WNDU-TV
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| South Bend, Indiana | |
| Branding | Newscenter 16 |
| Slogan | Your Severe Weather Station |
| Channels | Analog: 16 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | Gray Television, Inc. (Gray Television Licensee, Inc.) |
| First air date | July 15, 1955 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Notre Dame University |
| Former channel number(s) | 46 (1955-1957) |
| Transmitter Power | 4170 kW (analog) 560 kW (digital) |
| Height | 326 m (analog) 282 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 41674 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | (analog) (digital) |
| Website | www.wndu.com |
WNDU-TV is a television station in South Bend, Indiana. The station is an affiliate of the NBC television network. Its transmitter is located in South Bend. WNDU-TV broadcasts in HDTV on Channel 42, additionally simulcasting a local doppler radar image.
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[edit] Station History
WNDU-TV went on the air on July 15, 1955 on Channel 46. It was owned by the University of Notre Dame through a subsidiary, Michiana Television Corporation. In 1957, to much fanfare, WNDU-TV moved to its present-day assignment on Channel 16.
An NBC affiliate from the very beginning, WNDU-TV's early broadcast schedule included programs like Romper Room, and the first local telecast of a Notre Dame football game. WNDU aired the non-commercial Sesame Street from 1970 to 1974 until PBS member station WNIT came on air. WNDU-TV used a helicopter for its news broadcasts from 1980's until 2006. Due to an increased focus on news, WNDU-TV stopped airing Saturday morning cartoons in 1994 to make room for a three-hour newscast. However, WNDU currently airs NBC's qubo programming block for 3 of the four hours on Saturday with the final hour airing on Sunday mornings at 7am due to E/I requirements.
Since its launch, Regis Philbin's talk show has aired on WNDU.
On March 5, 2006, the University of Notre Dame sold the station to Gray Television for $85 million cash, which the university is planning to put into an endowment fund.
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WNDU's current logo. |
[edit] Notable WNDU Staff Members
Many of the WNDU staff members perform double duties as anchors or news correspondents, but only the most significant roles are listed.
- Cindi Clawson - meteorologist (also fills in on CLTV based in Chicago)
- Angelo Di Carlo - sports anchor/reporter
- Alana Greenfogel - reporter
- Mike Hoffman - chief meteorologist and severe weather expert
- Marcie Kobriger - anchor/reporter
- Jeff Jeffers - The Dean of Local Sports
- Erin Logan - anchor/reporter
- Maureen McFadden - anchor
- Terry McFadden - anchor
- Sarah Platt - weekend anchor/reporter
- Mark Peterson - senior reporter
- Joel Schipper - morning reporter/Saturday morning anchor
- Gary Sieber - weekend morning anchor/meteorologist
- Tricia Sloma - morning anchor
- Stephanie Stang - reporter
- Gordy Young - morning anchor/weathercaster
- Ryan Famuliner-reporter
Maureen McFadden and Terry McFadden, who co-anchor evening news on WNDU, are brother and sister.
[edit] Former Personalities
- Dick Addis (weathercaster; died March 19, 2006[1])
- Mike Collins (main anchor, went to competitor WSBT-TV)
- Bonnie Druker (reporter) (went to WISH-TV Indianapolis)
- Dawn Meyer (5PM anchor, now retired)
- Jennie Renevich (reporter,weekend anchor) (now a reporter/weekend anchor at WTHR Indianapolis)
- Jack Nolan (sports anchor) (Now at Notre Dame)
- Jen Strathman (reporter) (now at KSHB-TV)
- Kimberly Torres (reporter)
- Janelle Hall (Reporter) (now at WTAE-TV)
- Virginia Johnson (weekend anchor)
- Jay Hermizinski (weekend anchor)(now at WISH-TV Indianapolis)
- Claudine Wong (reporter, weekend anchor)
- Tiffany Tucker (reporter) (now at KTVU-TV)
- Mike Jacobson (reporter-2000-2002)
[edit] Controversy
Under Notre Dame's ownership, WNDU opted not to air some NBC shows out of concerns over their content; such shows included the animated series God, the Devil and Bob and the American version of the British sitcom Coupling.
[edit] External links
- WNDU Homepage
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WNDU-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WNDU-TV
[edit] References
- ^ Jackson, Adam (2006-03-21). "Weather forecaster Dick Addis dies at 74 ; WNDU-TV weatherman served Michiana for more than three decades", South Bend Tribune. Retrieved on 2008-07-21.
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