Your Debate (WXWI)

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Your Debate
Also known as The Kathy Fountaine Show (1989)
Fox 10's Your Debate (1994-2012)
Genre News program
Created by Kathy Fountaine
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 25
Production
Location(s) WXWI-FTV Studios in Racine, WI (1989–2014)
WWGB Studios in Green Bay, Wisconsin (2009-2014)
WHAR Studios in Madison, Wisconsin (2009-2014)
WXDS Studios in Duluth, MN (2009-2014)
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 10 minutes (1989–1990)
30 minutes (1990-2010)
60 minutes (2010-2014)
Production company(s) Imperial Broadcasting (1989)
New Avon Communications (1990-1997)
DakMedia(1997-2009)
NoSirGifts (2009-2014)
Broadcast
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
(1989–2009)
720p (HDTV)
(2009–2014)
Original run April 24, 1989 (1989-04-24) – December 14, 2014 (2014-12-14)

Your Debate was a news program broadcast by Milwaukee ABC affiliate WXWI in Milwaukee with a franchised formula to other stations elsewhere in the United States. Created by Kathy Fountaine, the program featured Fountaine as its main anchor from March 1989 until her retirement in November 2009 and was anchored by Rhonda Rhodes. Your Debate aired on WXWI-FTV weekdays after their midday newscast at 12:30 p.m. Central Time before moving to 10:00 a.m. on WXWI's sister station WZWI and across NoSirGifts' Wisconsin stations in Green Bay, Madison, and Duluth, Minnesota from 2010 until 2014.


The Wisconsin Election (1988)[edit]

Kathy Fountaine's Your Debate (1989–2009)[edit]

Memorable subjects[edit]

Ratings and threats of cancellation[edit]

Fountaine's final broadcast and "Closing Thought"[edit]

Post-FountaineYour Debate (2009–2014)[edit]