming consists of shows focusing on cooking, fashion and design, healthy living, lifestyle, and travel. WPTV-DT2 offers nearly all of Live Well Network's programming in high definition. WPTV re-airs its weekday noon newscast on this channel from 1-2 PM.
." Crawford later became a fishing reporter for the station.
At that time, it was owned by William Cook and Theodore Granick and there were only 32 employees working at the channel. WJNO was later purchased by the Phipps Family in 1956 and changed the call letters to WPTV. Then in 1961, Mort Watters ,President of Scripps-Howard Broadcasting purchased the station for Scripps Howard.
Under new ownership, the station began expanding. WPTV's current 1,000-foot (305 m
) transmitter tower was built along with new transmission facilities. The station's original West Palm Beach studios were expanded. In May 1971, Scripps Howard built new studios for the station on Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach. During the 1960s and into the early 1970's news director and anchor Bill Gordon, Sports director and anchor Buck Kinnard, Weather anchor Tony Glenn were number one in the TV ratings. In 1976, WPTV began operating the DMA's first live mobile news van.And the first color radar. It remained an NBC affiliate throughout the South Florida network switches of January 1989.
In 1999, it added a new Harris
analog transmitter to improve its signal. The station also built a new 1,325-foot (404 m) transmitter tower. This also gave WPTV a city-grade signal in the northern half of Broward County, including Fort Lauderdale. Its signal in most of Broward County is Grade B not city grade. The upgrade came several years after the NBC owned-and-operated station
WTVJ
in Miami moved from channel 4 at a transmitter on the Broward
and Miami-Dade
County line to channel 6 from a transmitter in Southern Miami-Dade.
On March 16, 2001, the station moved from its facilities on Flagler Drive to a larger, newer, and more advanced complex at Banyan Boulevard & 1st Street on the city's west side, approaching Clear Lake. The building's exteriors were used to depict the exteriors of the fictional television station seen during the second season of the NBC sitcom Good Morning, Miami
. WPTV's "Circle 5" logo is a variation of the one used for many years by Cleveland, Ohio
sister station WEWS-TV
. That channel resurrected the logo in January 2007 albeit in a slightly different form. The station shut-off its analog transmitter at 5:45 in the morning on June 12, 2009 making the conversion to digital-only broadcasting. WPTV shut down analog transmissions , and moved its digital broadcasts to channel 12. However through the use of PSIP
, digital television receivers display its virtual channel
as 5.
It has been announced WPTV will begin operating Fox affiliate WFLX
(owned by Raycom Media
) through a shared services
agreement (SSA). Under the proposed arrangement, this station will provide technical, promotional, and website operations for WFLX. Raycom will continue to program that station and conduct all advertising sales. Around June 1, 2011, WFLX will move operations from its separate facilities on West Blue Heron Boulevard in Riviera Beach
to WPTV's studios. It is unclear if the former will completely vacate its building. The deal is subject to Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) approval.
The station regularly beats cross town rivals WPEC
and WPBF
in Nielsen ratings
as the most watched in West Palm Beach and South Florida. Following the May 2009 sweeps period, WPTV retained its title as the most-watched television station in the state of Florida based on sign-on to sign-off household ratings in metered markets. On August 4, 2007, it became the first station in South Florida to air its local newscasts in high definition. The upgrade resulted in the debut of a new graphics package and weather set with advanced HD equipment.
Along with its main studios, the station operates a bureau in the Stuart News
building on South Federal Highway/US 1
. WPTV also contracts with the Capitol News Service in Tallahassee
to maintain two reporters in a bureau near the State Capitol
. In addition to NBC News
, the station is a CNN
affiliate. WPTV operates a one million watt
weather radar
called "VIPIR 5" at its transmitter site. This is similar to the "CBS 12 StormTrac" system used by WPEC except that the rival gets delayed data from the National Weather Service
.
The news department has been recognized with three regional Edward R. Murrow
awards in the past seven years. In 2001, the station won for its continuing coverage of the 2000 presidential vote
controversy in Palm Beach County
. In 2003, WPTV was recognized in the news documentary category for a story on the desperate conditions in Haiti
. In April 2008, it was recognized for excellence again in the documentary category for an hour-long primetime special on Medicare fraud
produced by its "Contact 5" investigative unit. WPTV is one of many channels that air consumer reports from John Matarese of sister station ABC
affiliate WCPO in Cincinnati. The station outsourced its sports department to ESPN Radio
affiliate WEFL
-AM 760 on January 1, 2010. On January 11, WPTV became the first to air its weekday morning show at 4:30 with the new thirty minute block known as Today on 5: First at 4:30.
It was announced October 22, 2010 WFLX would end a news share agreement with Freedom Communications
-owned WPEC on December 31. On January 1, 2011, WPTV established a new partnership with WFLX and begin producing a two-hour weekday morning show and nightly hour-long prime time newscasts. These shows originate from a secondary set at WPTV's facilities and required the addition of more than a dozen new personnel. This is the first time any of the nine Scripps stations have produced an on-air newscast for a non company-owned channel.
Storm Team 5
Sports (all heard on WEFL-AM 760)
Reporters
Multimedia journalists
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...
-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 South Florida
South Florida metropolitan area
The South Florida metropolitan area, also known as the Miami metropolitan area, and designated the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area by the U.S...
's Gold
Gold Coast (Florida)
The Gold Coast is the region of the southeastern coast of the U.S. state of Florida between Tequesta and Florida City. The region consists of the long urban cluster that runs along the eastern shores of Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade County; also called the South Florida metropolitan area...
and Treasure Coast
Treasure Coast
The Treasure Coast is a region in the U.S. state of Florida, generally considered to include Indian River, St. Lucie, and Martin counties. The area stretches from Hobe Sound in the south to north of Sebastian in the north and includes the cities of Stuart, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, and Vero Beach...
s. Licensed to West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...
, 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 VHF channel 12 (PSIP 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....
5) from a transmitter in Lake Worth
Lake Worth, Florida
Lake Worth is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, which takes its name from the body of water along its eastern border, originally called "Lake Worth", and now generally known as the Lake Worth Lagoon. The lake itself was named for General William J. Worth, who led U.S. forces during the last...
along U.S. 441/SR 7. The station can also be seen on 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 3 (in Martin
Martin County, Florida
Martin County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 126,731. The U.S. Census Bureau 2008 estimate for the county is 138,660. Its county seat is Stuart, Florida.- History :...
, Palm Beach
Palm Beach County, Florida
Palm Beach County is the largest county in the state of Florida in total area, and third in population. As of 2010, the county's estimated population was 1,320,134, making it the twenty-eighth most populous in the United States...
, Okeechobee
Okeechobee County, Florida
Okeechobee County is a county located in the state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 35,910. According to 2005 U.S. Census estimates, its population had grown to 39,836. The county seat is Okeechobee, Florida. The county comprises the Okeechobee, Florida Micropolitan Statistical Area.-...
, and Southern St. Lucie Counties) and channel 5 (in Indian River
Indian River County, Florida
Indian River County is a county located in the Treasure Coast region in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 112,947. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 128,594...
and Northern St. Lucie Counties). There is a high definition feed offered on Comcast digital channel 432. Owned by the E.W. Scripps Company, WPTV has studios on South Australian Avenue in Downtown West Palm Beach (mailing address says Banyan Boulevard also known as 1st Street). Syndicated programming on the station includes: Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, The Insider
The Insider (TV series)
The Insider is an American tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information...
, Oprah
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
, The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show is an American syndicated television talk show, hosted by Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon and teaching professor at Columbia University who became famous for his appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show from 2004 until 2009....
, and Ellen
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
.
Digital programming
Formerly on WPTV-DT2 and Comcast digital channel 216, was a 24-hour local weather channel, known as the VIPIR Plus Channel. Programming consisted of forecasts and live radar. This had been part of NBC Weather PlusNBC Weather Plus
NBC Weather Plus was a 24-hour, commercially sponsored, weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the NBC network. It debuted on November 15, 2004 and shut down on December 31, 2008...
from 2004 until 2008. On September 6, 2011 WPTV-DT2 became an affiliate of the Live Well Network, and is available on channel 5.2 and where available on Comcast digital channel 216. Live Well Network's programming consists of shows focusing on cooking, fashion and design, healthy living, lifestyle, and travel. WPTV-DT2 offers nearly all of Live Well Network's programming in high definition. WPTV re-airs its weekday noon newscast on this channel from 1-2 PM.
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 5.1 | Main WPTV programming / 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... |
| 5.2 | Live Well Network |
History
The station began broadcasting on August 22, 1954 as the primary NBC affiliate for all of South Florida with the call letters WJNO-TV. At sign-on, the first words heard on-air were from Control Room Director Vern Crawford: "The power has just been turned on for WJNO-TV channel 5 by Frank M. Folsom, President of The Radio Corporation of AmericaRCA
RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...
." Crawford later became a fishing reporter for the station.
At that time, it was owned by William Cook and Theodore Granick and there were only 32 employees working at the channel. WJNO was later purchased by the Phipps Family in 1956 and changed the call letters to WPTV. Then in 1961, Mort Watters ,President of Scripps-Howard Broadcasting purchased the station for Scripps Howard.
Under new ownership, the station began expanding. WPTV's current 1,000-foot (305 m
Metre
The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...
) transmitter tower was built along with new transmission facilities. The station's original West Palm Beach studios were expanded. In May 1971, Scripps Howard built new studios for the station on Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach. During the 1960s and into the early 1970's news director and anchor Bill Gordon, Sports director and anchor Buck Kinnard, Weather anchor Tony Glenn were number one in the TV ratings. In 1976, WPTV began operating the DMA's first live mobile news van.And the first color radar. It remained an NBC affiliate throughout the South Florida network switches of January 1989.
In 1999, it added a new Harris
Harris Corporation
Harris Corporation is a Florida-based international communications equipment company that produces wireless equipment, electronic systems, and both terrestrial and spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense, and commercial sectors. It is also the largest private-sector employer in...
analog transmitter to improve its signal. The station also built a new 1,325-foot (404 m) transmitter tower. This also gave WPTV a city-grade signal in the northern half of Broward County, including Fort Lauderdale. Its signal in most of Broward County is Grade B not city grade. The upgrade came several years after the NBC owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
WTVJ
WTVJ
WTVJ, virtual channel 6 , is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC television network, located in Broward County. WTVJ shares its TV studio and office facility with co-owned Telemundo station WSCV in Miramar, Florida, and its transmitter is located near Sun Life Stadium in north...
in Miami moved from channel 4 at a transmitter on the Broward
Broward County, Florida
-2000 Census:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,623,018 people, 654,445 households, and 411,645 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,346 people per square mile . There were 741,043 housing units at an average density of 615 per square mile...
and Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 2,496,435, making it the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States...
County line to channel 6 from a transmitter in Southern Miami-Dade.
On March 16, 2001, the station moved from its facilities on Flagler Drive to a larger, newer, and more advanced complex at Banyan Boulevard & 1st Street on the city's west side, approaching Clear Lake. The building's exteriors were used to depict the exteriors of the fictional television station seen during the second season of the NBC sitcom Good Morning, Miami
Good Morning, Miami
Good Morning, Miami is a sitcom which ran from 2002 to 2004 on NBC. Created by David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, the show focused on the personal and professional life of Jake, the executive producer of the lowest-rated morning show in the country, based in Miami.Though unsuccessful and unacclaimed,...
. WPTV's "Circle 5" logo is a variation of the one used for many years by Cleveland, Ohio
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...
sister station WEWS-TV
WEWS-TV
WEWS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio. WEWS has been owned by the E. W. Scripps Company since its inception, and is an affiliate of the ABC television network...
. That channel resurrected the logo in January 2007 albeit in a slightly different form. The station shut-off its analog transmitter at 5:45 in the morning on June 12, 2009 making the conversion to digital-only broadcasting. WPTV shut down analog transmissions , and moved its digital broadcasts to channel 12. However through the use of 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...
, digital television receivers display its 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....
as 5.
It has been announced WPTV will begin operating Fox affiliate WFLX
WFLX
WFLX is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Gold and Treasure Coasts of South Florida. Licensed to West Palm Beach, the station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 28 from a transmitter in Lake Worth west of US 441/SR 7. The station can also be seen on Comcast...
(owned by Raycom Media
Raycom Media
- History :Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations....
) through a shared services
Shared services
Shared services refers to the provision of a service by one part of an organization or group where that service had previously been found in more than one part of the organization or group. Thus the funding and resourcing of the service is shared and the providing department effectively becomes an...
agreement (SSA). Under the proposed arrangement, this station will provide technical, promotional, and website operations for WFLX. Raycom will continue to program that station and conduct all advertising sales. Around June 1, 2011, WFLX will move operations from its separate facilities on West Blue Heron Boulevard in Riviera Beach
Riviera Beach, Florida
Riviera Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, U.S.A. which was incorporated September 29, 1922. Because of where its eastern boundary lies, it is also the easternmost municipality in the South Florida metropolitan area. The population was 29,884 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the...
to WPTV's studios. It is unclear if the former will completely vacate its building. The deal is subject to 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) approval.
News operation
WPEC
WPEC is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Gold and Treasure Coasts of South Florida. Licensed to West Palm Beach, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter in Lake Worth along U.S. 441/SR 7. The station is the flagship of Freedom Communications...
and WPBF
WPBF
WPBF is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Gold and Treasure Coasts of South Florida. Licensed to Tequesta, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 16 from a transmitter in Palm City southwest of I-95. Owned by Hearst Television, the station has studios on RCA...
in Nielsen ratings
Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
as the most watched in West Palm Beach and South Florida. Following the May 2009 sweeps period, WPTV retained its title as the most-watched television station in the state of Florida based on sign-on to sign-off household ratings in metered markets. On August 4, 2007, it became the first station in South Florida to air its local newscasts in high definition. The upgrade resulted in the debut of a new graphics package and weather set with advanced HD equipment.
Along with its main studios, the station operates a bureau in the Stuart News
Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers
The Treasure Coast Newspapers serve residents in five counties located along the Treasure Coast and The Gold Coast of southeast Florida, one of the wealthiest markets in the country. They are owned by the E. W...
building on South Federal Highway/US 1
U.S. Route 1 in Florida
U.S. Route 1 in Florida runs along the state's east coast from Key West to its crossing of the St. Marys River into Georgia north of Boulogne, and south of Folkston. US 1 was designated through Florida when the U.S. Highway System was established in 1926.US 1 runs in the state of Florida, and...
. WPTV also contracts with the Capitol News Service in 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...
to maintain two reporters in a bureau near the State Capitol
Florida State Capitol
The Florida State Capitol, in Tallahassee, Florida, USA, is the state capitol of the U.S. state of Florida. The building is an architecturally and historically significant building, having been listed on the National Register of Historic Places....
. In addition to NBC News
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
, the station is a CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
affiliate. WPTV operates a one million watt
Watt
The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...
weather radar
Weather radar
Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, estimate its type . Modern weather radars are mostly pulse-Doppler radars, capable of detecting the motion of rain droplets in addition to the...
called "VIPIR 5" at its transmitter site. This is similar to the "CBS 12 StormTrac" system used by WPEC except that the rival gets delayed data from the National Weather Service
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service , once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States government...
.
The news department has been recognized with three regional Edward R. Murrow
Edward R. Murrow
Edward Roscoe Murrow, KBE was an American broadcast journalist. He first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada.Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid, Ed Bliss, and Alexander Kendrick...
awards in the past seven years. In 2001, the station won for its continuing coverage of the 2000 presidential vote
United States presidential election, 2000
The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush , and Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Vice President....
controversy in Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County, Florida
Palm Beach County is the largest county in the state of Florida in total area, and third in population. As of 2010, the county's estimated population was 1,320,134, making it the twenty-eighth most populous in the United States...
. In 2003, WPTV was recognized in the news documentary category for a story on the desperate conditions in Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
. In April 2008, it was recognized for excellence again in the documentary category for an hour-long primetime special on Medicare fraud
Medicare Fraud
In the United States, Medicare fraud is a general term that refers to an individual or corporation that seeks to collect Medicare health care reimbursement under false pretenses...
produced by its "Contact 5" investigative unit. WPTV is one of many channels that air consumer reports from John Matarese of sister station 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 WCPO in Cincinnati. The station outsourced its sports department to ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
affiliate WEFL
WEFL
WEFL is a radio station broadcasting a Sports radio format. Licensed to Tequesta, Florida, USA, the station serves the West Palm Beach area. The station is currently owned by Good Karma Broadcasting.-History:...
-AM 760 on January 1, 2010. On January 11, WPTV became the first to air its weekday morning show at 4:30 with the new thirty minute block known as Today on 5: First at 4:30.
It was announced October 22, 2010 WFLX would end a news share agreement with Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications, Inc. is a media conglomerate in the United States. It owns approximately 100 daily and weekly newspapers in the US, with a combined daily circulation of nearly one million subscribers, and also operates over seventy local news websites...
-owned WPEC on December 31. On January 1, 2011, WPTV established a new partnership with WFLX and begin producing a two-hour weekday morning show and nightly hour-long prime time newscasts. These shows originate from a secondary set at WPTV's facilities and required the addition of more than a dozen new personnel. This is the first time any of the nine Scripps stations have produced an on-air newscast for a non company-owned channel.
Newscast titles
- Dateline 90 (1970s)
- TV-5 Action NewsAction NewsAction News is a local television newscast format in the United States. It was conceived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at WFIL-TV by then-news director Mel Kampmann in 1970 as a response to the "Eyewitness News" format used on rival station KYW-TV...
(1974-early 1980s) - Action 5 News (early 1980s–1993)
- WPTV NewsChannel 5 (1993–present)
Station slogans
- "Part of Your Life" (late 1970s)
- "Action 5 News: The Recognized Authorities" (early 1980s)
- "We're Looking Out For You!" (1984–1989)
- "Your News Leader" (1980s-early 1990s)
- "The 24 Hour News Channel" (early-1990s)
- "Coverage You Can Count On" (1993–2008)
- "Local Coverage You Can Count On" (2008–present)
News team
Anchors- Lauren LaPonzinaLauren LaPonzinaLauren LaPonzina is a television reporter in the West Palm Beach, Florida area. She is a co-anchor of the mid-day WPTV-TV, NBC's affiliate. She also is the anchor for the traffic report every weekday....
- weekday mornings at 4:30 and weekdays at noon (also weekday morning breaking news reporter starting at 5) - John Favole - weekday mornings starting at 5
- Roxanne Stein - weekday mornings starting at 5 and medical reporter (also "Ask The Doctor" segment producer)
- Keli Fulton - weekdays at noon and weekday morning traffic reporter
- Shannon Cake - weeknights at 5 and 10 (WFLX) (also investigative reporter)
- Jay Cashmere - weeknights at 4 (WFLX), 5, and 10 (WFLX)
- Kelley Dunn - weeknights at 6 and 11 (also feature reporter)
- Michael Williams - weeknights at 6 and 11
- Mike Trim - weekend mornings and reporter three nights a week
- Tania Rogers - weekend evenings and reporter (also Hablando Con La Comunidad host)
- Jon Shainman - weekend evenings and reporter
- Monica Magalhaes - Hablando Con La Comunidad host and website producer
Storm Team 5
- Steve Weagle (Certified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified 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,...
) - Chief seen weeknights - Glenn Glazer (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Seal of Approval) - weekday mornings and noon - Kait Parker - weekend mornings
- James Wieland (AMS Seal of Approval) - weekend evenings
Sports (all heard on WEFL-AM 760)
- Joe Girvan - weeknights at 6, 10 (WFLX), and 11
- Jason Pugh - weekend evenings
- Bobby Cline - Football Night in South Florida analyst
Reporters
- John Matarese - "Don't Waste Your Money" segment producer
- Mike Vasilinda - weekday Tallahassee Bureau
- Whitney Ray - Tallahassee Bureau
- Carolyn Scofield - Stuart Bureau
- Katie LaGrone - investigative
- Dan Krauth - investigative
- Capt. Julie Stevens - "Chopper 5"
- Christina Mora
- Evan Axelbank
- Ro Norman
- Liz Flynn
- Ryan Calhoun
- Giovanna Drpic
- Ashleigh Walters
- Jeff Skrzypek (starting in December 2011)
Multimedia journalists
- Mollie Reynolds - website and "5 Clicks" segment producer
- Kristyn Cadell - weekdays at noon, 5, 5:30, and 6
- Rochelle Ritchie
- Vince Norman
- Dan Corcoran