WYZZ-TV

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WYZZ-TV

Bloomington, Illinois-Peoria, Illinois
Branding	ZZ FOX 43
Slogan	Your Place to Be (general)/An Hour Earlier & Never Too Late (news)
Channels	43 (UHF) analog, 28 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Fox (since 1986)
Owner	Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Operated by Nexstar Broadcasting
Founded	January 31, 1982
Call letters meaning	Wth Your Zig Zag^{[citation needed]}
Former callsigns	WBLN (1982 - 1985-09-15)
Former affiliations	Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois (1982-1986)
Transmitter Power	1120 kW
Website	www.zzfox.com/

WYZZ Fox 43 is the only TV station licensed to Bloomington, Illinois. Founded as WBLN by members of Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois on January 31, 1982, it was later sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station is owned by Sinclair but managed by Nexstar Broadcasting Group as a sister station of WMBD-TV. WYZZ's transmitter is located near a dairy farm in Congerville, Illinois.

[edit] Current On-Air Personalities

Will Koch
Chuck Collins

The rest are reporters/anchors from WMBD-TV.

[edit] Former On-Air Personalities

Maria Henneberry (News anchor)
Mitch (of the defunct Fox 43 Kids Club)
Missy (of the defunct Fox 43 Kids Club)

[edit] External links

WYZZ Fox 43 - official site
Query the FCC's TV station database for WYZZ

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

Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Illinois

WFLD 32 (Chicago) - WQRF 39 (Rockford) - WYZZ 43 (Bloomington) - "CGEM" 54.3 (Quincy) - WRSP 55 / WCCU 27 (Springfield / Urbana)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other Stations in Illinois

Sinclair Broadcast Group

CBS Network Affiliates: KGAN | WGME

NBC Network Affiliate: WPXI⁶ | WTWC

¹Sinclair has ownership interests in these stations, but management capabilities belong to Nexstar Broadcasting Group.

²Sinclair operates these stations owned by Cunningham Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement.
However, Sinclair effectively owns these stations because it controls nearly all of Cunningham's stock.

³Sinclair operates these stations, which are owned by local groups, under a local marketing agreement.
Sinclair also effectively owns WTTA because it is majority-owned by the Smith family, founders of Sinclair.

⁴Sinclair operates this station owned by Tennessee Broadcasting under an outsourcing agreement.

⁵Cox Enterprises holds a 10% interest in this station.

⁶Sinclair holds a 10% interest in this station, of which Cox Enterprises owns the remaining 90%.

Annual Revenue: $1.24 billion USD (2004) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: SBGI| Website: www.sbgi.net

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.

The CW Network Affiliate: WLYH²³

MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KJBO¹ | KCPN¹ | WCFN | WPNY | WTVO¹

¹Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting.

²The FCC has approved the acquisitions of these stations from Montecito Broadcast Group, which are now awaiting finalization.

³Nexstar awaits the license to the station. Clear Channel will still operate the station for the time being, having put its entire television group up for sale.

⁴Sale of the station to Mission Broadcasting is awaiting FCC approval. Nexstar will continue to operate the station.

⁵Nexstar operates these stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Annual Revenue: $226.1 million USD (2005) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: NXST | Website: www.nexstarbroadcasting.com