WUPW

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WUPW
Toledo, Ohio
Branding	Fox Toledo
Slogan	"First. Fast. Fair." "Just You Watch!"
Channels	36 (UHF) analog, 46 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Fox
Owner	LIN Broadcasting
Founded	September 22, 1985
Former affiliations	Independent (1985-1986)
Transmitter Power	100 kW/305 m(analog) 110 kW/356 m (digital)
Website	foxtoledo.com

WUPW is the Fox television affiliate station for Toledo, Ohio. It is known on-air as "Fox Toledo." It is owned by LIN Broadcasting. Its transmitter is located in Oregon, Ohio, and its studios are located in Four Seagate in Downtown Toledo.

In addition to news and Fox network programming, WUPW also carries many off-network sitcoms and a few syndicated game/reality, talk and courtroom shows.

Contents 1 History 2 Personalities 2.1 Fox Toledo News First at Four 2.2 Fox Toledo News First at Ten 2.3 Fox Toledo News Weekends 2.4 Full-Time Reporters 2.5 Part-Time Reporters 3 Past Personalities 4 Webcast 5 Face of Fox Toledo 6 Tower 7 Digital Channels 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] History

WUPW went on the air on September 4, 1985 as an independent television station. It became a charter Fox network affiliate in 1986.

In the 1990s, the station began to air a 10pm newscast produced by WTOL. The partnership between the two stations ended in 2000, and WUPW launched its own news department.

WUPW was the only Toledo over-the-air television station to air cartoons weekday afternoons, as the local WB affiliate, WT05 is a cable station. The station added a 4pm newscast after Fox discontinued kids' weekday programming in 2001.

After Raycom Media (which then owned WUPW) acquired Malrite Broadcasting (which owned NBC affiliate WNWO-TV) in 1998, WUPW was spun off to Sunrise Television due to FCC rules at the time prohibiting common ownership of two stations in the same market, as Raycom opted to keep the higher-rated WNWO at that time. LIN acquired the station in 2002 through its purchase of Sunrise Television. Ironically, Raycom Media bought WTOL in 2006 after Liberty Broadcasting merged with Raycom (WNWO is being sold to Barrington Broadcasting due to current FCC rules prohibiting common ownership of two of the four largest stations in a single market).

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Fox Toledo News First at Four

• Laura Emerson
• Karl Rundgren
• Chief Meteorologist Mike Morrison

[edit] Fox Toledo News First at Ten

• Laura Emerson
• Karl Rundgren
• Chief Meteorologist Mike Morrison
• Sports Director Brad Fanning

[edit] Fox Toledo News Weekends

• Tiffany Tarpley
• Weathercaster Tamara Berg
• Howard Chen

[edit] Full-Time Reporters

• Tamara Berg
• Allison Brown
• Shaun Hegarty
• Heather Miller
• Tiffany Tarpley
• Tami Tremblay
• Michelle Zepeda

[edit] Part-Time Reporters

• Barrett Andrews
• Brian Krupp
• Kelly Miner (freelance)
• Kevin Mullan (freelance)
• Joe Rychnovsky (freelance)

[edit] Past Personalities

• Timyka Artist
• Dan Bumpus (WTVG)
• Ronnie Dahl (WTVG)
• Ryan Fowler (WNWO)
• Jeff George
• Adam Kuperstein (WTVJ)
• Joy Lepola (WBFF)
• Katie Miller
• April Norris
• Myrt Price (WDTN)
• Megan Pringle (WSYX)
• Dan Spehler (WRTV)
• Jose Suarez (WTVJ)
• Scott VanAlmen
• Susan Ware
• Eric Yuhaz
• Autumn Ziemba (WFMJ)

[edit] Webcast

Fox Toledo recently added a webcast to their website. They update it at 10 am, 2 pm, 6 pm, and 11 pm. In the mornings, Michelle Zepeda usually anchors it, but in the evenings, Laura Emerson and Karl Rundgren anchor it. On weekends, Tiffany Tarpley anchors it. There are also weathercasts on the website.

[edit] Face of Fox Toledo

For the past year, Leah D'Emilio has been the Face of Fox Toledo. She was seen on commercials as well as at local media events. Abby Bollenbacher has been named her successor.

[edit] Tower

The WUPW Tower is a 372-meter high-guy aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and TV programs in Oregon, Ohio (Geographical coordinates: 41°39′21″N, 83°26′40″W). It was completed in 1985 and is the property of LIN Broadcasting.

[edit] Digital Channels

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
36.1 / 46.1	Main WUPW Programming (High Definition)
36.2 / 46.2	Main WUPW Programming (Standard Definition)

[edit] See also

List of masts

[edit] External links

• Fox Toledo
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WUPW

Broadcast television in the Toledo and Findlay, Ohio market (Nielsen DMA #70)
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)
Local cable television channels
WT05 (The CW) - CBET 9 (CBC, Windsor)
See also: Broadcast television stations in the Detroit-Windsor, Lansing, Cleveland, Columbus, Lima, Fort Wayne and London Markets

Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Ohio
WJW 8 (Cleveland) - WXIX 19 (Cincinnati) - WOHL-CA 25 (Lima) - WTTE 28 (Columbus) - WUPW 36 (Toledo) - WRGT 45 (Dayton) - WYFX-LP 62 (Youngstown)
See also: ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, MyNetworkTV, CW and Other stations in Ohio