WHAM-TV
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| WHAM-TV | |
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| Rochester, New York | |
| Branding | 13 WHAM |
| Slogan | More Local News. More Local Experience. |
| Channels | 13 (VHF) analog, 59 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | ABC CW on DT2 |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications (sale pending) |
| Founded | September 15, 1962 |
| Call letters meaning | taken from sister radio station WHAM-AM |
| Former callsigns | WOKR-TV (September 15, 1962-January 10, 2005) |
| Former affiliations | none |
| Website | http://www.13wham.com |
WHAM-TV (13 WHAM) is the ABC network television affiliate in Rochester, New York. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 13, and its digital signal on UHF channel 59. It is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications. Its transmitter is located on Pinnacle Hill in Brighton, New York.
WHAM is the only station in Rochester that has never changed its affiliation. The station signed on air at exactly 4:00pm on September 15, 1962, under the call sign "WOKR" (for "We're OK, Rochester"). The Ackerley Group acquired the station from Guy Gannett Communications (who sold most of their stations to Sinclair, who already owned WUHF in Rochester, and at the time duopolies were illegal) in 1998. The station came under common ownership with Rochester's WHAM radio in 2002 after Ackerley merged with Clear Channel, WHAM radio's owner. Speculation immediately started about whether WOKR would take on the WHAM-TV calls, which had last been used on Rochester television by what is now WROC-TV from 1949 to 1956.
On January 10, 2005 at 1:42 am, channel 13 signed off the air for the last time as WOKR and returned to the air at 4:59 am that same day as WHAM-TV.
WHAM has led the news ratings in Rochester for many years, and lead anchor Don Alhart has been at the station since 1966, as well as longtime local anchors Ginny Ryan and Doug Emblidge.
For many years WHAM-TV was one of 3 Rochester area stations offered on Cable in the Ottawa/Gatineau and Eastern Ontario regions. The Rochester area stations were replaced with Detroit stations in September 2003 when the microwave relay system that provided these signals was discontinued.
In mid-November 2006, WHAM-TV took over control of what was then Rochester's CW (now CW-WHAM), the cable-only CW affiliate previously operated by the Rochester division of Time Warner Cable. As a result, the station is now being simulcast on a subchannel of WHAM-DT.
On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel announced its intention to sell off all of its television stations, including WHAM-TV, after the company was bought out by a private equity firm. Clear Channel will be keeping WHAM radio, which is not included in the sale, because Rochester is a top-100 radio market.
13 WHAM NEWS Team
11 [Don Alhart], Ginny Ryan, Chief Meteorologist Glenn Johnson, Mike Catalana, Sports Director
6 [Don Alhart], Chief Meteorologist Glenn Johnson, Mike Catalana, Sports Director
5 Doug Emblidge, Ginny Ryan, Chief Meteorologist Glen Johnson, Mike Catalana, Sports Director
Midday Norma Holland, Meteorologist Marty Snyder,
This Morning Doug Emblidge, Norma Holland, Holly Maynard, Meteorologist Marty Snyder,
Weekend 6 & 11 Kristen Miranda, Meteorologist Richard McCollough, Kevin Roche Sports
Reporter
Rachel Barnhart
Kyle Clark
Tricia Cruz
Evan Dawson
Jane Flasch
Susan Harf, Life Strategist
Kathy Kriz, Special Projects Reporter
Chalonda Roberts
Patrice Walsh
Weather
Chief Meteorologist Glenn Johnson,
Meteorologist Marty Snyder,
Meteorologist Richard McCollough,
Meteorologist Mark McLean,
Sports
Mike Catalana, Sports Director
Kevin Roche Sports,
Jason Flore Sports,
HealthTeam
[Liz Bonis], HealthTeam
Christine Webb, HealthTeam
Former 13 WHAM OR News Source 13
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