WTVJ, virtual channel 6 (physical 31), is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC television network, licensed to Miami, Florida, USA. WTVJ shares its studio and office facility with co-owned Telemundo station WSCV (channel 51) in Miramar, Florida, and its transmitter is located near Sun Life Stadium in north Miami-Dade County.

History[link]

Florida's first television station[link]

WTVJ went on the air at noon on March 21, 1949. It was Florida's first television station and the 16th in the country. Originally broadcasting on channel 4, WTVJ was owned by Wometco Enterprises, a national movie theater chain headquartered in Miami. The original studios were located in the former Capitol Theater in Downtown Miami, which was Wometco's first theater when the company was founded in 1926. The station carried programming from all four major networks of that era (ABC, NBC, CBS, and DuMont), but was a primary CBS affiliate. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.^[1]

WTVJ was the only commercial station in Miami until December 24, 1954, when WFTL-TV (channel 23) signed on from Fort Lauderdale as an NBC affiliate. However, WFTL had no success whatsoever against WTVJ, in part because television sets were not required to have UHF tuning until 1964. NBC continued to allow WTVJ to cherry-pick NBC programming until WCKT (channel 7, now WSVN) signed on in 1956 and WFTL went dark. (The frequency which was used by WFTL-TV is now occupied by WLTV.) Channel 4 continued to share ABC with WCKT until 1957 when WPST-TV (channel 10, now WPLG) signed on. It also doubled as the CBS affiliate for West Palm Beach until WTVX (channel 34, now a CW affiliate) signed on in 1966.

WTVJ served as the producing station for CBS's Jackie Gleason Show after the comedian moved the program from New York City to Miami Beach in 1964.

Acquisition by KKR[link]

Wometco founder and president Mitchell Wolfson died in 1983 and a long-rumored secret plan to run the company after his death was never found. Remaining Wolfson heirs had no desire to keep the company in the family, and it quickly unraveled, making it a ripe takeover target. Investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. took over Wometco in 1984 in a deal worth $1 billion, the largest corporate buyout ever to that date. KKR sold most of Wometco's entertainment assets to Wometco chief operating officer Arthur Hertz in 1985. With the cash from this sale, KKR then purchased the Storer Broadcasting group of stations, shortly after the FCC raised the television station ownership limit from seven stations (with no more than five on VHF) to twelve. KKR's intent was to sell the properties within a few years for a higher price.

In 1986, KKR opted to put WTVJ and the Storer stations on the market. The firm had plans to sell channel 4 for a record price of close to half a billion dollars (as part of a $1.85 billion group deal with six of the Storer stations), although the station was actually worth far less. CBS saw a chance to get an owned and operated television station in the fast-growing Miami market. However, it lost a bidding war to television syndication firm Telepictures (now part of Warner Bros. Television).^[2] CBS then suggested that it intended to purchase WCIX (channel 6), Miami's Fox affiliate owned by Taft Broadcasting of Cincinnati. Such a deal would have made WTVJ the area's Fox affiliate. Although CBS only made a half-hearted bid for WCIX, Telepictures realized that the value of its purchase would be significantly depreciated with the loss of CBS. Also, while it was a major force in television syndication in its own right, Telepictures did not anticipate having to buy an additional 15 hours per day of programming (Fox had just debuted and would not air a full week's worth of programming for seven years). It walked away from the group deal in May 1986,^[3] and sold off its only other television station, WPGH-TV in Pittsburgh, to Renaissance Broadcasting.

WTVJ's newsroom

Acquisition by NBC[link]

Over the next few months, the only offers for WTVJ came from companies that owned large groups of independent stations, such as Tribune Broadcasting, Pappas Telecasting Companies, and Chris-Craft Industries/United Television. These and other companies wanted to make WTVJ an independent station, or a Fox affiliate, for a price far lower than KKR's asking price. The only way that KKR could make such a large profit was to sell WTVJ to another network, as the only potential buyers who had no interest in keeping CBS while paying the asking price were ABC and NBC. A major network had never bought a VHF station affiliated with another network.

CBS did not believe that KKR would sell WTVJ to another network, so it returned with a very low offer. KKR turned the CBS offer down almost out of hand and then approached the other networks. ABC was not interested, since it was more than satisfied with its longtime affiliate, WPLG. However, NBC was very interested because its longtime affiliate, WSVN, heavily pre-empted the network's daytime lineup -- including whatever show was offered at noon in favor of local news, as well as an occasional primetime show. NBC was far less tolerant of preemptions than CBS and ABC at the time, and was particularly annoyed at losing valuable advertising in such a fast-growing market. This had not been a problem at first since most programs pre-empted by WSVN aired on WPTV in West Palm Beach. WPTV provided at least grade B coverage of nearly the entire Miami/Ft. Lauderdale market, and had been available on cable in the area for decades. In the few cases where WPTV and WSVN both turned down an NBC show, the network usually aired its programming on alternate stations in the area. However, by 1985, WPTV had disappeared from most Miami cable systems to make way for new cable channels, resulting in some NBC programming preempted by WSVN being unavailable to some viewers. NBC realized that buying its own station with less restrictive ownership laws would guarantee that all of its shows would air. Hence, it made an offer almost as high as Telepictures did a few months before, and in 1987, KKR agreed to sell WTVJ to NBC.^[4]

NBC assumed control of WTVJ in mid-September 1987. However, both WTVJ's and WSVN's existing affiliation contracts lasted until December 31, 1988. As a result, NBC faced the prospect of having to run WTVJ as a CBS affiliate for over a year. This did not sit well with either NBC or CBS, and both approached WSVN's parent Sunbeam Television about ending the station's NBC affiliation early. However, Sunbeam balked; its owner, Ed Ansin, didn't want to lose NBC's strong lineup of sports programming that year, including the Major League Baseball World Series and the Summer Olympics. Sunbeam also made an unsuccessful play to takeover the CBS affiliation at the beginning of 1989. NBC did strip nearly all CBS branding from channel 4, and began airing nearly all NBC programming preempted by channel 7. In turn, this resulted in some CBS shows being preempted on WTVJ, with those shows airing on WCIX. CBS then formally approached channel 6, despite the fact that it would have provided a much weaker signal to Fort Lauderdale than that provided by WTVJ or WSVN. WCIX's transmitter was located near Homestead, 20 miles southwest of downtown Miami, giving Fort Lauderdale only a weaker, "Grade B" signal. Accordingly, CBS persuaded West Palm Beach's longtime ABC affiliate, WPEC, to change its affiliation to CBS to ensure full coverage in Fort Lauderdale and northern Broward County. In the spring of 1988, CBS announced that it was purchasing WCIX from the TVX Broadcast Group, who had purchased the station from Taft in 1987.

The changeover occurred on January 1, 1989, when WTVJ ended its 40-year affiliation with CBS and became the third station in Miami to carry NBC. CBS moved the rest of its programming over to WCIX, while WSVN became the new Fox affiliate for South Florida, and most of WCIX's syndicated programming such as most cartoons and sitcoms – with exceptions such as I Love Lucy, Family Ties, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and a few others – went to WDZL (channel 39, now WSFL-TV). In a bit of irony, WTVJ also continued preempting NBC's Noon offering in favor of its own local newscast. That time would be given back to affiliates in 1991.

Changing channels[link]

In 1994, Westinghouse and its broadcasting division Group W signed a long-term deal with CBS, in which the three Group W stations not already affiliated with CBS would become CBS affiliates; the other two stations had already been CBS affiliates. Westinghouse and CBS would merge later that year, making all the Group W stations CBS O&Os. One of the stations was Philadelphia's longtime NBC affiliate, KYW-TV. CBS decided to sell off its longtime owned and operated television station in that same market, WCAU-TV. This led to a deal in 1995 between CBS and NBC, where CBS sold the channel 6 transmitter and license to NBC as compensation for the loss of KYW-TV and Westinghouse's other NBC affiliate, WBZ-TV in Boston. In return, CBS received the stronger channel 4 facility and cash as compensation for the loss of WCAU (KCNC-TV in Denver and KUTV in Salt Lake City ended up switching to CBS in this deal, causing NBC to find new homes in both markets on KUSA-TV and KSL-TV respectively).

On September 10, 1995, WTVJ and WCIX swapped dial positions. WTVJ's entire intellectual unit (calls, shows, NBC network, and staff) moved from channel 4 to channel 6, while the WCIX intellectual unit moved to channel 4 as WFOR-TV. However, both stations' studios remained the same. Due to the way the transfer was structured, the two stations were required to swap licenses in addition to the transmitting facilities. As a result, the FCC considers WTVJ to be legally the same station as the old WCIX. This move led to WPTV picking up NBC market share in Broward County from WTVJ, as WTVJ moved its transmitter from its longtime home on the Broward-Dade line to WCIX's old transmitter in Homestead. WPTV's signal in Fort Lauderale is actually closer to city-grade than WTVJ's (though still Grade B). In the months prior to the swap, WTVJ dropped all references to its then-channel 4 position outside of news programming (newscasts continued to be titled Channel 4 News until the move to channel 6), instead branding as "WTVJ NBC", using a logo featuring only the NBC peacock logo with the callsign underneath rendered in Univers typeface.

In April 1998, WTVJ sold its longtime studios located at 316 N. Miami Ave. in downtown Miami for to the General Services Administration for $11.6 million, which planned to build a courthouse on the space. Three months later, it was announced that the station purchased land located off the intersection of Interstate 75 and Miramar Parkway in the Broward County community of Miramar, with plans to build the present-day 64,000 square foot studio facility housing the station, which opened in 2000.^[5]

Failed sale to Post-Newsweek[link]

On March 19, 2008, NBC Universal announced that it was putting WTVJ on the market for an estimated $350 million. On March 21, 2008, WTVJ celebrated its 59th anniversary and began its 60th year of continuous broadcasting. On July 18, long-time WTVJ anchor Bob Mayer made the official announcement live on the station's mid-day talk show (South Florida Today) that the station was being sold to Post-Newsweek Stations. The purchase would have created a duopoly between WTVJ and ABC affiliate WPLG (currently owned by Post-Newsweek). An FCC rule allows the purchase of a station in the same market if "at least 1 of the stations in the combination is not ranked among the top 4 stations in terms of audience share". Ordinarily, this rule would preclude a duopoly between two "Big Three" stations. However, as of May 2008 ratings period, WTVJ ranked 6th overall in total-day Nielsen ratings and WPLG rated number one, allowing the possibility of a purchase. A TV Newsday published report indicates that in a July 25 FCC filing, Post-Newsweek bought WTVJ for $205 million.^[6] Industry experts had estimated the station would bring in up to $350 million. However, the sale did not include real estate. In this deal, the two stations would have merged their operations at WPLG's new studios on Hallandale Beach Boulevard in Pembroke Park.^[7] As part of this purchase, Post-Newsweek would have acquired all of WTVJ's new high definition production equipment that was installed in its Miramar sudios (including WSCV). Despite a formal petition having been filed with the FCC against the proposed sale, the sale was cleared by the Federal Trade Commission October 6.

Eventually, the sale of WTVJ was canceled on December 23, 2008, with NBC and Post-Newsweek parent The Washington Post Company citing poor economic conditions and the lack of FCC approval as the reasons for the cancellation.^[8] Due to the sale attempt, WTVJ was the final NBC-owned station (other than its Telemundo stations) to continue to use the old format (powered by Internet Broadcasting) for its Web site. With NBC retaining ownership of WTVJ, this changed on March 16, 2009, when nbcmiami.com was launched.

On March 21, 2009, WTVJ celebrated its 60th anniversary and aired a half-hour special "WTVJ: The First 60 Years", which highlighted the station's history from its beginning on March 21, 1949 to the present [3].

Digital Television[link]

On Wednesday February 25, 2009, WTVJ became the last O&O station to have Universal Sports on its digital subchannel 6.3. It was removed on January 1, 2012, when Universal Sports changed its status as a cable network.

Analog-to-digital conversion[link]

At noon on June 12, 2009, WTVJ terminated its normal programming on analog channel 6 and began transmitting the "Analog Nightlight" educational video produced by the National Association of Broadcasters. Regular programming continued on the station's post-transition digital frequency, channel 31.^[9] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display WTVJ's virtual channel as "6". After the digital transition, the station moved its main transmitter from WCIX's old site in Homestead to the Broward-Dade line, bringing WTVJ's transmission on par with the other Miami TV stations for the first time in fourteen years.

On June 26 WTVJ ended its "Analog Nightlight" service. After the programming loop completed, the station ran a pre-recorded video of news anchor Bob Mayer introducing a black-and-white film clip of Ralph Renick uttering his closing phrase, "Good night... and may the good news be yours." The playing of the NBC chimes was heard just as engineers shut down the analog channel 6 transmitter for the final time.^[10]

Repeaters[link]

In addition to its main signals, WTVJ is also carried on repeater W44AC channel 44 in Key West, which is owned by Miranda Broadcasting Company of Key West, LLC.

WTVJ was previously seen on two other translators, W58BU channel 58 in Hallandale (from a transmitter in Pembroke Park) and W52BB channel 52 in Big Pine Key. Prior to the analog shutdown and digital conversion, W58BU (originally W61AA until late 1992) was necessary because of WTVJ's former analog transmitter location in Redland, which is 20 miles (32 km) southwest of downtown Miami. This location is farther south than other Miami television stations. As a result, Fort Lauderdale and the rest of Broward County received a grade-B signal from the analog tower. WTVJ shut off the analog transmitter for the last time on June 26, 2009, though W58BU remained on the air for nearly two years afterward; however, with WTVJ's digital transmitter now located in the same area as other major Miami television stations, the need for W58BU was diminished, and by April 5, 2011 the translator was closed down and NBC surrendered its license,^[11] with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) formally deleting it on June 2. W52BB remains in operation as a separate station, WGZT-LP channel 27 in Key West.

News operation[link]

This section requires expansion with: further information on the history of WTVJ's news operation.

Currently, WTVJ broadcasts a total of 31 hours of local newscasts each week (with five hours on weekdays and three hours on weekends). Unlike most NBC stations, WTVJ does not air a midday newscast on weekdays; instead, it airs a local talk/lifestyle program at 11 a.m. called Live Miami at 11 a.m. However, on May 14th 2012, WTVJ started airing a midday newscast again, this time as NBC Miami News at 11:00 AM, followed by NBC 6 in the Mix at 11:30 AM, hosted by Entertainment Reporter Roxanne Vargas, featuring the latest Entertainment News, similar to sister station WSCV Telemundo 51's Acceso Total, which is broadcast in the same time slot as NBC 6 in the Mix.

During weather segments, WTVJ uses two weather radar systems, "Weather Plus TITAN Radar" and "Weather Plus VIPIR Radar". The station offered NBC Weather Plus on its second digital subchannel and on Comcast and Atlantic Broadband digital cable, but in conjunction with NBC/Comcast Universal's new campaign, it has been reformatted into a 24-hour local content channel, "NBC Miami Nonstop"; the subchannel also carries a weeknight 9 p.m. newscast which at some point later in time, it was cancelled.

Soon after WTVJ signed on, it hired Ralph Renick, who had just graduated from the University of Miami, as its first anchorman and News Director. Renick would be the face of WTVJ for nearly 36 years best known for his catchphrase at the end of every newscast, "Good night, and may the good news be yours". At the same time, the station also hired Bernie Rosen and Bob Weaver. One of the nation's first ever television news meteorologists, Weaver reported weather for the station for more than five decades. Rosen, who went on to run the station's award winning sports department for more than three decades, is the only remaining original employee still working at the station, and is currently in his 60th consecutive year at WTVJ. On February 6, 2008, Rosen was presented with the prestigious Golden Circle Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The Academy honored Rosen for his more than 50 years of service to the South Florida television community. While many of South Florida's veteran television personalities have received the Silver Circle Award for marking 25 years in the business, the Golden Circle Award has been given only once before in South Florida, in 2004 when it went to Bob Weaver, also a lifelong WTVJ employee.

In 1992, when Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida, WTVJ was the only station to give complete coverage of the story non-stop with meteorologist Bryan Norcross. WTVJ won local Emmys for its coverage of Hurricane Andrew. Most of WTVJ's archive from 1949 through 2004 (as well as other Florida television stations) are stored at the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives in downtown Miami.

In 1997, WTVJ and the Sun-Sentinel began co-producing a nightly 10 o'clock newscast on WB affiliate WDZL known as WB 39 News at 10. After the station (by then renamed WBZL) became a CW affiliate on September 18, 2006 and became WSFL-TV, the newscast title changed to CW News at 10. The newscast was broadcast from a secondary set at WTVJ's studios and was a similar operation to other Tribune-outsourced newscasts that were (and still are) seen on KRCW-TV and WPHL-TV. The final WSFL newscast aired on August 31, 2008, as Tribune did not renew the partnership because of the then-pending sale of WTVJ to Post-Newsweek, a newspaper competitor to Tribune.

On September 10, 2007, in hopes of catching a new audience, WTVJ launched the market's first weeknight 7 o'clock news, a format NBC liked, and used with several other NBC owned stations including WNBC and KNSD. At the same time, WTVJ dropped its 5 p.m. newscast, opting to show The Ellen DeGeneres Show instead (this lasted until May 2011, when they reinstated the 5 p.m. newscast, canceling the 7 p.m. program).

On March 5, 2008, WTVJ began broadcasting its local news in high definition. It was the first television station in the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale market and the fourth station in South Florida to have made the upgrade. On October 1, 2011, WTVJ debuted weekend morning newscasts, airing from 6-7 and 8-9 a.m. on Saturdays and 6-8 a.m. on Sundays.^[12]

News/station presentation[link]

Newscast titles[link]

• Televiews of the News (6:15 p.m. newscast; 1949–1951)
• The Ralph Renick Report (6 p.m. newscast; 1953–1984)^[13]
• Newsnight with Dick Bate (11 p.m. newscast; 1965–1967)
• News at Noon with Del Frank (1965–1985)
• Twenty-Four Hours (11 p.m. newscast; 1967–1969)
• The Prescott Robinson Report (11 p.m. newscast; 1969–1973)
• The World Tonight With Jim Brosemer (11 p.m. newscast; 1973–1983)
• Channel 4 News (mid 1970s–early 1980s and 1989–1995, shortened to "4 News" in graphics during latter period)^[14]
• News Weekend With Bob Mayer (6 and 11 p.m. newscasts; 1974–1982)
• News 4 (1983–1989; WFOR-TV returned title as News 4 South Florida in 1995)^[15]
• News 4 With Ralph Renick (6 p.m. newscast; 1984–1985)
• Today in South Florida (morning newscast; 1989–2011; WSVN uses similar title, Today in Florida, for its morning newscast)^[16]
• Live at Eleven (11 a.m. news, talk and interview show; 1992)
• Channel 6 News (1995–present; used when the station moved to channel 6, still used locally)^[17]
• NBC 6 News (1997–2011)^[18]
• NBC Miami News (2009–present)
• South Florida Today (11 a.m. news/talk program; 2004–2011)
• South Florida Nightly News (7 p.m. newscast; 2007–2011)^[19]
• South Florida Tonight (11 p.m. newscast; 2006–2011)^[20]
• NBC Miami Today (morning newscast; 2011–present)
• Live Miami at 11 a.m. (news/talk program; 2011–2012)
• NBC Miami at 11 a.m. (11 a.m. newscast, 2012-present)
• NBC Miami at 5 (5 p.m. newscast; 2011–present)
• NBC Miami at 6 (6 p.m. newscast; 2011–present)
• NBC Miami at 11 (11 p.m. newscast; 2011–present)

Station slogans[link]

• On the Spot Coverage of Florida (1949–mid 1960s)
• South Florida's Largest Daily Circulation (mid 1960s–early 1970s)
• Friends You Can Turn To (early 1970s–1984)
• We're 4 for You, Friends You Can Turn To (1984–1986; used in image campaign using Tuesday Productions' "Tuesday16")
• South Florida's News Leader (1984–1986; 2005–present)
• We're on Your Side (1986–1988)
• The Heart of South Florida (1988–1990)
• Don't Worry, Be Happy (1990–1993; used in image campaign based on song by Bobby McFerrin)^[21]
• Watch Our Teamwork (1990–1992; used in image campaign using news theme of the same name)
• Your 24-Hour News Source (1990–1992; news slogan)
• Stay with Us (1992–1995)
• Where The News Comes First (1995–2005)^[22]
• We are Miami (2010–present)^[23]

[edit] News team^[24]

Anchors

• Pam Giganti – weekday mornings NBC Miami Today (5-7 a.m.) and 11 a.m.
• Adam Kuperstein - weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.
• Sharon Lawson – weekend mornings NBC Miami Today, and weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.; also weeknight reporter and fill-in anchor
• Jackie Nespral – weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.
• Trina Robinson – weeknights at 5:30 p.m.; also fill-in meteorologist and weather reporter
• Roxanne Vargas – host of 6 in the mix; also weekday morning features reporter/fill-in anchor

NBC 6 Weather Channel Team

• John Morales (AMS and NWA Seals of Approval) – chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.
• Ryan Phillips (AMS and NWA Seals of Approval) – meteorologist; weekday mornings NBC Miami Today (5-7 a.m.)
• Jennifer Reeves – meteorologist; weekend mornings NBC Miami Today (used to work at the station for Today in South Florida)
• Trina Robinson – meteorologist; weekdays at 11 a.m.; also fill-in meteorologist and weather reporter
• Shiri Spear (AMS and NWA Seals of Approval) – meteorologist; weekend evenings

Sports team

• Joe Rose – sports director; weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.; also heard on WQAM-AM 560
• TBD – sports anchor; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.; also host of Fins TV; also heard on WQAM-AM 560

Reporters

• Jeff Burnside – special projects reporter
• Julia Bagg – general assignment reporter
• Diana Gonzalez – health reporter
• Steve Litz – general assignment reporter
• Ari Odzer – general assignment reporter
• Mariza Reyes – general assignment reporter
• Willard Shepard – investigative reporter; also fill-in anchor
• Amara Sohn – general assignment reporter
• Brent Solomon – general assignment reporter
• Hank Tester – general assignment reporter
• Christina Hernandez - general assignment reporter

Notable former Airstaff[link]

• David Bloom (1991–1993; promoted to NBC News, died in March 2003 of deep vein thrombosis while covering the start of the Iraq War)
• Joel Connable (2005–2009; now president of Travel TV News Inc.)
• Kevin Corke (2009-2011; now at ESPN)
• Katie Couric (1984–1986; later co-anchor of NBC's Today, anchor of the CBS Evening News until 2011, now at ABC News)
• Paul Deanno – chief meteorologist (2003–2009; now morning and midday meteorologist at KOMO-TV in Seattle)
• Jose Diaz-Balart – anchor (early 1990s; now at Telemundo)
• John Hambrick – (1985–1990; later went to rival WCIX, now retired to Texas - doing commercials and movies)
• Larry King – (now at CNN as host of Larry King Live, retired but will produce specials for CNN)
• Alycia Lane – (previously with rival WSVN 2000-2001); weekend anchor/reporter (2001–2003; later 6 and 11 p.m. anchor at KYW-TV in Philadelphia; now weekday morning anchor for KNBC-TV in Los Angeles^[25])
• Tom Llamas (2005–2009; now a anchor at WNBC)
• Chris Myers (1980–1982; now a Fox Sports sportscaster)
• Bryan Norcross – meteorologist (1990–1996; moved to WFOR-TV and CBS News, retired; now storm specialist for The Weather Channel)
• Nancy Humphries (O'Dell) (1993–1995; co-host of Access Hollywood until 2009, now with Entertainment Tonight)
• Jerry Penacoli (host of PM Magazine; now correspondent for the syndicated news-magazine Extra)
• Lonnie Quinn (now weekday meteorologist at WCBS-TV in New York City and weather anchor for CBS's Saturday Early Show)
• Ralph Renick – anchor (1949–1985; later with WCIX from 1987–1990; died July 11, 1991)
• Rick Sanchez (2003–2006; later at CNN)
• Charlie Van Dyke (now a radio and television announcer)
• Jennifer Valoppi (1994–2006; founder of Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program^[26])
• Bob Weaver – weather anchor, known as "Weaver the Weatherman" (1949–2003; died of cancer in June 2006)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website (Mobile)
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WTVJ
• Query the FCC's TV station database for W44AC
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WTVJ-TV

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v t e Radio stations in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida market By FM frequency 87.71 88.1 88.3 88.5 88.9 89.7 90.3 90.5 90.9 91.3 92.3 93.1 93.9 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.5 96.9 97.3 97.9 98.3 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.7 103.5 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.5 1 Audio for TV channel 6 (WEYS-LP/Rel) By AM frequency 560 610 670 710 790 830 880 940 980 990 1020 1080 1140 1170 1210 1260 1320 1360 1400 1430 1450 1470 1490 1520 1550 1580 By SW frequency 9.955 NOAA Weather Radio frequency 162.425 162.500 162.550 By callsign KHB34 WACC WAFG WAMR-FM WAQI WAVS WAXY WBGG-FM WCMQ-FM WDNA WEDR WEXY WFEZ WFLC WFLL WGNK WHIM WHSR WHYI-FM WINZ WIOD WKAT WKCP WKIS WKPX WLFE WLQY WLRN-FM WLYF WMBM WMGE WMIA-FM WMSF WMXJ WMYM WNG663 WNMA WOCN WOIR WPOW WQAM WQBA WRGP WRHC WRMA WRMF WRMI WRTO-FM WSHE-FM WSRF WSUA WURN WVUM WWFE WWNN WXDJ WZAB WZ2531 Satellite Radio Local Traffic/Weather XM Channel 230 Sirius Channel 153 Florida Radio Markets Daytona Beach Fort Myers-Naples-Marco Island Ft. Pierce-Stuart-Vero Beach Ft. Walton Beach Gainesville-Ocala Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa Miami-Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Pensacola Sarasota-Bradenton Tallahassee Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater West Palm Beach-Boca Raton Other Florida Radio Regions The Florida Keys Lake City Sebring See also List of radio stations in Florida

v t e 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) WNBW 9.1 (Gainesville) WTLV 12 (Jacksonville) WBBH 20 (Fort Myers) WTWC 40 (Tallahassee) See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Florida

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v t e Owned-and-operated stations of the major television networks of the United States ABC (8): KABC • KFSN • KGO • KTRK • WABC • WLS • WPVI • WTVD CBS (14): KCBS • KCNC • KDKA • KOVR • KPIX • KTVT • KYW • WBBM • WBZ • WCBS • WCCO • WFOR • WJZ • WWJ The CW8 (8): KBCW · KMAX · KSTW · WKBD · WPCW · WPSG · WTOG · WUPA Fox1 (17): KDFW • KMSP • KRIV • KSAZ • KTBC • KTTV • WAGA • WFLD • WFXT • WHBQ • WJBK • WNYW • WOFL2 • WOGX2 • WTTG • WTVT • WTXF MyNetworkTV1 (10): KCOP · KDFI · KTXH · KUTP · WDCA · WFTC · WPWR · WRBW · WUTB · WWOR NBC3 (10): KNBC · KNSD4 · KNTV · KXAS4 · WCAU · WMAQ · WNBC · WRC · WTVJ · WVIT Telefutura5 (22): KFPH · KFSF · KTFB · KTFD6 · KTFF · KFTH · KTFK · KTFO-CD · KTFQ6 · KFTR · KFTU · KNIC · KSTR · WAMI · WFPA · WFTT6 · WFTY · WFUT · WOTF6 · WTNC · WUTF6 · WXFT Telemundo3 (16): KBLR · KEJT · KHRR · KDEN · KNSO7 · KTAZ · KTMD · KVDA7 · KSTS · KVEA · KXTX · WKAQ · WNEU7 · WNJU · WSCV · WSNS Univision5 (22): KABE · KAKW · KDTV · KFTV · KMEX · KTVW · KUTH · KUVE · KUVN · KUVS · KWEX · KXLN · WFDC-DT6 · WGBO · WLII / WSUR · WLTV · WQHS · WUVC · WUVG · WUVP · WXTV Both Fox and MyNetworkTV are owned by News Corporation. WOGX is a semi-satellite of WOFL. Both NBC and Telemundo are owned by NBC Universal, a joint venture between Comcast (51%) and General Electric (49%). Both stations are jointly owned in a joint venture between NBC Universal (76%) and LIN Television (24%). Both Univision and Telefutura are privately owned by Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc., a venture which includes Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, Providence Equity Partners, Inc., TPG Capital, L.P., Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., and Saban Capital Group, Inc. Univision owns the licenses to these stations but the stations themselves are operated by Entravision Communications under Local Marketing Agreements. NBC Universal owns the license but the station is operated by ZGS Communications. The CW network is jointly owned by CBS (50%) and Warner Bros. (50%). All CW stations listed here are owned by CBS.

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Bob Mayer
Born	1959 Bronx, New York
Pen name	Joe Dalton, Robert Doherty, Greg Donegan, Bob McGuire
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Period	1991-present
Genres	Thriller, Science Fiction
www.bobmayer.org

Robert "Bob" Mayer (born 1959) is an author, writing instructor, and former Green Beret.^[1] He has written over 30 titles under his name and his four pen names (Joe Dalton, Robert Doherty, Greg Donegan, and Bob McGuire). Mayer has applied the principles from his training in the special forces to his career as a writer and as a writing instructor. He has written several motivational books, including Who Dares Wins: Special Operations Tactics For Success.

In addition, he is currently writing books in partnership with author Jennifer Crusie.^[1]

Bob Mayer and novelist Jennifer Talty have created a publishing company called "Who Dares Wins Publishing" . It serves to re-publish his back list of novels and for his future fiction and non-fiction releases along with releases from Jennifer Talty and other authors. The company sells books in paperback and ebook form.

Biography[link]

Mayer was born in the Bronx and raised in New York City.^[2] He went to the United States Military Academy.

In the army, Mayer was an infantryman and a Green Beret, serving with recon and special forces teams. He later went on to become a writer and instructor at the JFK Special Warfare Center & School at Fort Bragg.

Mayer has published 33 titles under his name and his four pen names. He has sold over 6 million books. He written several thriller and scifi books that build on his experience in the special forces as well as on the traditions of mythology and ancient cultures. His Area 51 series is still in print and sought after by fans of spy thrillers and scifi.

In September 2004, Mayer met romance novelist Jennifer Crusie at a writer's conference in Maui. The pair decided to collaborate on a series of military-themed romance novels. The collaboration takes place over email, with Mayer writing scenes from the male perspective and Crusie writing those that involve the female perspective.^[1][3] Their first joint novel, Don’t Look Down, was published in April 2006.^[3]

In addition to his writing career, Mayer is a frequent speaker at writers' conferences and holds workshops and seminars on leadership tactics based on his Green Beret training

Non-fiction books/series[link]

• The Novel Writer's Toolkit (2003) ISBN 1-58297-320-2
• Who Dares Wins: Special Operations Tactics For Success
• The Green Beret Way: Special Forces Tactics That Take You From Ordinary to Elite

Fictional books/series[link]

Single titles[link]

• The Rock (1995) ISBN 0-440-22072-6 (reissue) first book under the Robert Doherty pen name
• Eyes of the Hammer (1994) ISBN 0-312-92862-9 The first Dave Riley novel
• Cut Out: A Dave Riley Novel (1995) ISBN 0-89141-508-4 The third Dave Riley novel
• Eternity Base (1996) ISBN 0-89141-509-2 The fourth Dave Riley novel
• Z: A Dave Riley Novel (1996) ISBN 0-89141-510-6 The fifth Dave Riley novel
• Dragon Sim-13 (2004) ISBN 0-7592-3980-0
• Psychic Warrior (2001) ISBN 0-440-23626-6 and Psychic Warrior: Project Aura written as Robert Doherty
• Synbat (2004) ISBN 0-7592-5345-5 The second Dave Riley novel
• Bodyguard of Lies (2005) ISBN 0-7653-1126-7 (hardcover) Two women find themselves fighting for survival and the safety of their country.
• Lost Girls (2007) ISBN 0-7653-1127-5 (hardcover) writing as Robert Doherty, follow up to Bodyguard of Lies
• Chasing the Ghost (2010) ISBN 1-935712-08-X (paperback) First new fiction published under his "Who Dares Wins Publishing" company.

Area 51[link]

Area 51 relates to humanity encountering aliens, and the trials that ensue. Written using the pen name "Robert Doherty":

• Area 51 (1997) ISBN 0-440-22073-4 In the first book of the series it is established that during the 1940s several atmospheric crafts of unknown origin were discovered in the Antarctic and the U.S. government established Area 51 to study the technology. In the 1990s, several of the book characters, including Scientist Lisa Duncan and Special Forces officer Mike Turcotte, are drawn to Area 51 at the same time and they must unlock the secret of the ship to save mankind.
• Area 51: The Reply (1998) ISBN 0-440-22073-4 The secrets of the alien craft extend beyond Area 51 from Egypt's Pyramids to the mysterious face on Mars
• Area 51: The Mission (1999) ISBN 0-440-22381-4 From a place hidden in the Amazon rain forest, comes a deadly virus that threatens the world.
• Area 51: The Sphinx (2000) ISBN 0-440-23494-8 Someone has unlocked the secret of the Sphinx and using the alien technology found there, they threaten to deploy a nuclear missile.
• Area 51: The Grail (2001) ISBN 0-440-23495-6 Area 51 personnel are searching for the Holy Grail, an ancient artifact that might unlock further secrets of the alien technology and save the world.
• Area 51: Excalibur (2002) ISBN 0-440-23705-X
• Area 51: The Truth (2003) ISBN 0-440-23706-8 Turcotte discovers the origins of man and why the aliens came to earth to begin with.
• Area 51: Nosferatu (2003) ISBN 0-440-23724-6 The undead creatures who have inhabited the earth are now armed with modern tools of destruction, and they know that it is time to follow their leader, Nosferatu, to take over the world.
• Area 51: Legend (2004) ISBN 0-440-23725-4 From another planet, two humans who have already successfully led a revolt against the deathless alien race, are on their way to planet called Earth for a final show down.

Atlantis[link]

This series relates to an interdimensional battle to save all earths from a transdimensional race bent on stealing resources from other worlds, and destroying them in the process. They all start by destroying one place in particular.

Written using pen name Greg Donegan.

• Atlantis (June 1999) ISBN 0-425-16936-7
• Atlantis: Bermuda Triangle (May 1, 2000) ISBN 0-425-17429-8
• Atlantis: Devil's Sea (February 2001) ISBN 0-425-17859-5
• Atlantis: Gate (August 2002) ISBN 0-425-18572-9
• Assault on Atlantis (October 2003) ISBN 0-515-13630-1
• Battle For Atlantis (February 2004) ISBN 0-425-19453-1

Jim Vaughan series[link]

• Section 8 (2005) ISBN 0-06-073583-X writing as Robert Doherty
• The Citadel (2007) ISBN 0-06-073585-6 writing as Robert Doherty

Collaborations[link]

• Don't Look Down (with Jennifer Crusie) (2006) ISBN 0-312-34812-6 This first collaboration between best-selling romance writer Crusie and adventure-thriller writer Mayer combines romance and suspense. Movie director, Lucy, got more than she bargained for when she agrees to complete a movie as a favor for her ex-husband after the first director dies. Lucy finds herself relying on and working with J.T. Wilder, a stunt consultant and special forces operative, to help her save her movie, her sister and her niece.

• Agnes and the Hitman (with Jennifer Crusie) (2007) ISBN 0-312-36304-4

• Wild Ride (with Jennifer Crusie) (2010) ISBN 0-312-53377-2

References[link]

External links[link]

Biography portal

• Bob Mayer's Web Page
• Web Page of Bob Mayer and Jennifer Crusie collaboration
• Who Dares Wins Publishing

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Christopher Patrick "Chris" Myers (b 28 March 1959) ^[1]) is an American sportscaster.

Biography[link]

This section requires expansion with: early life.

With more than 20 years in broadcasting, Chris Myers has covered premiere events, including the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, NCAA Final Four, The Masters and U.S. Open (golf), Triple Crown, the Olympics and the Daytona 500.

Chris Myers, a native of Miami and a Southern California resident, garnered his first major break in broadcasting as a 16-year-old high school student when he hosted his own show on Miami’s WKAT-AM radio, interviewing such sports heavy hitters as Muhammad Ali and Don Shula.^{[citation needed]} Myers graduated from Chaminade High School, Hollywood, Florida, May, 1977. He joined Fox Sports Net as an anchor in December 1998 where he hosted the National Sports Report, among other hosting duties. Prior to joining FOX, Myers spent nine years at ESPN reporting and anchoring SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight, as well as hosting “Up Close” from 1994 to 1998, which included the first live interview with O.J. Simpson after his acquittal. With more than 20 years in broadcasting, Myers has covered all of the sports world’s premiere events, including the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, NCAA Final Four, The Masters and U.S. Open golf, Triple Crown, the Olympics and the Daytona 500.^{[citation needed]} In 1990, Myers received an Emmy Award in the Sports Features category as an anchor/reporter.

He has also hosted shows and events on the Discovery Channel, Tennis Channel, and the Military Channel. He has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live numerous times.

Myers also serves as the play-by-play commentator for Tampa Bay Buccaneers preseason games that air locally on WTSP-TV, after having the same role for WFLA-TV from 2003-2010. Myers was also named as the host in 2010, for Showtime's weekly series Inside NASCAR.

Myers conducted the last public interview with the late John Wooden in April 2010 on CMI (Chris Myers Interview) Radio Show. The legendary ninety-nine year-old coach told Myers he did not fear death saying "The next life will be even better, and this one hasn't been too bad."

ESPN[link]

Prior to joining FSN, Myers spent ten years at ESPN hosting SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight, and other various shows including the interview program Up Close, where Myers was honored as one of TV's best interviewers. He also received an emmy for his work.

As host of Up Close, Myers was the first to conduct a live interview with O.J. Simpson after both his criminal trial and civil lawsuit.^{[citation needed]}

Myers earned acclaim for his live reporting during the San Francisco Earthquake that took place during the world series. Myers was also the only on scene reporter who stayed on the air through the night broadcasting from Atlanta during the Centennial Olympic Park bombing.^{[citation needed]}

Fox Sports[link]

In 1998, Myers joined Fox Sports Net where he was one of the original anchors of The National Sports Report and the weekly sports magazine program Goin' Deep. In 2005, he debuted The Chris Myers Interview on FSN. In 2000, Myers joined Fox Sports Radio where he currently hosts his own interview show, CMI, which can be heard on over 200 affiliates.

Myers is also currently the studio host for NASCAR coverage on Fox, and a reporter for the NFL on Fox and Major League Baseball on Fox. Myers was also a reporter for Bowl Championship Series coverage on Fox.

Myers presented the New Orleans Saints with their first ever NFC championship trophy after narrowly defeating the Minnesota Vikings 31-28 on January 24, 2010.

During a Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints game, on September 13, 2009, Myers made a remark while talking about linebacker Larry Foote's decision to leave the perennially strong Pittsburgh Steelers to play for Detroit, he said, "That's like going from dating Beyoncé to Whoopi Goldberg!"^[2][3][4][5] Frank Caliendo later impersonated Myers on the NFL pre-game show.

Myers also visited the American armed forces in Qatar on behalf of FOX Sports and gave a live broadcast with the armed forces that was shown on the fox pre-game show before the New Orleans Saints played the Dallas Cowboys on November 25, Thanksgiving Day. In 2012 Chris Myers will join Gus Johnson, Charles Davis, and Tim Brewster on Fox College Football.

On a May 17, 2010 appearance on The Dan Patrick Show, Myers made comments regarding the May 2010 Tennessee floods that were interpreted by some as disparaging toward the city of New Orleans and the victims of Hurricane Katrina: "We have disasters issues when people pull together and help themselves and I thought the people in Tennessee, unlike -- I'm not going to name names -- when a natural disaster hits people weren't standing on a rooftop trying to blame the government, okay. They helped each other out through this. And Mike Helton, president of NASCAR, Tony Stewart, among some drivers went from the race over to the middle Tennessee area where still a lot of hardworking, tax-paying, legal American citizens have been affected by the floods and are trying to rebuild their lives and they are helping out. And I think that other people around the country, of course the music industry in and around Nashville helping, without making a big deal out of it and I think that's a good thing." ^[6]

On May 20, 2010, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu wrote a letter to FOX Sports "demanding an apology."^[7] On the same day, Myers issued an official apology for his comments, calling them "inappropriate and insensitive."^[8]

Personal life[link]

He currently resides in Hollywood, California with wife Sue and their son, Alex.

On February 16, 2012, Myers' 19 year old son, Christopher, died in a car crash. The accident took place in Thousand Oaks near the Myers' residence.^[9][10]While on bereavement leave, John Roberts took over for him for the 2012 Daytona 500, which was postponed to Monday night and ran into early morning Tuesday due to a two-hour long red flag. Myers returned to the Hollywood Hotel at the Subway Fresh Fit 500.

References[link]