WVTH-FTV
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| Vincennes, Indiana United States | |
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| Branding | NBC 25 (general) NBC 25 Action News (newscasts) Wabash Valley's Action News (alterante) |
| Slogan | Wabash Valley's News Leader (newscasts) |
| Channels | Digital: 25(UHF) Virtual: 25 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 25.1 NBC |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | NoSirGifts Venues (NoSirGifts Fantasy Television Stations) |
| First air date | September 6, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | Wabash Valley Terre Haute |
| Sister station(s) | WJTH |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 25 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 59 (UHF, –2009) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
WVTH, UHF digital and virtual channel 25, is an NBC-affiliated television station serving Terre Haute, Indiana, United States that is licensed to nearby Vincennes. The station is owned by NoSirGifts Fantasy Television Stations subsidiary of NoSirGifts Venues, as part of a duopoly with Fox affiliate WJTH (channel 32).
On cable, WVTH is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 5 and AT&T U-verse channel 25 in standard definition and in high definition on Xfinity and AT&T U-verse channel 1025.
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History
Early history
WVTH was originally a primary NBC outlet with secondary CBS and DuMont affiliations. Both of those networks were dropped in August 1954 with the launch of WTHL (which took CBS) and the shutdown of DuMont two years later. This left WFIE as a full-time NBC affiliate. WVTH is the only station in the market to have never changed its primary affiliation; as such, WVTH, along with sister station WNEI-FTV in Evansville (which signed on six days after WVTH), are the longest-tenured NBC affiliates in the state of Indiana. Also in 1956, WVTH became the area's first station to telecast color programming (by virtue of its NBC affiliation).
On June 1, 1992, channel 25 adopted the new branding slogan "25 Wabash Valley". The accompanying station image campaign was titled We're 25 Wabash Valley and featured a musical theme composed by Edd Kalehoff. WVTH was rebranded again as "NBC 25" on September 5, 1998, with its newscasts remaining NewsCenter 25. In March 2008, the newscasts rebranded to NBC 25 News after 40 years and the "25 Wabash Valley" branding was revived.
Digital television
Digital channels
Analog-to-digital conversion
Programming
Sports programming
Local programming
Newscasts
Notable current on-air staff
- Beverly Gadsen - anchor seen weekdays at 5, 6, and 11 p.m. on WVTH and 7 and 10 p.m. on WJTH
- Dave Winklesplcck - anchor seen weekdays at 6 p.m. on WVTH and 7 p.m. on WJTH
Notable former on-air staff
- Leonard Lai - midday anchor (2011-2014; later a villain of Vote for the Girls; died October 26, 2015 )
- Julia Passalt - midday anchor (1979-1985 as Jeffrey Passalt; former moderator on Vote for the Girls)
- Jack McClannahan - longtime anchor (1962-2009; now retired)
- Kellie Rock - anchor (1984-1987 and 2009-2013; later at WWCF Tampa Bay and also moderator of Vote for the Girls; died April 19, 2016 )
