WHAM-TV

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WHAM-TV
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Rochester, New York
Branding 13 WHAM
Slogan More Local News. More Local Experience.
Channels 13 (VHF) analog,
59 (UHF) digital
Affiliations ABC
CW on DT2
Owner Clear Channel Communications
(sale pending)
Founded September 15, 1962
Call letters meaning taken from sister radio station WHAM-AM
Former callsigns WOKR-TV (September 15, 1962-January 10, 2005)
Former affiliations none
Website http://www.13wham.com

WHAM-TV (13 WHAM) is the ABC network television affiliate in Rochester, New York. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 13, and its digital signal on UHF channel 59. It is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications. Its transmitter is located on Pinnacle Hill in Brighton, New York.

WHAM is the only station in Rochester that has never changed its affiliation. The station signed on air at exactly 4:00pm on September 15, 1962, under the call sign "WOKR" (for "We're OK, Rochester"). The Ackerley Group acquired the station from Guy Gannett Communications (who sold most of their stations to Sinclair, who already owned WUHF in Rochester, and at the time duopolies were illegal) in 1998. The station came under common ownership with Rochester's WHAM radio in 2002 after Ackerley Group merged with Clear Channel, WHAM radio's owner. Speculation immediately started about whether WOKR would take on the WHAM-TV calls, which had last been used on Rochester television by what is now WROC-TV from 1949 to 1956.

On January 10, 2005 at 1:42 am, channel 13 signed off the air for the last time as WOKR and returned to the air at 4:59 am that same day as WHAM-TV.

WHAM has led the news ratings in Rochester for many years, and lead anchor Don Alhart has been at the station since 1966, as well as longtime local anchors Ginny Ryan and Doug Emblidge.

For many years WHAM-TV was one of 3 Rochester area stations offered on Cable in the Ottawa/Gatineau and Eastern Ontario regions. The Rochester area stations were replaced with Detroit stations in September 2003 when the microwave relay system that provided these signals was discontinued. However, WHAM and other Rochester stations are still available in several communities along the north shore of Lake Ontario, such as Belleville and Cobourg.

On November 13, 2006, WHAM-TV took over control of what was then Rochester's CW (now CW-WHAM), the cable-only CW affiliate previously operated by the Rochester division of Time Warner Cable. As a result, the station is now being simulcast on a subchannel of WHAM-DT.

On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel announced its intention to sell off all of its television stations, including WHAM-TV, after the company was bought out by a private equity firm. Clear Channel will be keeping WHAM radio, which is not included in the sale, because Rochester is a top-100 radio market.

On January 15, 2007, WHAM-TV began producing a four-hour, 5-9 AM morning newscast for CW-WHAM. WHAM itself simulcasts the first two hours of that newscast.

Portions of WHAM-TV's programming, including the noon newscast, are streamed on the Internet as of 2007.

Contents

Weekdays

  • 13 WHAM News This Morning - 5:00 to 7:00 a.m. (5:00 to 9:00 a.m. on CW-WHAM)
    • Doug Emblidge, Norma Holland, Holly Maynard, Evan Dawson and Kirsten Miranda [Wed -Fri], Weather with Marty Snyder,
  • 13 WHAM News Midday - 12:00 to 12:30 p.m.
    • Norma Holland, and Weather with Mark McLean
  • 13 WHAM News at 5 - 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
    • Doug Emblidge, Ginny Ryan, Weather with Glenn Johnson, and Sports with Mike Catalana
  • 13 WHAM News at 6 - 6:00 to 6:30 p.m.
    • Don Alhart, Weather with Glenn Johnson, and Sports with Mike Catalana
  • 13 WHAM News at 11 - 11:00 to 11:35 p.m.
    • Don Alhart, Ginny Ryan, Weather with Glenn Johnson, and Sports withMike Catalana

Weekends

  • 13 WHAM News at 6 - 6:00 to 6:30 p.m.
    • Kirsten Miranda, Weather with Richard McCollough, and Sports with Kevin Roche
  • 13 WHAM News at 11 - 11:00 to 11:30 p.m.
    • Same as 13 WHAM News at 6

Reporters

  • Rachel Barnhart
  • Liz Bonis - Health reporter
  • Sean Carroll
  • Kyle Clark
  • Tricia Cruz
  • Jane Flasch
  • Susan Harf - Life Strategist
  • Kathy Kriz - Special Projects Reporter
  • Liz Medhin
  • Chalonda Roberts
  • Patrice Walsh
  • Christine Webb - Health reporter

Weather

  • Glenn Johnson - Chief meteorologist
  • Mark McLean - noon
  • Marty Snyder - Mornings
  • Richard McCollough - weekends

Sports

  • Mike Catalana - Sports Director
  • Kevin Roche - Weekends
  • Jason Fiume - Reporter

  • David Aldrich (morning & noon meteorologist, 2001-2005) Now at Fox 29 Philadelphia, WTXF-TV
  • Rich Becker (1996-99) (sports anchor) - now sports director at WXXA-TV in Albany, New York
  • Pat Billone (former meteorologist)
  • LaSalle Blanks (1994-1997)(former Reports and anchor) now anchor now at WVEC-TV
  • Mike Brookins (former meteorologist) now (weekend meteorologist) now at WSTM-TV
  • Traci Buch (former sports anchor and reports) now at start her own business in Georgia
  • Dick Burt (news anchor 1962-1987) - died of a heart attack in 2001[1]
  • Jerry Carr (original announcer and local game show host) Now station manager at WXEL-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida[2]
  • Keith Eichner (meteorologist) now fill in (meteorologist) now at WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, New York
  • Darren Mark (former Morning Reports), Now at KSHB-TV Kansas City, Missouri
  • Wanda Miller (former anchor) Professor at RIT
  • Stan Munro (former Morning Reports) Now at Toothpick city
  • Bill Peterson (1982-2001) (chief meteorologist) - died after a battle with lung and heart disease on August 5, 2006[3]
  • Jim Redmond (consumer reporter) Now at Blue Cross, Rochester New York
  • Gavin Reynolds (former Reports), Now at study law at Fordham University
  • Peter Robbins (former Reports and anchor) Now at West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Brian Rooney (1981-1985)(former Reports) Now at ABC-News
  • Brian Washington, (former Reports and anchor) Now at WSPA-TV
  • Al White (consumer reporter) - died May 9, 2006 of a heart attack

  1. ^ "Northeast Radio Watch, May 21, 2001", Scott Fybush, 2001-05-21. Retrieved on April 6, 2007.
  2. ^ "Northeast Radio Watch, January 10, 2005", Scott Fybush, 2005-01-10. Retrieved on April 6, 2007.
  3. ^ "Celebrating the Life of Bill Peterson", WHAM-TV, 2006-11-22. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.

Broadcast television in the Rochester market  (Nielsen DMA #78)

WROC 8 (CBS) - WHEC 10 (NBC) - WHAM 13 (ABC) - WXXI 21 (PBS) - WUHF 31 (Fox) - WBGT 40 (MNTV) - W42CO 42 (TBN/TCT) - WPXJ 51 (ION)
Local digital television channels

CW-WHAM 13.2 (The CW)
Local cable television channels

R News - Time Warner Sports 26

See also broadcast television in the Buffalo and Syracuse markets
ABC Network Affiliates in the state of New York

WABC 7 (New York City) - WKBW 7 (Buffalo) - WSYR 9 (Syracuse) - WTEN 10 (Albany) - WHAM 13 (Rochester) - WUTR 20 (Utica)
WIVT 34 (Binghamton) - WENY 36 (Elmira) - WWTI 50 (Watertown)
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in New York
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