WTVG
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| WTVG | |
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| Toledo, Ohio | |
| Branding | 13ABC |
| Slogan | Action News |
| Channels | 13 (VHF) analog, 19 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | ABC (secondary 1948-1970; full time since 1995) |
| Owner | Disney/ABC ("WTVG, Inc.") |
| Founded | July 21, 1948 |
| Call letters meaning | TeleVision is Good or TeleVision Great Lakes |
| Former callsigns | WSPD-TV (1948-1979) |
| Former affiliations | NBC (1948-1995) CBS (1948-1959) DuMont (1948-1955) |
| Website | www.13abc.com |
WTVG, known on air as 13ABC, is the ABC owned and operated television station in Toledo, Ohio with a coverage area serving northwestern Ohio, Southeastern Michigan and Essex County, Ontario. Its transmitter is located in Oregon, Ohio. The station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 13, and its digital signal on UHF channel 19.
WTVG is referred to as 13ABC while their Houston sister station is KTRK-TV, known as "ABC13".
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[edit] History
The station signed on the air on July 21, 1948 as WSPD-TV, owned by Storer Broadcasting along with WSPD-AM 1370. WSPD-TV was the first television station in the Storer Broadcasting chain. Originally, the station carried programming from all four television networks: NBC (primary affiliation), ABC, CBS and DuMont. With DuMont shutting down in 1955, the CBS affiliation moving to WTOL in 1959 and the ABC affiliation moving to WDHO (now WNWO-TV) in 1970, WSPD-TV became an exclusive NBC affiliate. The station adopted the WTVG callsign (previously used by Newark, New Jersey's channel 68) in 1979 after WSPD radio was sold off (the radio station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications).
Storer Broadcasting was taken over by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) in 1985. The common ownership between three stations in the Great Lakes area (WTVG, plus WJBK in Detroit, Michigan and WJW in Cleveland, Ohio) had been grandfathered under the pre-KKR Storer. However, since the FCC recognized the KKR takeover as a change in ownership, KKR could not keep all three stations due to FCC rules in effect at the time forbidding common ownership of multiple television stations with overlapping coverage areas. The city-grade signal coverage of WTVG and WJBK overlaps each other, while the Grade B signal coverage of WTVG and WJW also overlaps each other. The Grade B signal coverage of WJBK and WJW also overlaps each other; however, most of that overlap occurs over Lake Erie. As a result, KKR had to obtain a temporary, 18-month waiver from the FCC in order to buy enough time to find a separate buyer for WTVG.
In late 1987, when the other Storer stations were sold to Gillett Broadcasting, WTVG was sold to a local group called "Toledo Television, Inc." Toledo Television, in turn, was bought out by Media Communications Partners Limited Partnership, an affiliate of SJL Broadcast Management, in 1991. SJL sold WTVG (along with WJRT in Flint, Michigan) to Capital Cities/ABC in October 1994 (the sale was finalized on August 29, 1995), which necessitated an affiliation switch. (It should be noted that ABC operated WTVG as an NBC affiliate for two months after it assumed control of the station.) On November 5, 1995, WTVG began airing ABC programming, sending the NBC affiliation to WNWO-TV. In 1996, Capital Cities/ABC was acquired by Disney. WTVG is the dominating News Station in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.
ABC bought stations in Flint and Toledo because both markets reach into the suburban Detroit area. At the time WXYZ-TV, the current ABC affiliate owned by Scripps Howard, was being pursued by CBS which just lost WJBK Channel 2 in Detroit (a former Storer station that was by then owned by New World Communications) to FOX. CBS wanted to affiliate with another VHF station. ABC had to flip their Tampa and Phoenix affiliations from VHF stations (WTSP and KTVK, respectively) to Scripps-owned UHF stations (WFTS and KNXV) in order to keep ABC on WXYZ. If ABC couldn't do this they wanted to buy strong VHF stations in Toledo and Flint to cover the affluent suburban areas of Detroit just in case the Scripps affiliation deal fell through. In the end, the ABC-Scripps deal became official, and ABC's Detroit affiliation remained on WXYZ.
[edit] News Segments
[edit] I-Team
The 13 Action News I-Team works to uncover government waste, scams and problems that affect your safety and health.
In the past three years the I-Team has uncovered several scams, exposed wrongdoers, and recovered thousands of dollars for viewers. The I-Team has become known for their weekly Restaurant Report Card. It's one of the station's highest-rated segments.
[edit] Newsreel
Showcases local news briefs daily from 13abc Action News at 5:30
[edit] Restaurant Report Card
Every Thursday on 13 Action News at 6, the I-Team shows you which restaurants are getting some of the worst health violations in the area. Also each Thursday one violation free restaurant is given the green stamp of approval. Presented By Ronnie Dahl
[edit] Ask the Expert
Each weekday on 13 ABC Action News at noon, get your questions answered by local experts.
- Mondays-Chris Cooper, financial planner
- Tuesdays-Mark Iagulli, personal trainer
- Wednesdays-Julie Welshans, registered dietitian
- Thursdays-Dr. Daniel Cassavar, cardiologist
- Fridays-Dr. Ruby Nucklos, internist
[edit] Weather & Traffic
13ABC has a team of four meteorologists:
- Stan Stachak-Chief Meteorologist
- Jay Berschback
- Theresa Pollick
- Kristin Emery
Resources
- 13ABC owns and operates a 350,000 Watt Doppler Radar named Live Doppler 13000
- Systems from Baron Services:
- VIPIR (Volumetric Imaging and Processing of Integrated Radar)
- FasTrac
- StormWarn
- Neighborhood IRIS (Internet Radar Imaging Server)
Traffic
- Shown every 10 minutes along with weather in the mornings 5am-7am
Time Saver Traffic Team:
- Greg Jones
[edit] Sports
13ABC Action News Sports Rob Powers and the Power's Pack
- Rob Powers
- Joe Nugent
- Hakem Dermish
Football Friday-During Regular Season
- Showcases Northwest Ohio Highschool Football Games
Basketball Friday-During Regular Seasons
- Showcases Northwest Ohio Girls & Boys Basketball
[edit] 13th Frame
For 35 weeks each year 13 Action News Sports sponsors the 13th Frame, each Thursday night at 11pm Rob Powers travels to a local bowling alley to give away $250.
Rules-
- $1 per pin
- $250 for three strikes in a row
- Last seasons final winner- Andy Kirk
- Occasionally during a losing streak the previous week’s prize money accumulates until someone wins the large jackpot.
- Last seasons final winner- Andy Kirk
[edit] Newscasts
- 13 ABC Action News Good Morning - 5am - 7am
- Jeff Smith
- Rebecca Regnier
- Jay Berschback
- Greg Jones
- 13 ABC Action News at Noon
- Jeff Smith
- Susan Ross-Wells
- Jay Berschback
- 13 ABC Action News at 5
- Lee Conklin
- Diane Larson
- Stan Stachak
- 13 ABC Action News at 5:30
- Rob Powers
- Susan Ross-Wells
- Stan Stackak
- 13 ABC Action News at 6 and 11
- Lee Conklin
- Diane Larson
- Stan Stachak
- Rob Powers
- 13 ABC Action News Saturday and Sunday Mornings 6am - 8am
- Efrem Graham
- Sashem Brey
- Theresa Pollick
- Hakem Dermish- only on Sundays
- 13 ABC Action News Weekends
- Bill Hormann
- Kristian Brown
- Kristin Emery
- Joe Nugent
[edit] Reporters
- Elisa Amigo
- Ronnie Dahl (I-Team)
- Tony Geftos
- Lissa Guyton
- Erica Hurtt
- Alexis Means
- Zack Ottenstein
[edit] Personalities & Trivia
- Kristin Emery was recently hired by WTVG. She started June 1st. She takes the places of Meteorologist Susan Ware, who went on maternity leave in February. Ware said that she wanted to work on a fill in basis. Earlier this year, Leslie LoBue from WJRT-TV in Flint helped fill in for Ware, then Jim Madaus from WXYZ-TV came in April.
- Alexis Means won an Emmy for best spot news coverage for "Gunmen in the School," a breaking news story in which a gunmen was seen on survelliance video walking in to a Toledo Public School with a gun.
- On June 21, 2006, Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan was under a moderate risk for severe weather. A massive complex of thunderstorms moved into Michigan and took a turn to the southeast. A tornado warning was later issued for Lucas County. During this, Jeff Smith was with his wife, Lisa, who had gone into labor at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center. Later that night, she gave birth to a boy -- Dugan Jeffrey Smith. Efrem Graham and Sashem Brey have been filling in for Smith in the mornings, while Rebecca Regnier fills in at Noon.
- All Toledo stations (WTVG, WTOL, WNWO, and WUPW) use the Jeep Liberty as an ENG vehicle, due to the fact that there are made locally by DaimlerChrysler.
[edit] Past Personalities
- Jala Anderson
- Gordon Boyd
- Dave Chudowsky
- Tim Gerber
- Katrina Hancock
- Jason Knowles
- Jason Martinez
- Christa Quinn
- Susan Ware
- Kelli Wiese
- Diane Wilson
- Kareen Wynter
[edit] Logos and Graphics
 WTVG Action Cam Network |
 13 ABC Plus |
 13 ABC Weather Now 24-Hour Doppler Loop |
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 13 ABC Action News at 6:00 |
 13 ABC Action News Center |
 13 ABC Action News, Football-Basketball Friday Set |
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 13 ABC Action News Studio |
 13 ABC News Monitor |
 13 ABC Action News Teleprompter |
[edit] Digital Channels
| Channel | Programming |
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| 13.1 / 19.1 | Main WTVG Programming |
| 13.2 / 19.2 | News / Alternate Programming |
| 13.3 / 19.3 | Doppler 13000 Weather Radar |
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- Circle 7 logo - WTVG's Circle 13 logo is a derivative of the Circle 7 logo
[edit] External links
| Broadcast television in the Toledo and Findlay, Ohio market (Nielsen DMA #70) | ||
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W09CG 9 (TBN) - WTOL 11 (CBS) - WTVG 13 (ABC) - W21BF 21 (IND) - WFND 22 (A1/Daystar) - W22CO 22 (TBN) - WNWO 24 (NBC) (The Tube on DT2, WX+ on DT3) - WDFM 26 (IND) - WBGU 27 (PBS) - WGTE 30 (PBS) - WBTL 34 (AS) - WUPW 36 (Fox) - W38DH 38 (MTV2) - WLMB 40 (FamilyNet) - WMNT 48 (MNTV/A1) - WGGN 52 (TBN) |
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| Local cable television channels | ||
| See also: Broadcast television stations in the Detroit-Windsor, Lansing, Cleveland, Columbus, Lima, Fort Wayne and London Markets | ||
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WEWS 5 (Cleveland) - WSYX 6 (Columbus) - WCPO 9 (Cincinnati) - WTVG 13 (Toledo) - WLQP-LP 18 (Lima) - WKEF 22 (Dayton) - WYTV 33 (Youngstown) |
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| See also: CBS, Fox, NBC, PBS, MyNetworkTV, CW and Other stations in Ohio | |
