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WCTV
Tallahassee, Florida
City of license	Thomasville, Georgia
Branding	WCTV Eyewitness News
Slogan	Coverage You Can Count On
Channels	Analog: 6 (VHF) Digital: 46 (UHF)
Affiliations	CBS MyNetworkTV (DT2)
Owner	Gray Television
Founded	September 15, 1955
Call letters meaning	W Capital TeleVision
Former affiliations	NBC/CBS/ABC (1955-1956) CBS/ABC (1956-1976)
Transmitter Power	97.7 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital)
Height	619 m (analog) 566 m (digital)
Facility ID	31590
Transmitter Coordinates	30°40′14.2″N, 83°56′25.5″W
Website	www.wctv.tv

WCTV is the CBS television affiliate for the Tallahassee, Florida television market. The station is owned by Gray Television and is licensed to Thomasville, Georgia. The station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 6 and its digital signal on UHF channel 46. WCTV covers the middle part of the Florida Panhandle and extreme southern Georgia. Its transmitter is located in Metcalf, Georgia due to FCC regulations requiring the transmitter to be no farther than 15 miles (24 km) from the city of license. The WCTV Tower is a 609.6 meter high guy-wired aerial mast, and is the tallest man-made structure in Georgia.

The station operates a semi-satellite, WSWG in Valdosta, Georgia; which serves as the CBS affiliate for Albany.

Contents 1 History 2 Current WCTV Eyewitness News Personalities 3 Past Personalities 3.1 Main anchors 3.2 Meteorologists/Weather anchors 3.3 Sports anchors 3.4 Reporters and fill-in anchors 4 WCTV-DT2 5 See also 6 Technical Data 7 External links

The station signed on September 15, 1955 from a studio on North Monroe Street in Tallahassee. It was owned by John H. Phipps.

Although it has always considered itself a Tallahassee station, it was licensed to Thomasville because the FCC had allocated only one VHF channel to Tallahassee, channel 11. Florida State University had managed to have the FCC designate channel 11 for noncommercial use so it could put WFSU-TV on the air. UHF was not considered viable at the time. Until the FCC required all sets to have all-channel capability in 1964, UHF stations were unviewable without a converter. Even with one, the picture quality was marginal at best. Hoyt Wimpy, owner and founder of WPAX radio in Thomasville, persuaded the FCC to grant the Phipps family a license for channel 6 in Thomasville, the nearest city to Tallahassee that had a VHF allocation available. The station operated a live studio in Thomasville for many years, and still has a bureau there.

WCTV was the only commercial station in the area until WECA-TV (now WTXL-TV) signed on in 1976. It originally carried programming from all three networks, but was a primary NBC affiliate. After only a year on the air, WCTV switched to CBS and has been affiliated with that network ever since. However, it carried a secondary ABC affiliation until WECA signed on. It is still the only commercial VHF station in the market (the only other VHF stations are PBS members WFSU-TV (still on channel 11) and WXGA-TV (part of Georgia Public Broadcasting, airs on channel 8).

It was owned by the Phipps family until it was sold to Gray Television in 1996. Gray's purchase of WCTV forced the sale of WALB, Gray's flagship station in Albany, because WALB's signal has city-grade quality in most of the Georgia side of the market (including Thomasville and Valdosta).

However, in 2004, Gray purchased WSWG in Valdosta, a UPN affiliate for the Albany market. WCTV operates this station from its Tallahassee facilities. The station dropped UPN in September and is now a semi-satellite of WCTV. This created a strong combined signal with just under 50% overlap; WCTV had been the default CBS affiliate for Albany for many years.

In March of 2006, WCTV moved from its longtime studios on County Road 12 in northern Leon County to new facilities on Halstead Boulevard in Tallahassee. The Halstead Boulevard location used to house the now defunct Florida's News Channel.

ANCHORS

• Frank Ranicky, 6 pm (joined WCTV in 1972)
• Julie Montanaro, 6 pm (joined in 1990)
• Jennifer Ryan, 5:30 pm and 11 pm (joined in 2002)
• Angela Salerno, Live at 5 (beginning in November; joined in 2006)
• Art Myers, The Good Morning Show (joined in 1984)
• Shonda Knight, The Good Morning Show (joined in 2006)
• Tristan Sanders, Noon (joined 2004)
• Liza Park, weekend evening anchor (joined in 2004)

WEATHER TEAM

• Mike McCall, Chief - Weeknights at 5, 5:30, 6, and 11 pm (since 1993)
• Rob Nucatola, Weekday Morning and Noon (since 2000)
• Ray Hawthorne, Weekend Mornings and Evenings (since 2004)
• Stephen Bowers, Substitute Weather Anchor (since 2007)

SPORTS TEAM

• Rob Shaw, 5 and 6 pm
• Elton Gumbel, 5:30 and 11 pm; related to national sports anchors Bryant and Greg Gumbel
• Dave Robin, Weekend evenings
• Phil Jean, Sports reporter
• Trenton Davis, Sports reporter

REPORTERS

• Lanetra Bennett
• Carolina Blair
• Andrea Candrian
• Claudine Cleophat
• Marise Estime
• Erica Green
• Patty Harrison
• Tara Herrschaft
• Sean Lavin
• Ann Mercogliano
• Roman Lillie
• Heather Biance
• Mike Vasilinda (from Capitol News Service [1])

• Anna Johnson (now WCTV's community affairs director)
• Pam Forrester
• Carmen Cummings
• Gary Bartlett
• Sarah Grady
• Valerie Lacy (now at WTXL-TV Tallahassee)
• April Douglas (now at WALA-TV Mobile)
• John Harrington (2004-2007)
• Sharon Tazewell (now at WNCN-TV NBC17 Raleigh)

• Mike Rucker (chief)
• Lane Roberts (mornings)
• Nancy Dignon (weekends, early-mid 1990s; now at WTXL Tallahassee)
• Jackie Johnson (weekends; now at KCAL-TV Los Angeles)
• Matt Barrentine (weekends, ?-2004; now at WALA-TV Mobile)
• Brian Fowler (weekends, 2004; now at WMGT-TV Macon)
• Michael Koolick (fill-in, 2005-2007; now at WFOR-TV Miami)

• Randy Ruditz (mid-late 1990s; deceased 2003)
• Lee Gordon (now at WTEV/WAWS, returning to WCTV as evening anchor with Jennifer Ryan in January 2008)
• Melissa Maikos (?-2007, now at WTOC-TV Savannah)
• Beau Bishop (?-2007, now at Ohio News Network)

• Melissa Buchanan
• Ilyssa Trussel (now at WTEV-TV/WAWS-TV CBS47/FOX30 Jacksonville)
• Christina Vitale

WCTV also operates a My Network TV affiliate for the Tallahassee area on one of its digital sub-channels. It has been an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Television Network since the 2006 season when it replaced WFXU.

• WSWG

Analog channel 6 transmitter parallel NEC 1430AL 47.5 kW peak visual power.
Digital channel 46 transmitter Harris Sigma CD3 68.9KW peak power

WCTV tower

Analog transmitter.

• Station Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WCTV
• WCTV Television Tower in the Structurae database
• Listing 1019981 in the FCC Antenna Structure Registration database
• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b7099

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Tallahassee market  (Nielsen DMA #108)

W03AO 3 / WACX-LP 9 (Ind/Rel) - WCTV 6/WSWG 44 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2) - WFSU 11 (PBS) - WSFD-LP 18 (IND) W21BK 21 (Ind) - WTLF 24 / WFXU 57 (The CW) - W25CP 25 / W38CM 38 (TBN) - WTXL 27 (ABC) - WTWC 40 (NBC) - WBXT-CA 43 (MTV2) - WVUP-CA 45 (CTN) - WTLH 49 / WBVJ-LP 35 (Fox) (The CW on DT2) - WTBC-LP 65 (FN) Regional cable television channels Availability may vary by geographical location 4FSU - The Florida Channel - WCOT - Sun Sports - Comcast Sports Southeast - SportSouth - FSN South - FSN Florida Defunct Television Channels Florida's News Channel Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location Albany: WALB 10 (NBC) - WABW 14 (PBS/GPB) | Panama City: WJHG 7 (NBC) - WMBB 13 (ABC) | Dothan: WTVY 4 (CBS) | Jacksonville: WJXT 4 (Ind.) - WJCT 7 (PBS) - WXGA 8 (PBS/GPB) | Gainesville: WUFT 5 (PBS) - WCJB 20 (ABC) | Atlanta: WSB 2 (ABC)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Albany, Georgia market  (Nielsen DMA #146)
WALB 10 (NBC) - WFXL 31 (FOX) (The Tube on DT2) - WABW 14 (PBS/GPB) - WACS 25 (PBS/GPB) - W34CZ 34 (TBN) - WSWG 44 (CBS/MNTV on DT2) - WSST 55 (Ind) Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location Tallahassee: WCTV 6 (CBS/MNTV on DT2) Columbus: WRBL 3 (CBS) - WTVM 9 (ABC) Atlanta: WSB 2 (ABC) Macon: WMAZ 13 (CBS) - WPGA 58 (ABC)

v • d • e Radio stations in the Tallahassee, Florida market (Arbitron #164)
By FM frequency	87.7¹ · 88.1 · 88.9 · 89.7 · 90.5 · 91.1 · 91.5 · 91.9 · 92.1 · 93.3 · 94.1 · 94.9 · 96.1 · 97.3 · 97.9 · 98.9 · 99.9 · 100.7 · 101.5 · 101.9 · 102.3 · 103.1 · 104.1 · 104.9 · 105.7 · 106.1 · 106.3 · 107.1 · 107.9
By AM frequency	730 · 790 · 840 · 930 · 1020 · 1070 · 1100 · 1230 · 1240 · 1270 · 1330 · 1400 · 1410 · 1450 · 1580
By callsign	WAIB · WAKU · WANM · WAYT · WBGE · WBZE · WCGA · WCTV · WCVC · WEGT · WFLA · WFRF · WFSD · WFSQ · WFSU · WGLF · WGRA · WGWD · WHBT · WHBX · WHGH · WHTF · WJEP · WJZT · WKVH · WMGR · WNFK · WNLS · WPAX · WPRY · WRAK · WSTT · WTAL · WTCL · WTLY · WTNT · WTUF · WUJC · WUTL · WVFS · WWLD · WWSD · WXSR
¹Audio for TV channel 6 (WCTV/CBS) 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 • Sebring • Tallahassee • Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater • The Florida Keys • West Palm Beach-Boca Raton Other Florida Radio Regions: Lake City • Okeechobee See also: List of radio stations in Florida

v • d • e CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Florida
WFOR 4 (Miami) - WCTV 6 (Tallahassee) - WKMG 6 (Orlando) - WTSP 10 (St. Petersburg) - WINK 11 (Fort Myers) - WPEC 12 (West Palm Beach) - WTEV 47 (Jacksonville) - WGFL 53 (High Springs / Gainesville)
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Religious, Spanish and Other stations in the state of Florida

v • d • e CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Georgia
WRBL 3 (Columbus) - WCTV 6 (Thomasville) - WTOC 11 (Savannah) - WRDW 12 (Augusta) - WMAZ 13 (Macon) - WNEG 32 (Toccoa/Athens) - WSWG 44 (Valdosta/Albany) - WGCL 46 (Atlanta)
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Georgia

v • d • e MyNetworkTV Network Affiliates in the state of Florida
WCTV-DT 6.2 (Tallahassee) -  WJHG-DT 7.3 (Panama City) -  "WNFM" 8 / WBSP-CA 9 (Naples / Ft. Myers) -  WMYG-LP 11 / WGFL-DT 28.2 (High Springs / Gainesville) -  WAWS-DT 30.2 (Jacksonville) -  WBFS 33 (Miami / Fort Lauderdale) -  WFGX 35 (Fort Walton Beach) -  WTTA 38 (St. Petersburg / Tampa) -  WTCN-CA 43 (Stuart / West Palm Beach) -  WRBW 65 (Orlando)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS, Religious, Spanish and Other stations in Florida

v • d • e MyNetworkTV Network Affiliates in the state of Georgia
WSAV-DT 3.2 (Savannah) - WCTV-DT 6.2 (Thomasville) - WRDW-DT 12.2 (Augusta) - WGXA-DT 24.2 (Macon) - WATL 36 (Atlanta) - WSWG-DT 44.2 (Valdosta/Albany) - WXTX 54 (Columbus)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Georgia

v • d • e Gray Television, Inc.
ABC Network Affiliate: KAKE · KOLO · WBKO · WHSV · WTOK · WVAW · TV3 Winchester (WHSV-DT3) (cable only) CBS Network Affiliates: KBTX · KKTV · KOLN/KGIN · KWTX · KXII · WCAV · WCTV · WIBW · WIFR · WKYT · WRDW · WSAW · WSWG · WTVY · WVLT · WYMT The CW Network Affiliates1: KBTX · KKCO · KWTX · WBKO · WJHG · WKYT · WTOK · WYMT Fox Network Affiliates: KXII1 · WAHU · WBKO1 · WHSV1 · WSYM2 · WTOK1 · WTAP1 Independent Television Station1: WOWT MyNetworkTV Affiliates1: KKTV (KKTV-DT2) · KOLN/KGIN · KXII · WAHU · WCTV · WHSV · WIBW · WJHG · WRDW · WSAW · WSAZ · WSWG · WTOK · WTVY · WTAP · WVLT NBC Network Affiliates: KKCO · WEAU · WILX · WITN · WJHG · WMTV · WNDU · WOWT · WSAZ · WTAP 1These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. 2Gray and Journal Broadcast Group entered into a "news share" agreement.
Annual Revenue: $332.1 USD (2006) · Employees: N/A · Stock Symbol: NYSE: GTN · Website: www.graycommunications.com