WKOW-TV

'WKOW-TV' channel 27 / digital 27.1 is an ABC affiliate in Madison, Wisconsin. The station is owned by Quincy Newspapers. Its transmitter is located in Madison.

Contents

History

On-air personalities

Former On-air personalities

Reference

External links

History

Established June 30, 1953; Madison's first television station, WKOW-TV 27, signed on the air as a CBS affiliate; it also carried a secondary affiliation with ABC; shared with WMTV. When WISC-TV came on the air in 1956, it became the sole CBS outlet. WKOW has remained with ABC ever since. In June 2001, Quincy Newspapers purchased from Shockley Communications Corporation the five Wisconsin ABC stations: WKOW - Madison; WAOW - Wausau; WQOW - Eau Claire; WYOW - Eagle River and WXOW - La Crosse. Nationally, WKOW-TV was the smallest television station to broadcast in HDTV. The first broadcast on WKOW-DT Channel 26 aired October 29, 1998.
WKOW used the slogan "Eye Witness News" until 1995, "Straight to the point" until 2003, and now uses "Making a difference".

On-air personalities

★ Greg Jeschke, Anchor (5:00,6:00, 10:00)

★ Bob Lindmeier, Chief Meteorologist (5:00,6:00,6:30,10:00)

★ Jake Zimmermann, Sports Director (5:00,6:00,10:00)

★ Kim Sveum, Anchor (5:00)

★ Barbara Vaughan, Morning Anchor

★ Roland Beres, Morning and 11am Anchor

★ Vanessa Shirley, Weekend Anchor/Reporter

★ Mitch Weber, Weekend Anchor/Reporter

★ Carl Agnelly, Reporter

★ Tony Galli, Reporter

★ Dan Cassuto, Reporter

★ Sean Towle, Rock County Reporter

★ Dave Sniadak, Sports Anchor/Reporter

★ Paul Garcia, Sports Anchor/Reporter

★ Brian Olson, Morning and 11am Meteorologist

Former On-air personalities

★ Jay Wilson, Sports Director (retired)

★ Christa Dubill, Anchor (now at KSHB Kansas City, MO)

★ Elizabeth Hopkins (now at WPRI Providence, RI)

Reference

★ WKOW History

★ Jay Passes the Torch

External links

★ WKOW-TV main site

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