WPTV

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WPTV

West Palm Beach, Florida
Branding	News Channel 5
Channels	5 (VHF) analog, 55 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	NBC
Owner	The E.W. Scripps Company
Founded	August 22, 1954
Call letters meaning	West Palm Beach TeleVision (or W Phipps Family Television)
Former callsigns	WJNO-TV (1954-1956)
Transmitter Power	100 kW Analog 900 kW Digital
Website	wptv.com

WPTV is the NBC network affiliate and dominant television station in West Palm Beach, Florida, broadcasting on VHF channel 5 and in high definition on UHF channel 55. Its transmitter is located in Greenacres, Florida. The station's news broadcasts have been the most watched in this portion of South Florida since WPTV went on the air.

1 History
2 Newscasts
- 2.1 Weekdays
- 2.2 Weekends
3 News Team
4 See Also
5 External Links

[edit] History

The station is owned and operated by The E.W. Scripps Company, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is the only long-lived station in Southeast Florida to be affiliated with the same network (NBC) since it signed on.

WPTV first signed onto the air on August 22, 1954 with the call letters WJNO-TV. The first words were uttered by control room director Vern Crawford, who later became a fishing reporter for the station: "The power has just been turned on for WJNO-TV channel 5 by Frank M. Folsom, president of the Radio Corporation of America." At that time, the station was owned by William Cook and Theodore Granick and there were only 32 employees working at the station.

It was later purchased by the Phipps Family in 1956, and they would change the call letters to the current WPTV.

Then, in 1961, a man named Mort Watters purchased the station for Scripps Howard.

WPTV News Channel 5's State of the art broadcast facilities on Banyan Boulevard in West Palm Beach.

In 2001, they also moved from their old facilities on Flagler Drive to a larger, newer and advanced complex at 1100 Banyan Boulevard on the city's west side approaching Clear Lake. The building's exteriors portrayed the exteriors of the fictional television studio during the second season of the NBC sitcom Good Morning, Miami.

The "Circle 5" logo is a separation variation of the logo used for many years by its Cleveland sister station, WEWS-TV. The station's radar is called Vipir 5.

In early 2006, weekend meteorolgist Rob Lopicola left the station for a more "spiritual path." Then and current fill-in meteorlogist Chris Zelman replaced Lopicola until they found a replacement, which is Glenn Glazer today.

WPTV will soon launch NBC Weather Plus. Although not owned by NBC Universal, WPTV has a local page on the main Weather Plus website. [1]

[edit] Newscasts

[edit] Weekdays

Today on Five (5-6 AM)
Today on Five II (6-7 AM)
Midday on 5 I (12-12:30 PM)
Midday on 5 II (12:30-1 PM)
News Channel 5 at 5 (5-5:30 PM)
News Channel 5 at 5:30 (5:30-6 PM)
News Channel 5 at 6 (6-6:30 PM)
News Channel 5 at 11 (11-11:35 PM)

[edit] Weekends

Today on 5 Saturday / Sunday I (6-7 AM)
Today on 5 Saturday / Sunday II (7-8 AM)
Today on 5 Saturday / Sunday III (10-10:30 AM)
News Channel 5 Saturday / Sunday at 6 (6-6:30 PM)
News Channel 5 at 11 (11-11:30 PM)

[edit] News Team

[edit] Anchors/Reporters

Farnoosh Bazargan, NetCast Anchor/"Super Saturday Savings" Reporter
Chandra Bill, 5 p.m. anchor/reporter
Katie Brace, Weekend Today on 5 anchor/Treasure Coast reporter
Shannon Cake, 5:30 p.m. anchor/Contact 5 investigator
Jay Cashmere, Weekend Today on 5 anchor/reporter
Gina Marie DeLuca, "The Daily Dish" entertainment reporter
Danielle Dubetz, morning traffic reporter
Kelley Dunn, Midday on 5 and 5 p.m. anchor
Eric English, Treasure Coast reporter
John Favole, Today on 5/Midday on 5 anchor
Bryan Garner, Treasure Coast reporter
Eric Glasser, reporter/fill-in anchor
Jamie Holmes, weekend 6 and 11 p.m. anchor
Miranda Khan, 5:30 p.m. anchor/Contact 5 investigator
Carlos Mahecha, host, "Hablando con la Comunidad"
Tim Malloy, reporter/fill-in anchor
Israel Perez, reporter
Jennifer Rivera, education reporter
Dori Robau, Today on 5 field reporter
Tania Rogers, weekend 6 and 11 p.m. anchor
Jim Sackett, 6 and 11 p.m. anchor
Laurel Sauer, 6 and 11 p.m. anchor
Doug Shupe, South County reporter
Roxanne Stein, Today on 5 anchor/health reporter
Captain Julie Stevens, Chopper 5 pilot/traffic reporter

[edit] Storm Team 5 Meteorologists

Glenn Glazer, weekend
Dean Tendrich, Today on 5/Midday on 5
Steve Weagle, Chief Meteorologist seen weeknights
Chris Zelman, fill-in

[edit] WPTV Sportscasters

Jay Gilmore, sports director (6 and 11 p.m.)
Ryan Lieber, weekend sportscaster

[edit] See Also

[edit] External Links

Broadcast television in the West Palm Beach market (Nielsen DMA #38)

WPTV 5 (NBC) - WFPI-LP 8 (Ind) - WPEC 12 (CBS) - WTCE 21 (TBN) - WPBF 25 (ABC) - WFLX 29 (Fox) (The Tube on DT2) - WWCI-CA 32 (S@H) - WTVX 34 (The CW) - WXEL 42 (PBS) - WTCN-CA 43 (MNTV) - WWHB-CA 48 (AZA) - WFGC 61 (CTN) - WPPB 63 (Ind/Edu.) - WPXP 67 (i)
Local digital television channels
WHDT 59 (DW/Ind) See also: Broadcast television stations in the Miami - Fort Lauderdale, Bahamas, Orlando and Fort Myers - Naples markets

NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Florida
WESH 2 (Daytona Beach-Orlando) - WPTV 5 (West Palm Beach) - WTVJ 6 (Miami) - WJHG 7 (Panama City) - WFLA 8 (Tampa) - WTLV 12 (Jacksonville) - WBBH 20 (Fort Myers) - WTWC 40 (Tallahassee)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, PBS, Religious, Spanish and Other stations in the state of Florida