WHOI (TV)

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WHOI
Image:HOI 19 ABC logo.png

Image:The CW Peoria-Bloomington.png
Peoria, Illinois
Branding HOI 19
Slogan Making Every Second Count.
Channels 19 (UHF) analog,
40 (UHF) digital
Affiliations ABC (since 1953)
The CW - DT2 (since 2006)
Owner Barrington Broadcasting
Founded 1953-11-13
Call letters meaning Heart
Of
Illinois
Former callsigns WTVH-TV; WIRL-TV; WRAU
Former affiliations CBS, DuMont
Website http://www.hoinews.com/
http://www.hoicw.com/

WHOI, channel 19, is the ABC affiliate licensed to Peoria, Illinois, with studios located in Creve Coeur in Tazewell County, Illinois. The station is owned by Barrington Broadcasting.

WHOI airs newscasts weekdays at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m.. The morning show, HOI News Daybreak, airs from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. from Monday to Friday preceding Good Morning America. The weekend shows are Saturday at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., and Sundays 5:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m..

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[edit] History

Channel 19 was Peoria's second TV station, signing on as WTVH-TV on November 13, 1953. The station was owned and operated by Hilltop Broadcasting (co-owned by the Peoria Journal Star). Its original studios were located at 234 North Madison Street in downtown Peoria. Channel 19 carried programming from the DuMont network as well as CBS. It became a full-time ABC affiliate on January 1, 1958, after the DuMont Network ceased operations in 1955 and CBS affiliate WMBD-TV began broadcasting.

The Metropolitan Broadcasting Corp., later known as Metromedia, purchased the station in 1959 and owned it for six years, until 1965. The station carried the callsign WIRL-TV in the mid-1960s, and was co-owned with WIRL (AM). It later changed callsigns to WRAU before finally adopting the WHOI calls in 1985.

In 1987, WHOI came under the ownership of Adams Communications following a merger with WHOI's previous owners, Forward Communications. The station was then sold to Brisette Broadcasting in 1991, then to Benedek Broadcasting in 1996. When Benedek merged with Gray Television in 2002 following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, WHOI was spun off to Chelsey Broadcasting. The station also operates cable-only WB affiliate "WBPE" on channel 4 on most cable systems in the area.

Barrington Broadcasting became the owner in 2004.

Beginning in September of 2006, WHOI DT2 began serving as the area's new affiliate for The CW. [1] The digital subchannel is known as "Peoria's CW". WHOI DT2 offers The Daily Buzz newscast, weekday mornings from 6 to 9 AM.

[edit] News Themes

  • Newscene 19, Bob Cashen., year unknown
  • News Series 2000, Gari Communications, Inc., 1989
  • News Series 2001, Gari Communications, Inc., 1989
  • Turn To News, Gari Communications, Inc., 1989-1992
  • The Great News Package, Gari Communications, Inc., 1992-1995
  • In-Sink (V.1, V.2, V.3), 615 Music, 1995-2001
  • Signature, Stephen Arnold Music, 2001-2002
  • News Matrix, Stephen Arnold Music, 2002-present

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Current

  • Gretchen Wirtz (Daybreak Anchor/Weather)
  • Mark Welp (Daybreak Anchor)
  • Ric Kearbey (5, 6, 10 p.m. Meteorologist)
  • Jim Mattson (Sports Director)
  • Jen Christensen (5, 6, 10 p.m. News Anchor)
  • Jessica Wheeler (Weekend News Anchor and Weather Anchor/Reporter)
  • Laura Michels (Weekend News Anchor/Reporter)
  • Donnie Tillman (Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter)
  • Kim Carrollo (Reporter)
  • Tim McGinnis (5, 6, 10 p.m. News Anchor)
  • Ian Schwartz (Reporter)
  • Nishi Gupta (Reporter)

[edit] Former


[edit] External links

Local television channels in the Peoria/Bloomington, Illinois market (Nielsen DMA #116)

WHOI 19 (ABC; The CW on DT2) – WEEK 25 (NBC) – WMBD 31 (CBS) – WYZZ 43 (FOX; The Tube on DT2) – WTVP 47 (PBS; Create on DT3) – W50DD 50/W51CT 51 (TBN) – WAOE 59 (MyNetworkTV)

Local cable television channels
"WBPE" 4 (The WB)

Out-of-market terrestrial television channels on cable
WILL 12 (PBS) Urbana
ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Illinois

WSIL 3 (Harrisburg) - WLS 7 (Chicago) - WQAD 8 (Moline) - WICD 15 / WICS 20 (Champaign / Springfield) - WTVO 17 (Rockford) - WHOI 19 (Peoria)
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other Stations in Illinois
CW Network Affiliates in the state of Illinois

WGN 9 (Chicago) - WGEM-DT 10.2 (Quincy) - WREX-DT 13.2 (Rockford) - WHOI-DT 19.2 (Peoria) - WBUI 23 (Decatur) - KGCW 26 (Burlington, IA/Quad Cities)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other Stations in Illinois
edit Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC
Corporate Management Roster: Keith L. Bland (Senior VP) | Christoper H. Cornelius (COO) | Mary L. Flodin (Senior VP) | Warren Spector (CFO) | K. James Yager (CEO)
ABC Network Affiliates: KTVO | KVII / KVIH | WHOI | WPDE
CBS Network Affiliates: KGBT | KHQA | KRCG
The CW Network Affiliates: KVII / KVIH | KXTU | WBSF | WEYI | WHOI | WSTM1 | WSTQ | WWMB2
Fox Network Affiliates: KXRM | KYOU3 | WACH | WFXL
NBC Network Affiliates: WEYI | WLUC | WNWO | WPBN / WTOM | WSTM
1This station carries the feed of its low-power sister station for owners of high-definition television sets.
2Barrington operates this station owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting.
3Barrington operates this station owned by Ottumwa Media Holdings.
Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: Unknown at this time. | Website: www.barringtontv.com
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