WXOW-TV
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| La Crosse, Wisconsin | |
| Branding | News 19 |
| Slogan | Your Hometown Team |
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| Subchannels | 19.1 ABC 19.2 The CW Plus |
| Affiliations | American Broadcasting Company |
| Owner | Quincy Newspapers, Inc. (WXOW-WQOW Television, Inc.) |
| First air date | March 7, 1970 |
| Call letters’ meaning | X (for La Crosse) OW (sister station to Madison's WKOW) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 19 (UHF) (March 7. 1970 - February 17, 2009) Digital: 14 (UHF) (Until June 12, 2009) |
| Transmitter Power | 174 kW |
| Height | 348 m |
| Facility ID | 64549 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 43°48′23.5″N 91°22′2.9″W / 43.806528°N 91.367472°W |
| Website | www.wxow.com |
WXOW-TV is an ABC-affiliated television station in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The station broadcasts on digital channel 14. The station is owned and operated by Quincy Newspapers, Inc. Its transmitter is located in La Crescent, Minnesota.
WXOW is a sister station to WQOW-TV in Eau Claire. While WQOW bills itself as a station in its own right, it is considered a semi-satellite of WXOW. The two stations are counted as a single unit for ratings purposes. WXOW is the sole station carried on the DirecTV and Dish Network feeds for the market.
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[edit] History
WXOW signed on the air March 7, 1970 as a semi-satellite of WKOW-TV in Madison. In 1980, it severed the electronic umbilical cord with WKOW and signed on WQOW as a semi-satellite.
WXOW's newscast was aired from 1980-82 and 1990-96 on WQOW. From 1982-90, WXOW provided weather segments during WQOW's newscasts. In the early 2000s, the station also began to operate cable-only WBCZ on channel 15 on most cable systems in the La Crosse area.
WXOW (using a digital subchannel) is an affiliate of The CW Plus which is also shown on cable channel 15.
WXOW began airing solely in digital, effective February 17, 2009,[1] with the analogue WXOW/WQOW transmitters operating for sixty days broadcasting only local news and information about the digital transition.[2] On Thursday June 11th, WXOW moved from their low power Ch. 14 allotment to Ch. 48 at a higher power.
[edit] On-air personalities
- Scott Hackworth (6 & 10 Anchor)
- Molly Nichols (6 & 10 Anchor)
- Dave Solie (Live at Five)
- Amy DuPont (Daybreak Anchor)
- Dan Breeden (Chief Meteorologist)
- Kira Lynne (Weekend Meteorologist)
- Scott Emerich (Sports Director)
- Kenyon Kemnitz (Weekend Sports Anchor/Sports Reporter)
- Sarah Alain (Reporter)
- Jordan Ojanpa (Reporter/Weekend Anchor)
- Shelby Cloke (Reporter)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- WXOW-TV website
- 7 Rivers Region CW website
- Madison group buys WXOW-TV (1995)
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- Query the FCC's TV station database for WXOW-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WXOW-TV
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