WLOX

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WLOX

Biloxi / Gulfport / Pascagoula, Mississippi
Branding	WLOX News 13
Slogan	Building South Mississippi Together
Channels	13 (VHF) analog, 39 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Raycom Media
Founded	October 22, 1962
Call letters meaning	W BiLOXi, Mississippi
Website	www.wlox.com/

WLOX is the ABC affiliate for Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Its transmitter is located near Perkinston, Mississippi.

1 History
2 Current Staff
3 Newscasts
4 External links

[edit] History

WLOX signed on October 22, 1962, the first TV station on Mississippi's Gulf Coast. WLOX is an ABC affiliate.

Raycom Media is the current owner of WLOX.

Among former WLOX employees is Chuck Scarborough, anchorman for New York's WNBC, and ABC's "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts. Scarborough is a Coast native and Roberts grew up in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Roberts' sister, Sally-Ann, remains close to the area, working at WWL-TV in New Orleans.

WLOX remained on the air during Hurricane Katrina, even though the studios were heavily damaged in the storm, and continued to broadcast non-stop for more than 12 days afterward. WLOX created an award winning 2 disc DVD set about the storm entitled "Katrina: South Mississippi's Story".

[edit] Current Staff

Management

Leon Long - Vice President and General Manager
David Vincent - News Director
Linda Sherman - Sales Director
Tim Beisel - Creative Services Director
Todd Durbin - Marketing Director
Roger Garrett- Operations Director
John Armstrong- Chief Engineer
Darlene Duffano- Programming Director

Anchors

Karen Abernathy - "The 4 O'Clock Show" and 5 pm
David Elliott - "The 4 O'Clock Show," 5 pm, "This Week" and "Sunday Night."
A.J. Giardina - Action Reporter/Sports Director
Jeff Lawson - weekday evenings
Toni Miles - weekends 5:30 &10
Rebecca Powers - weekday evenings
Krystal Allan - Weekends 5:30
Doug Walker - "Newswatch This Week"
Rhonda Weidner - Good Morning Mississippi and Midday

Meteorologists

Carrie Duncan
Rob Knight
Mike Reader
Tommy Richards

Reporters

Trang Pham-Bui- Education
Patrice Clark - Jackson County
Don Culpepper
Danielle Thomas
Elise Roberts
Meggan Gray
A.J. Giardina-Action Reporter
Brad Kessie
Steve Phillips - Investigative reporter
Keli Rabon - Jackson County
Jeff Shepard - Sports
Al Showers - Hancock County
Jim Tabor-Traffic

Photographers

Tommy Adams
Travis Alford
Robert Allen
Rodney Billingsley - Sports
Pat Gibson
Greg McNease
Jonathan Sobolewski

Producers

Paige Bennett - 10pm,Weekends
Preston Benson - 5pm
Natalie Campen - Executive Producer
Sara Miles St. Clair - "The 4 O'Clock Show"
Chaundra Luckett - 6pm
Alicia Nicely - Good Morning Mississippi
Lisa Mitchie- Midday
Renee Johnson- Web
Rayanne Weiss - Special Projects

[edit] Newscasts

Monday-Friday

Good Morning Mississippi (5:30-7:00AM)
WLOX Midday News (11:00-11:30AM)
The 4 O'Clock Show (4-4:30PM)
WLOX News at 5 (5:00-5:30PM)
WLOX News at 6 (6:00-6:30PM)
WLOX News at 10 (10:00-10:35PM)

Saturday-Sunday

WLOX News at 5:30 (5:30-6:00PM)
WLOX News at 10 (10:00-10:30PM)
Sunday Night - (10:30-11:00 PM)

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Biloxi / Gulfport market (Nielsen DMA #160)

WKFK-LP 7 (A1) - WLOX 13 (ABC)/(The Tube on DT3) - WMAH 19 (PBS/MPB) - WXXV 25 (FOX) - W51CU 51 (TBN)
Out of Market Broadcast Television Serving Biloxi/Gulfport:
WWL 4 (CBS, New Orleans LA) - WKRG 5 (CBS, Mobile AL) - WDSU 6 (NBC, New Orleans LA) - WPMI 15 (NBC, Mobile AL)

Broadcast television in the Hattiesburg / Laurel market (Nielsen DMA #165)

WDAM 7 (NBC)/(The Tube on DT2) - WHLT 22 (CBS) - W45AA 45 / W47BP 47 (PBS/MPB)
Biloxi/Gulfport Market Broadcast Television Serving Hattiesburg/Laurel:
WLOX 13 (ABC) - WMAH 19 (PBS/MPB) - WXXV 25 (Fox)

ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Mississippi

WABG 6 (Greenwood) - WTOK 11 (Meridian) - WLOX 13 (Biloxi) - WAPT 16 (Jackson) - WKDH 45 (Houston)
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Mississippi