WYZZ-TV

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WYZZ-TV
Bloomington/Peoria, Illinois
Branding Fox 43
Slogan Your Place to Be (general)
An Hour Earlier & Never Too Late (news)
Channels

Digital: 28 (UHF)

Affiliations Fox
Owner Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
(operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.)
(WYZZ Licensee, Inc.)
First air date October 18, 1982
Sister station(s) WMBD-TV
Former callsigns WBLN (1982-1985)
Former channel number(s) 43 Analog (1982-2009)
Former affiliations independent (1982-1986)
Transmitter Power 1 megawatt
Height 293 m
Facility ID 5875
Transmitter Coordinates 40°38′40.5″N 89°10′45.9″W / 40.644583°N 89.179417°W / 40.644583; -89.179417
Website www.centralillinoisproud.com

WYZZ Fox 43 is the only TV station licensed to Bloomington, Illinois. Channel 43 was founded as WBLN by members of Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois on October 18, 1982, but is unrelated to the old WBLN on channel 15 in the 1950s. Channel 43 was later sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station is still owned by Sinclair, but is managed by Nexstar Broadcasting Group as a sister station of WMBD-TV. WYZZ's transmitter is located near a dairy farm in Congerville, Illinois.

In May 2006, Sinclair and Fox Broadcasting Company finalized a six-year affiliation contract extension for Sinclair's 19 Fox affiliates, including WYZZ. WYZZ's affiliation contract now expires in March 2012.[1]

WYZZ-TV broadcasts digitally on UHF channel 28 and (like most Sinclair-owned stations) has been digital-only since February 17, 2009.[2]

Contents

[edit] Current on-air personalities

The rest are reporters/anchors from WMBD-TV.

[edit] Former on-air personalities

  • Maria Henneberry (News anchor)
  • Mitch Robinson (creator and host of the former Fox 43 Kids Club)
  • Missy (of the former Fox 43 Kids Club)
"Mitch & Emmy," creators and hosts of "The Fox 43 Kids Club" shown in 1993. More than 65,000 kids in Central Illinois were members of the club during their tenure.[citation needed]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.. ""Sinclair Secures Renewal of FOX Station Affiliations"". Archived from the original on 2007-04-03. http://www.newscentral.tv/news_releases/2006/release_200652_160.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.  See also Sinclair Broadcast Group second quarter 2006 10-Q SEC filing: "FOX has agreed to provide each affiliate station with two hours of programming on Monday to Friday, seven hours on Saturday and four hours on Sunday. Each Affiliation Agreement will expire on March 6, 2012."
  2. ^ FCC list of full-service US TV stations, February 16, 2009


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