WHO-TV

'WHO-TV' is a television station that broadcasts on channel 13 in Des Moines, Iowa and channel 27 in Ottumwa, Iowa. It is affiliated with the NBC television network and serves most of central Iowa. The station transmits from the WOI-Tower in Alleman, Iowa, which is actually owned by WHO-TV's owners.

Contents

History

Personalities and programming

News

Sports

Weather

Secondary Affiliation

See also

References

External links

History

WHO-TV signed on the air on April 26, 1954 as the third television station in Des Moines. It was owned by the Palmer family, owners of WHO radio (AM 1040 and FM 100.3, now KDRB). The Palmers had competed with KIOA for the channel 13 license and won it after reaching a settlement.^[1] It has always been an NBC affiliate.
The Palmers sold off their broadcast holdings in 1996, with WHO-TV and sister station KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City going to The New York Times Company. Up to that time, channel 13 had been the last locally owned commercial station in Des Moines. WHO-AM, which was eventually acquired by Jacor Communications (which later merged with Clear Channel Communications), continued to occupy the same building until it moved to another building in 2005.
WHO-DT began broadcasting in high-definition television during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
WHO's main anchor since 1987, John Bachman, was one of three reporters who interviewed Ronald Reagan, announcer for WHO-AM in the 1930s, at the end of his presidential term. The other two were Larry King and Barbara Walters.
While WHO-TV was co-owned with WHO-AM, it used an owl as its mascot, as WHO-AM still does today.[[1]]
On January 4, 2007, the New York Times Company entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to affiliates of the private equity group Oak Hill Capital Partners. WHO-TV will be operated as part of Local TV LLC, a new broadcasting company owned by Oak Hill.
On May 7th, 2007, Local TV took ownership of WHO-TV.

Personalities and programming

WHO-TV's ''Channel 13 News'' broadcasts ranked second to KCCI in ratings, with the exception of Today in Iowa. They have the first weekend morning newscast in the Des Moines area, as their ''Today in Iowa'' morning news airs seven days a week. WHO-TV also provides aerial coverage of stories with its "Chopper 13" helicopter, Iowa's only television news helicopter.
Current on-air news personalities (as of August 31, 2007) include:

News

★ John Bachman, news anchor of 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts

★ Brooke Bouma, "Today in Iowa" Co-Anchor
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★ Jon Cahill, reporter

★ Patrick Dix, reporter and ''Today in Iowa'' & "News at Noon" co-anchor

★ Brad Ehrlich, ''Today in Iowa'' traffic reporter

★ Sonya Heitshusen, reporter/News at 5 anchor

★ Erin Kiernan, co-anchor, 5, 6, and 10 p.m. newscasts

★ Elizabeth Klinge, reporter and ''Today in Iowa Saturday'' and ''Today in Iowa Sunday'' news anchor

★ Jerry Kluver, Gardening Expert

★ Amanda Krenz, reporter

★ Lynn Melling, reporter/weekend anchor

★ Dave Price, reporter

★ Mark Tauscheck, reporter

★ Jannay Towne, reporter

★ Dan Winters, reporter and anchor of ''Today in Iowa Saturday'' and ''Today in Iowa Sunday''

Sports

★ Heather Burnside, Co-host "SoundOff with Keith Murphy"

★ Chris Hassel, sports reporter & anchor

★ Keith Murphy, sports director, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts

★ Shawn Terrell, weekend sports anchor & reporter

Weather

★ Jeriann Ritter, ''Today in Iowa'' meteorologist

★ Justin Sacher, noon and weekend meteorologist

★ Megan Salois, noon, ''Today in Iowa Saturday'' and ''Today in Iowa Sunday'' meteorologist

★ Ed Wilson, chief meteorologist of 5, 6, and 10 p.m. newscasts
Former on-air news personalities

★ Gary Amble (Now at KCTV-TV Kansas City, MO)

★ Todd Bailey

★ Patrick Bell (Now at WBNS-TV Columbus, OH)

★ Jack Cafferty (Now at CNN)

★ Andy Fales (Now at KMBC-TV Kansas City)

★ Mark Ferree

★ Dave Fraiser (Now Chief Meteorologist KWGN-TV Denver, CO)

★ Kathy Ellis Fraiser (lives in Colorado)

★ Courtney Maxwell Greene (Now Press Secretary to Iowa Governor Chet Culver)

★ Holly Gregory (Now at WGN-TV Chicago, IL)

★ Laurie Groves (Now Public Relations Manager, Iowa Farm Bureau)

★ Loren Halifax (Now Morning Anchor, FOX 4 Kansas City, KS)

★ Jim Hibbs (Now Associate Wixted Pope Nora Thompson & Associates West Des Moines, IA)

★ Lisa Brones Huber (Now Attorney and Director of Client Relations, Middleton Reutlinger, P.S.C.; Louisville, KY)

★ Telly Hughes (Now at KPLR-TV St. Louis, MO)

★ Jacqui Jeras (Now Meteorologist CNN)

★ Kerry Kavanaugh (Now at WFTS-TV Tampa, FL)

★ Mike Keen

★ Scott Lind

★ Mike Lozano (Now retired)

★ Ryan Lund

★ Carol Maloney (Now at MidAtlantic Comcast SportsNet)

★ Mark Meisenheimer (Now Community Relations Associate, Tallgrass Retirement Community, Kansas City, KS)

★ Mary Milz (Now WTHR-TV Indianapolis, IN)

★ Rob Olson (Now at KMSP-TV Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN)

★ Jason Parkin (Now at KCCI-TV Des Moines, IA)

★ Rachael Parker

★ Pat Parris (Now Host FSN Live, FSN Midwest)

★ Tom Patton (Now at WWBT-TV Richmond, VA)

★ Alison Gregory Pope (Now founding partner of Wixted Pope Nora Thompson & Associates)

★ Scott Pope (Owns Racing Horses & Associate Wixted Pope Nora Thompson & Associates Johnston, IA)

★ Melanie Posey (Now at WBRC-TV Birmingham, AL)

★ Katherine Pritchard

★ Cale Ramaker (Now at FOX35-TV Orlando, FL)

★ Susy Robinette (Now at KDSM-TV Des Moines, IA)

★ Jerry Reno (Now Real Estate Agent with Codwell Banker Mid-America Group in Johnston, IA)

★ Emily Schmidt (Now at WJLA-TV Washington DC)

★ Phil Scott

★ Trisha Shepherd (Now at WRTV in Indianapolis)

★ Bobbi Silvernail Bergman (Now at WOI-TV Des Moines, IA)

★ Rick Silvestrini (Now Des Moines area business owner)

★ Kathy Soltero (Was Anchor KCNC-TV Denver, CO, Now Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty in Denver, CO)

★ Jim Strickland (Now at WSB-TV Atlanta, GA)

★ Joe Sullivan (Now wind energy company meteorologist in Minneapolis, Minnesota)

★ Steve Templeton (Now at KMOV-TV St. Louis, MO)

★ Brandon Thomas (Now working for a pharmaceutical company)

★ Sue Toma

★ Mirtha Vaca (Now at KING5-TV Seattle, WA)

★ Therese Thompson Wielage (Now Vice-President, Spindustry Interactive)

★ Eileen Wixted (Now founding partner of Wixted Pope Nora Thompson & Associates)

★ Cal Woods (Now at KDSM-TV Des Moines, IA)

★ Jim Zabel (Now with WHO-AM Radio)
Syndicated programs carried on WHO-TV include the game shows ''Wheel of Fortune'', ''Jeopardy!'', and ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'', as well as the talk shows ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', ''The Montel Williams Show'', and ''Rachael Ray''. Local programs include ''The Insiders,'' a Sunday-morning political talk show moderated by John Bachman, and ''Sound Off'', a Sunday-night sports talk show hosted by Keith Murphy.

Secondary Affiliation

In 2003, WHO-TV Began Airing Select UPN Programs Which Were Dropped From KPWB (Now KCWI). WHO-TV Would Air Various UPN Programs From 12:00 A.M.-1:00 A.M. On Sunday Mornings, And It Would Air WWE Friday Night Smackdown! (Then Called WWE Smackdown) On Sunday Nights At 11:30 P.M.
On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN networks announced that they would cease broadcasting and merge to create a new network. The new combined network would be called The CW, the letters representing the first initial of its corporate parents: CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner.
On February 22, 2006, News Corporation announced that they would start up another new network called My Network TV. The new network, which would be sister to FOX, would be operated by FOX Television Stations, Inc. and its syndication division Twentieth Television. MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming independent. It was also created to compete against The CW.
On March 16th, 2006, then-WB Affilate KPWB Was Comfirmed As The Des Moines Affilate Of The CW. A Few Months Later, My Network TV Annouced That It Would Affilate With A New Station, KDMI-DT.
KDMI-DT Began Broadcasting My Network TV On September 5, 2006. KCWI Began Broadcasting The CW On September 18, 2006. Since Then, WHO-TV Became A Full Time NBC Affilate.

See also

★ ''The Floppy Show'', a long-running children's television series on WHO-TV

References

1. Making Waves: The People and Places of Iowa Broadcasting, , Jeff, Stein, WDG Communications, 2004, ISBN 0-9718323-1-5

External links

★ WHO-TV web site

★ WHO-TV political web site

★ WHO-TV historical artifacts from DesMoinesBroadcasting.com

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