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WAFB
Image:Wafb.gif
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Branding 9 News
Slogan Louisiana's News Channel
Channels Analog: 9 (VHF)
Digital: 46 (UHF)
Affiliations CBS
Owner Raycom Media
Founded April 19, 1953
Call letters meaning American Family Broadcasting (former owner)
Former channel number(s) 28 (1953-1960)
Former affiliations NBC / DuMont (1953-1955)
ABC (1953-1971)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
46 kW (digital)
Website wafb.com

WAFB is the CBS-affiliated television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Licensed to the city, the station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 9 from a transmitter located southwest of Arlington. WAFB broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 46 from a transmitter located in Downtown Baton Rouge. The station is owned by Raycom Media and is sister station to WBXH-CA, the area's MyNetworkTV affiliate. Although WBXH has its own web address, it redirects to a separate section of WAFB's website. The two stations share broadcast facilities located on Government Street in Downtown Baton Rouge. WAFB is known on-air as "9 News".

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WAFB's digital signal, in addition to its own programming on DT1, offers three additional channels. On WAFB DT2 is a news rebroadcast channel which can also be seen on Cox cable channel 9. On WAFB DT3 is a broadcast of "Live Sentry 9000 Doppler". On WAFB DT4, prior to October 1st, 2007, was The Tube, a 24-hour digital music channel which can also be seen on Cox digital cable channel 102 - the station is currently vacant.

Channel Programming
9.1 / 46.1 main WAFB programming (CBS)
9.2 / 46.2 news rebroadcast channel
9.3 / 46.3 "Live Sentry 9000 Doppler"
9.4 / 46.4 Vacant, was The Tube

The station began broadcasting on April 19, 1953 as the second television station in the state of Louisiana. Originally broadcasting on channel 28, WAFB moved to channel 9 in 1960. The station has always been a CBS affiliate, but carried some NBC programming until WBRZ-TV signed on in 1955. WAFB also carried some ABC programming until WRBT (now WVLA) signed on in 1971 and some programming from DuMont until that network folded.

WAFB is one of a handful of stations that shifts the air times of various CBS programming. The Price Is Right airs at 11 AM instead of 10 AM (back-to-back episodes of Family Feud airs from 10 to 11 AM) and The Young and The Restless airs at 4 PM instead of 11 AM.

The station's current syndicated library includes: Montel, Friends, CSI, Soul Train, Taxi, The Odd Couple, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and others. The station aired Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune until 1995 (they have since aired on WBRZ), plus Regis Philbin's talk show and Oprah Winfrey until the late 90s (Oprah moved to WBRZ, but since then, it has aired on WVLA, while Regis' was the other way around). It used to also air The Phil Donahue Show, Hard Copy, and Sally Jesse Raphael, among other syndicated shows.

WAFB also airs the Sunday services from the First United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge.

The station's news department produces 25 hours of news programming each week, including newscasts for sister station WBXH-CA. Encore airings of most recent newscasts can be found on WAFB's DT2 digital subchannel and cable channel 9 from Cox Communications.

(updated July, 2007) Anchors

  • Donna Britt (6 and 10 pm weeknights)
  • Jeanne Burns (weekday mornings)
  • Avery Davidson (weekend evenings)
  • Paul Gates (5 pm; also investigative reporter and WAFB Editorial Board chairman)
  • Kellee Henessey (weekend morning and noon shows)
  • Greg Meriwether (9 pm weeknights on WBXH; weeknight "Street Beat" reporter)
  • Phil Rainier (noon weekdays; weeknight health reporter at 5 and 10 PM)
  • George Sells (6 and 10 pm weeknights)
  • Matt Williams (weekday mornings; crime reporter)

Meteorologists

  • Steve Caparotta (weekdays, 5 pm and 9 pm on WBXH)
  • Diane Deaton (weekday mornings and noon)
  • Jay Grymes (chief meteorologist/degreed climatologist; 6 and 10 pm weeknights)
  • Scott Oswalt - weekends (also weekend mornings co-anchor)

Sports

  • Erin Cofiell - sports reporter/photographer
  • Jacques Doucet - weekend evenings
  • Steve Schneider (sports director) - weeknights

Reporters

  • Anna Adair
  • Avery Davidson (weekend evening anchor)
  • Jack Jackson (9 pm weeknight fill-in anchor)
  • Cheryl Mercedes
  • Caroline Moses
  • Keitha Nelson
  • Jim Shannon
  • Allen Tumey ("Tumey's Travels" reporter)
  • Tyana Williams

Photographers

  • Derron Daquano
  • James DeGraauw (chief photographer)
  • Robert Hollins
  • Charles Holmes
  • Joe Langdale
  • Randy LeDuff
  • Joe McCoy
  • Josh Meeks
  • Rick Portier

Producers

  • Josh Auzenne (web producer)
  • Daniel Brown (weekday mornings)
  • Nathan Dewberry (9 pm weeknights)
  • Angelle Dupre (6 pm weeknights)
  • Robbie McCray (weekend morning & noon)
  • Joe Rawley (noon & 5 pm weekdays)
  • Tiesha Woods (weekend evenings)

Administration

  • Robert Bienvenu (internet sales director)
  • Robbie Chandler (newsroom operations)
  • Cheryl Craig (art director/web manager)
  • Monica Craig (assignment editor)
  • Angelle Dunegan (business manager)
  • Robb Hays (assistant news director)
  • Vicki Kellum (general sales manager)
  • Brian Norman (production manager)
  • Dale Russell (chief engineer)
  • Ellen Salmon (local sales manager)
  • Nick Simonette (VP and general manager)
  • Andree Zamarlik (marketing manager)
  • Vicki Zimmerman (news director)

  • Julie Baxter - now practicing law with Moore, Walters, Thompson in Baton Rouge; adjunct Media Law professor at LSU's School of Mass Communication
  • Glynn Boyd - now at WGNO New Orleans
  • Tim Brando - sports. Now broadcasts for various sports outlets, including CBS Sports and Jefferson Pilot Sports.
  • George Caldwell (Sells) - now at News 12 Long Island in New York
  • Isaiah Carey - now at KRIV Houston
  • Marie Centanni - now on LA Governor Kathleen Blanco's staff
  • Matt Clough - KUSA, Denver, CO
  • Jennifer Donelan - ABC7/WJLA, Washington D.C.
  • Jay Gormley - filmmaker
  • Mike Graham - retired meteorologist, has since become active in performance arts.
  • Jennifer Hale - WVTM, Birmingham, AL
  • Victor Howell - now a basketball analyst at Cox Sports Television. He is also the host of the "CST Tonight!" and "Saints Tonight!" studio shows.
  • Cyndi Nguyen - now at WGNO in New Orleans
  • Nancy Parker - now at WVUE New Orleans
  • Vernon Roger - anchor of 12pm and 5pm broadcasts. Remembered for his cajun cooking segments and his "taste test." Committed suicide in 2002. [1]
  • Pat Simon - now anchoring evening news at WLOS in Asheville, North Carolina
  • Valentina Wilson - now at WVLA-TV

WAFB News is the top rating news channel in the Baton Rouge viewing area. In the recent rating period the station beat the other stations newscast combined at 5,6, and 10.

  • 5 PM

WAFB: 10.3 WBRZ: 4.0 WVLA: 1.0

  • 6 PM

WAFB: 12.9 WBRZ: 5.7 WVLA: 1.0

  • 10 PM

WAFB: 14.3 WBRZ: 5.5 WVLA: 1.0

v • d • e
Broadcast television in the Baton Rouge market  (Nielsen DMA #93)
See also: Broadcast television stations in the Lafayette, Alexandria, and New Orleans, Louisiana Markets
v • d • e
CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Louisiana
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other Stations in Louisiana
v • d • e
Raycom Media
Corporate Staff
Network Affiliates

ABC Network Affiliates: KAIT · KLTV · KTRE · WLOX · WTVM
CBS Network Affiliates: KFVS · KOLD · KSLA · WAFB · WBTV3 · WCSC3 · WOIO · WTOC · WTOL · WTVR4
The CW Network Affiliates: WQWQ · WUPV1
Fox Network Affiliates: WDFX · WFLX · WFXG1 · WPGX · WSFX1 · WTNZ · WXIX · WXTX1
MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KFVE · WBXH · WUAB
NBC Network Affiliates: KCBD · KHNL/KHBC/KOGG  · KPLC · WAFF · WALB · WAVE · WDAM  · WECT · WFIE · WIS · WLBT · WMBF2  · WMC · WSFA · WWBT3

1Raycom Media owns and operates these stations through Southeastern Media Holdings.
2Scheduled to begin broadcasting in 2008.
3Acquisition of these stations from Lincoln Financial Media is awaiting FCC approval.
4Subject to sale once a buyer is found.
Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: 4,200 · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: www.raycommedia.com
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