WBOY-TV

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WBOY-TV, digital channel 12, is the NBC-affiliated television station for Clarksburg, West Virginia. Its transmitter is located in the town. Owned by West Virginia Media Holdings, the station has studios on West Pike Street in central Clarksburg. Syndicated programming on WBOY includes: Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Oprah, and Dr. Phil.

WBOY's main channel, 12.1, carries NBC-HD programming. The station operates WBOY-DT2 "Your ABC" on its second digital subchannel 12.2. "Your ABC" is offered on Comcast digital cable channel 112 and Time Warner channel 14, with a high definition signal on Time Warner digital channels 211 and 711. It is also offered on SuddenLink, Rapid, Philippi Communications, Whitmer and Woodland. It is also the only ABC affiliate on Dish Network in the DMA.

WBOY identifies itself as "Clarksburg / Morgantown / Fairmont" even though Morgantown is located in the Pittsburgh television market. This is because it operates a bureau in Morgantown, making it the only station to broadcast from there.

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed.

Channel	Programming
12.1	main WBOY-TV programming / NBC HD
12.2	WBOY-DT2 "Your ABC"

History

The station was launched on November 17, 1957. It was the second television station in its small market. WBOY was originally intended to be the ABC affiliate for all of north-central West Virginia. However, the market's intended NBC affiliate, Parkersburg's WTAP-TV, did not have a signal strong enough to reach Clarksburg and Weston. North-central West Virginia is a very rugged dissected plateau and WTAP's signal on UHF channel 15 was not strong enough to carry across the terrain. After it became clear that Parkersburg and Clarksburg were going to be separate markets, WBOY joined NBC and remains with the network to this day. However, it retained a secondary ABC affiliation for many years. In 2001, Hearst-Argyle Television (owner of Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV) acquired WBOY along with ABC affiliate WMUR-TV in Manchester, New Hampshire from Imes Communications of Mississippi. Hearst-Argyle's acquisition of WBOY was finalized on April 30 of that year. Almost immediately, Hearst-Argyle sold WBOY to West Virginia Media Holdings (which was creating a statewide "network" of stations to share resources) in September of that year with the sale closing on December 13. It is the only primary station owned by the company to not be affiliated with CBS, as well as the only station that leads its market ratings.

Along with sister station WTRF-TV in Wheeling, WBOY launched a new second digital subchannel with ABC programming on August 1, 2008 bringing programming from that network back to the station. Previously, both the Clarksburg / Weston / Fairmont market and the Wheeling / Steubenville market were served by WTAE-TV as the de facto affiliate, while WDTV aired selected ABC sports programming.

WBOY's broadcasts have been digital-only since February 17, 2009.

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

• WBOY-TV News (1957-1961)
• The Six O'Clock Report/The Eleven O'Clock Report (1961-1966)
• Eyewitness News (1966-1975)
• TV-12 News (1975-1982)
• Newswatch 12 (1982-1989)
• News 12 (1989-1994)
• Team 12 News (1994-2001)
• 12 News (2001-present)

Station Slogans

• WBOY, We're West Virginia's TV Station (early 1970s)
• On Top of it All (mid 1970s)
• 12 Country (late 1970s)
• TV-12, Proud as a Peacock! (1980-1982; localized version of NBC campaign)
• Always One Step Ahead (mid 1980s)
• Your 24 Hour News Source (early 1990s)
• Where the News Comes First (mid-late 1990s)
• Your Town. Your State. Your Future. (2004-present)

News operation

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WBOY's weeknight 5 o'clock news open.

After being acquired by West Virginia Media Holdings, the station upgraded its news operation and built secondary studios in Morgantown on Scott Avenue. A major emphasis was placed on news from that town in the hopes of increasing ratings and thus getting the town reassigned to the Clarksburg / Fairmont market. The move made WBOY the #1 rated station in Monongalia County according to the Nielsen Ratings, beating even the Pittsburgh Stations. WBOY also produces a large amount of sports content relative to West Virginia University, located in that town, for use by the other member stations. Today, it is the only West Virginia Media Holdings station to have the lead in local news ratings in its respective market. West Virginia Media Holdings produces a half-hour newscast called West Virginia Tonight Live that originates from the Morgantown newsroom. It airs weeknights at 5:30 simultaneously on WBOY, WTRF (in Wheeling), and WVNS-TV (in Beckley). West Virginia Tonight Live is also simulcasted on independent station WJAL. When WBOY launched the ABC affiliate on its second digital subchannel, it resulted in the debut of the market's first weeknight 7 o'clock newscast. Known as 12 News Live on ABC, it broadcasts exclusively on the ABC station. Otherwise, WBOY-DT2 simulcasts the weekday editions of 12 News at 6 A.M., Noon, 6, and 11 P.M. In addition, there is a public affairs program called Decision Makers. Hosted by company president and CEO, Bray Cary, it airs on Saturday mornings at 9 and Sunday mornings at 8 on all West Virginia Media Holdings stations.

News team

Anchors

• Sarah Kapis - weekday mornings and Harrison County reporter
• Don Graye - weekday mornings and Noon
  • reporter
• Albert Zipp - Managing Editor seen weeknights at 5, 7, and 11
• April Kaull - weeknights at 5:30 and 6
  • Morgantown News Manager
• Courtney Dunn - weekends and Morgantown Bureau Chief
  • producer
• Karen Kiley - weekends and Marion / Taylor Counties Bureau Chief

StormTracker 12 Meteorologists

• Jason Parrish (AMS and NWA Seals of Approval) - Chief seen weeknights
• Josh Fosbrink - weekday mornings and Noon
• Jason Kratzwald - weekends

Sports

• Scott Grayson - Director seen weeknights at 6, 7, and 11
• Amanda McCall - weekends and sports reporter
• Dave Stingo - NASCAR commentator and General Sales Manager

Reporters

• Macall Allen - Monongalia and Preston Counties
• Hilary Magacs - Upshur and Randolph Counties Bureau Chief
• Michael Corley - Chief photographer
• Chris Marrs - photographer and videojournalist
• Jeff Schrock - photographer
• Darren Queen - photographer
• Dani DeVito
• Susan Sullivan
• Stacy Moniot

Former staff

• Spencer Adkins - (now the Chief Meteorologist at sister WOWK)
• Valerie Abati - (now evening Meteorologist at WLWT-TV)
• Gary Bowden - (Owns his own Advertising Agency - Gary Bowden Marketing)
• Greg Chandler - (now at KQDS-TV in Duluth, MN)
• Christine D'Antonio - (now known as Christine Kennedy at WITN-TV in Washington, NC)
• Josh DeVine - (now at WSMV-TV in Nashville, TN)
• Bob Fulton - (now with Dominion Power media relations)
• Gabe Gutierrez - (now at WJRT-TV in Flint, MI)
• Sarah Lieu - (consumer reporter for West Virginia Media Holdings group)
• Steven Ring - (now at WRBL in Columbus, GA)
• Natalie Tennant - (incoming WV Secretary of State, beginning 2009)
• Erik Wells - (Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate)
• Lorie Wyant - (now Lorie Stingo, works for the FBI in Clarksburg)
• Adam Joseph - (now at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia)
• Mike Simons - (died at the age of 49 from complications after a bone marrow transplant)
• Brian Slocum - (now at WXII-TV in Winston-Salem, NC)
• Kristie Kubovic - (now at WLEX-TV in Lexington, KY)
• John Rodgers - (now at WCAV/WVAW-LP/WAHU-CA in Charlottesville, VA)
• Julie Chin - (now at KJRH-TV in Tulsa)
• Joe Porter - (now working as a music producer in Chicago)
• Chris Clark - (now at BayNews 9 in Tampa)
• Pete Yanity - (now at WSPA-TV in Spartanburg, SC)
• Jim Valliere - (now at Pinellas County Government, Clearwater, FL)
• Eric Minor - (now at WTOV-TV Steubenville, Oh/Wheeling, WV)
• Lauren Hills - (now at WNCN in Raleigh, North Carolina)
• Denise Alex - (now at The Ohio News Network, Columbus, Ohio)
• Janis Edmon - (now at KFMB-TV in San Diego)

External links

• WBOY-TV "12 News"
• WBOY wireless
• WBOY-DT2 "Your ABC"
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