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| − | The station first signed on the air on March 15, 1954; WHOO is the market's oldest continuously operating UHF television station. | + | The station first signed on the air on March 15, 1954; WHOO is the market's oldest continuously operating UHF television station. |
| + | ===As a CBS affiliate=== | ||
| + | ===As an NBC affiliate=== | ||
| + | For three decades, WHOO had been one of CBS' strongest affiliates. However, in 2004, ATE Media and ABC announced a long-term affiliation deal, which called for all of ATE Media-owned stations to switch their affiliation to ABC.<ref>??</ref> WHOO was included in the deal, which ABC agreed to as a condition of their sister stations that had their CBS affiliations revoked due to the [[wikipedia:Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime controversy|Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime controversy]] in addition to as a condition of keeping its affiliation on ATE Media's three largest stations, [[WCOH-FTV|WCOH]] in Cleveland, [[WEAE-FTV|WEAE]] in Pittsburgh, and [[KPTL-FTV|KPTL]] in [[wikipedia:Portland, Oregon|Porland, Oregon]]. WCOH and KPTL had been heavily wooed by NBC, while ATE Media had recently acquired WEAE from NBC (which would eventually affiliate with former ABC affiliate [[WPTL-FTV|WPTL]]). | ||
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| + | CBS decided not to renew ATE Media Stations in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Rockford, Flint, Terre Haute, and Lexington. However, while the Chicago, Rockford and Fort Wayne stations ([[WAWZ-FTV]], [[WRIL-FTV]] and WMRI) switched to ABC in August 2006, September 2004 and January 2005, respectively, ATE Media had to switch WHOO, WCIN and WFNT to NBC and WTHL and WLFX (then KDN) as the respective ABC affiliation contracts in Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Lexington, and Cincinnati (WEVI, WATW, WLKA, and WCAB) did not run out until June 2012 while ABC already owned the Flint station. ATE Media had to maintain WHOO as an NBC affiliate for the next eight years. | ||
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| + | ===As an ABC affiliate=== | ||
| + | In January 2010, DakMedia merged with MHB Television<ref>??</ref> that was a result in many of thier stations becoming Fox owned-and-operated stations. Locally, WIND-FTV (now on channel 36), which had become the CBS affiliate in 2004, became a Fox O&O in 2009. The CBS affiliation, in turn, moved to longtime Fox affiliate [[WIFX-FTV|WIFX]] (channel 11), leaving WHOO without an affiliation and the likelihood of becoming an an independent station, prompting ATE Media to negotiate an affiliation agreement with ABC. | ||
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| + | On January 7, 2012, Val Steele, president of NBC Owned Fantasy Television Stations, announced that NBC would launch [[WNBI-FTV|WNBI]] as an NBC owned-and-operated station known as "NBC Indiana" on July 1, 2012; Steele explained that with NBC's recent investments into the studio facilities of cable channel INCN and WNBI, "we have built a very strong news organization in the Indianapolis market—both from a personnel and facilities perspective—which puts us in a great position to launch an NBC-owned station locally." Steele did outright confirm WNBI will carry NBC programming, but iterated that the network will remain available over-the-air following the transition, and that NBC was "committed to expanding our over-the-air coverage of the market and are currently looking at a variety of options to accomplish that". Days later, ATE Media Founder and President [[Patrice Rafferty]] appeared before WHOO staff and Indianapolis media and exclaimed, "This is my station in my hometown!" She reiterated that, despite problems, the rumors that WHOO was becoming an independent station were untrue. Not wanting WHOO to be relegated to become an independent station, Patrice Rafferty personally made the trip to ABC corporate headquarters in New York and began to negotiate with Rebecca Campbell for a group-wide affiliation deal to extend the 2004 affiliation contract with ATE Media's stations. | ||
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| + | After the deal was announced, Rafferty used the threat of making WHOO a minor network affiliate or an independent station unless ABC affiliated with all of its big three stations. Eventually, ATE Media signed a 30-year long-term deal with ABC in May of 2012 that would keep their existing ABC affiliates owned by ATE Media. As a condition of that agreement and extension, fantasy television stations in other cities including [[WKGR-FTV|Grand Rapids]], [[WMIA-FTV|Miami]], [[WCAB-FTV|Cincinnati]], [[WATW-FTV|Terre Haute]], [[WKJM-FTV|Louisville]], [[KWOI-FTV|Des Moines]], [[WQXI-FTV|Atlanta]], [[WZEL-FTV|Lima (Ohio)]] and [[WJDO-FTV|Dayton-Springfield]] would lose their ABC affiliations to the respective competing ATE Media-owned stations (WWMI, WCBM, WCIN, WFAZ, WLOK, KUDM, WGA, WLOH, and WOWO). Locally, this resulted in the displacement of ABC from affiliate [[WEVI-FTV|WEVI]] (channel 4). | ||
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| + | ABC's affiliation agreement with WEVI did not expire until June 30, 2012; however, WEVI had already begun to drop ABC shows from its schedule, unhappy about losing its affiliation with the network after 13 years. As a result, ABC's programming migrated to WHOO sister station WICW in stages, and that station carried programming from both ABC and MyNetworkTV for a while, with ABC as a secondary affiliation. ''The View'' was the first ABC program to move to WHOO (airing on WICW), following the first round of changes at the end of May 2012. WHOO then picked up ''World News Now'', ''The Chew'', and ABC's Saturday morning pogramming when the station officially dropped its NBC affiliation on July 31. The rest of ABC's programming moved to WHOO on August 4, 2012. | ||
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| + | WHOO became the third station in Indianapolis to affiliate with ABC, as the network originally aligned with [[WIND-FTV|WIND]] from its sign-on in 1957 until moving to [[WEVI-FTV|WEVI]] in 1999. WHOO also reunited with the network with, which had a secondary affiliation with ABC until WIND's launch in 1957. WHOO, along with nearby Cincinnati sister station [[WCIN-FTV|WCIN]], became the first two ATE Media stations have been a primary affiliate of all "Big 3" networks. WHOO also became the second station in Indianapolis after WIND switched from NBC to CBS in 2004 before becoming a Fox O&O in 2009. | ||
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| Indianapolis, Indiana United States | |
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| City of license | Noblesville, Indiana |
| Branding | ABC 24 (general) ABC 24 Eyewitness News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Indiana's News Channel (general) On Your Side (newscasts) |
| Channels | Digital: 45 (UHF) Virtual: 24 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 24.1 ABC 24.2 local weather |
| Affiliations | ABC (2012-present) |
| Owner | ATE Media Corporation (Indiana Media, LTD) |
| First air date | March 15, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | HOOsier |
| Sister station(s) | WICW-FTV |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 24 (UHF, 1954–2009) |
| Former affiliations | Primary: CBS (1954-2004) NBC (2004–2012) Secondary: DuMont (1954–1955) |
| Transmitter power | 989 kW |
| Height | 474 m |
WHOO-FTV, virtual channel 24 (UHF digital channel 45), is an ABC-affiliated fantasy television station located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. WHOO is the co-flagship station (with WMRI in Fort Wayne) of Indiana-based ATE Media Corporation, as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WICW-FTV (channel 69).
Both stations share studio facilities located on West Market Street in Downtown Indianapolis; WHOO maintains transmitter facilities located in Carmel. On cable, the station is available on Comcast Xfinity and Bright House Networks channel 8, and AT&T Uverse channel 24 in standard definition and in high definition on Bright House Networks digital channel 1008, and Xfinity and AT&T U-verse channel 1024.
Contents
History
The station first signed on the air on March 15, 1954; WHOO is the market's oldest continuously operating UHF television station.
As a CBS affiliate
As an NBC affiliate
For three decades, WHOO had been one of CBS' strongest affiliates. However, in 2004, ATE Media and ABC announced a long-term affiliation deal, which called for all of ATE Media-owned stations to switch their affiliation to ABC.[1] WHOO was included in the deal, which ABC agreed to as a condition of their sister stations that had their CBS affiliations revoked due to the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime controversy in addition to as a condition of keeping its affiliation on ATE Media's three largest stations, WCOH in Cleveland, WEAE in Pittsburgh, and KPTL in Porland, Oregon. WCOH and KPTL had been heavily wooed by NBC, while ATE Media had recently acquired WEAE from NBC (which would eventually affiliate with former ABC affiliate WPTL).
CBS decided not to renew ATE Media Stations in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Rockford, Flint, Terre Haute, and Lexington. However, while the Chicago, Rockford and Fort Wayne stations (WAWZ-FTV, WRIL-FTV and WMRI) switched to ABC in August 2006, September 2004 and January 2005, respectively, ATE Media had to switch WHOO, WCIN and WFNT to NBC and WTHL and WLFX (then KDN) as the respective ABC affiliation contracts in Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Lexington, and Cincinnati (WEVI, WATW, WLKA, and WCAB) did not run out until June 2012 while ABC already owned the Flint station. ATE Media had to maintain WHOO as an NBC affiliate for the next eight years.
As an ABC affiliate
In January 2010, DakMedia merged with MHB Television[2] that was a result in many of thier stations becoming Fox owned-and-operated stations. Locally, WIND-FTV (now on channel 36), which had become the CBS affiliate in 2004, became a Fox O&O in 2009. The CBS affiliation, in turn, moved to longtime Fox affiliate WIFX (channel 11), leaving WHOO without an affiliation and the likelihood of becoming an an independent station, prompting ATE Media to negotiate an affiliation agreement with ABC.
On January 7, 2012, Val Steele, president of NBC Owned Fantasy Television Stations, announced that NBC would launch WNBI as an NBC owned-and-operated station known as "NBC Indiana" on July 1, 2012; Steele explained that with NBC's recent investments into the studio facilities of cable channel INCN and WNBI, "we have built a very strong news organization in the Indianapolis market—both from a personnel and facilities perspective—which puts us in a great position to launch an NBC-owned station locally." Steele did outright confirm WNBI will carry NBC programming, but iterated that the network will remain available over-the-air following the transition, and that NBC was "committed to expanding our over-the-air coverage of the market and are currently looking at a variety of options to accomplish that". Days later, ATE Media Founder and President Patrice Rafferty appeared before WHOO staff and Indianapolis media and exclaimed, "This is my station in my hometown!" She reiterated that, despite problems, the rumors that WHOO was becoming an independent station were untrue. Not wanting WHOO to be relegated to become an independent station, Patrice Rafferty personally made the trip to ABC corporate headquarters in New York and began to negotiate with Rebecca Campbell for a group-wide affiliation deal to extend the 2004 affiliation contract with ATE Media's stations.
After the deal was announced, Rafferty used the threat of making WHOO a minor network affiliate or an independent station unless ABC affiliated with all of its big three stations. Eventually, ATE Media signed a 30-year long-term deal with ABC in May of 2012 that would keep their existing ABC affiliates owned by ATE Media. As a condition of that agreement and extension, fantasy television stations in other cities including Grand Rapids, Miami, Cincinnati, Terre Haute, Louisville, Des Moines, Atlanta, Lima (Ohio) and Dayton-Springfield would lose their ABC affiliations to the respective competing ATE Media-owned stations (WWMI, WCBM, WCIN, WFAZ, WLOK, KUDM, WGA, WLOH, and WOWO). Locally, this resulted in the displacement of ABC from affiliate WEVI (channel 4).
ABC's affiliation agreement with WEVI did not expire until June 30, 2012; however, WEVI had already begun to drop ABC shows from its schedule, unhappy about losing its affiliation with the network after 13 years. As a result, ABC's programming migrated to WHOO sister station WICW in stages, and that station carried programming from both ABC and MyNetworkTV for a while, with ABC as a secondary affiliation. The View was the first ABC program to move to WHOO (airing on WICW), following the first round of changes at the end of May 2012. WHOO then picked up World News Now, The Chew, and ABC's Saturday morning pogramming when the station officially dropped its NBC affiliation on July 31. The rest of ABC's programming moved to WHOO on August 4, 2012.
WHOO became the third station in Indianapolis to affiliate with ABC, as the network originally aligned with WIND from its sign-on in 1957 until moving to WEVI in 1999. WHOO also reunited with the network with, which had a secondary affiliation with ABC until WIND's launch in 1957. WHOO, along with nearby Cincinnati sister station WCIN, became the first two ATE Media stations have been a primary affiliate of all "Big 3" networks. WHOO also became the second station in Indianapolis after WIND switched from NBC to CBS in 2004 before becoming a Fox O&O in 2009.
Digital television
Digital channel
Analog-to-digital conversion
WHOO-FTV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 24, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 45.[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 24.
Programming
News operation
Notable former on-air staff
References
- ↑ ??
- ↑ ??
- ↑ DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds (PDF). Retrieved on 2012-03-24.
