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WVIR-TV
Charlottesville, Virginia
Branding	NBC 29
Slogan	Count on Us
Channels	Analog: 29 (UHF) Digital: 32 (UHF)
Affiliations	NBC The CW (on DT3)
Owner	Waterman Broadcasting Corporation (Virginia Broadcasting Corporation)
Founded	March 11, 1973
Call letters meaning	W Virginia
Transmitter Power	5000 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital)
Website	nbc29.com

WVIR-TV "NBC 29" is a television station in Charlottesville, Virginia, broadcasting locally on channel 29 as an NBC affiliate. Until 2004, WVIR was the only commercial network station in the Charlottesville market (except for a low-power ION Television formally known as PAX-TV network station). WVIR's programming can also be seen in Harrisonburg on Comcast channel 10.

As of September 18, 2006, WVIR is the area's affiliate of the The CW on the station's new DT3 digital subchannel. The channel is known as "CW 29". Also on this date, a new weekday WVIR-produced newscast at 10 PM began to air on the new subchannel.

Although it does not have a radar of its own, WVIR uses live NOAA NWS radar data from several regional sites in a forecasting system presented onscreen as "Triple Doppler".

On September 13, 2007, WVIR began offering NBC WeatherPlus, NBC's digital weather channel. On-air, WVIR promotes the channel as "NBC 29 WeatherPlus". In addition, WVIR offers local weather to computer users via the WeatherBug service.

Contents 1 NBC 29 News team 1.1 News Anchors 1.2 NBC29 News Reporters 1.3 WeatherPlus Team 1.4 Sports Team 29 2 NewsCast 3 CW29 News Team 3.1 Anchors 3.2 Reporters 3.3 Sports 3.4 Weather 4 Notable Former Personalities 5 UVA Children's Hospital Telethon 6 Trivia 7 Slogans 8 External links

• Crystal Cameron: Sunrise Anchor 2006-Present
• Shane Edinger: Sunrise Anchor 2005-Present
• Laura French: 6pm & 11pm Anchor 2003-Present
• Steve Rappaport: Noon, 5 & 6pm Anchor 2005-Present
• Sharon Gregory: Noon, 5pm & 6pm Anchor (Former, WZVN-TV Anchor) 2006-Present
• Matt Talhelm: Weekend 6 & 11pm Anchor 2005-Present
• Joanna Shrewsbury: Weekend Sunrise Edition 2006-Present
• David Douglas: NBC29 News @ 10 Anchor Weekend Edition 2006-Present

Note: Dates listed are when each person joined the station, not when he/she assumed their current roles at WVIR.

Central Virginia

• Henry Graff 03-Present
• Loretta Boniti 04-Present
• Annie Scholz 04-Present
• Jenn McDaniel 05-Present
• Leyla Santiago 06-Present
• Christina Mora 07-Present
• Liz Nagy 07-Present

Shenandoah Valley

• Tamara Hinton 04-Present
• Ken Slack 95-Present
• Melinda Pryor 06-Present

• Clayton Stiver: Weekend Meteorologist 2006-Present
• Eric Pritchett: 5, 6, 10, & 11 Meteorologist 1996-Present
• David Rogers: Sunrise & Noon Meteorologist 2006-Present
• Norm Sprouse: Sunrise & Noon Chief Meteorologist 1990-Present

As a note: David Rogers & Norm Sprouse share weather duties during the sunrise & noon newscasts.

• Marty Hudtloff: Sports Director/Weekday Sports 2003-Present
• Chuck Wade: Weekend Sports 2006-Present
• Lindsay Murphy: Sports Reporter 2007-Present

• NBC29 News @ Sunrise M-F:

Anchors: Crystal Cameron & Shane Edinger

Weather: Norm Sprouse & David Rogers

Sports : Marty Hudtloff

• NBC29 News @ Noon:

Anchors: Sharon Gregory & Shane Edinger

Weather: Norm Sprouse & David Rogers

Sports : Marty Hudtloff

• NBC29 News @ 5:

Anchors: Sharon Gregory & Steve Rappaport

Weather: Eric Prichett

Sports : Marty Hudtloff

• NBC29 News @ 6 M-F:

Anchors: Sharon Gregory & Steve Rappaport

Weather: Eric Prichett

Sports : Marty Hudtloff

• NBC29 News @ 10 on CW29 M-F:

Anchor: Laura French

Weather: Eric Prichett

Sports : Marty Hudtloff

• NBC29 News @ 11 M-F:

Anchors: Laura French & Steve Rappaport

Weather: Eric Prichett

Sports : Marty Hudtloff

• NBC29 News @ Sunrise Sat & Sun:

Anchor: Joanna Shrewsbury

Weather: Clayton Stiver

Sports: Chuck Wade

• NBC29 News @ 6 Sat & Sun:

Anchor: Matt Talhelm

Weather: Clayton Stiver

Sports: Chuck Wade

• NBC29 News @ 10 on CW29 Sat & Sun:

Anchor: David Douglas

Weather: Clayton Stiver

Sports: Chuck Wade

• NBC29 News @ 11 Sat & Sun:

Anchor: Matt Talhelm

Weather: Clayton Stiver

Sports: Chuck Wade

• Laura French
• David Douglas

• Henry Graff
• Matt Talhelm
• Scott Meeks
• Melinda Pryor
• Meta Pettus

• Marty Hudtloff
• Chuck Wade

• Eric Pritchett
• Clayton Stiver

• Lori Lichorobiec (now at WBOY)
• Paul Merrill (now at WXXA)
• Sara Gavin (now at WOWK)
• Adam Longo (now at WKMG)
• Joe Holden (now at WBRE)
• Melinda Semadeni (now at WBBH)
• Robert Van Winkle (now at WBBH)
• Tom Roussey (now at WBTV)
• Alison Burns (now at KIRO)
• Brigida Mack (now at WSOC)
• Patrick Flanary (now at WBBH)
• Maggie Newland (now at WBBH)
• Jason Kurtz (now at WZVN-TV)
• Abena Foreman (now in public relations for UVA Health System)
• Beth Duffy (now at WCAV/WVAW)
• Bill Duvall (now at TV3 Winchester)
• Dave Cupp (now teaching college in North Carolina)
• Mark O'Brien (now at WTEN)
• John DeMorro (left TV broadcasting)
• Dana Hackett (unknown at press-time)
• Kristina Cruise (now at WLWT)

Every year NBC29 holds an annual telethon to help raise money for Children's Hospital. The telethon is held at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The broadcast consists of NBC29 personalities and former personalities anwsering phones and talking to patients at the hospital. The 23rd Annual UVA Children's Hospital Telethon was held on June 2nd & 3rd and rasied a record $2.2 million dollars.

• WVIR is featured in the 2007 film Evan Almighty.
• WVIR has been named the number 1 news station for morning news in the country for 3 years in a row.
• WVIR call letters was featured in an episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Jaime Presley on October 7, 2006 with music by Corrine Bailey Rae.

• NBC29 News You Can Trust 2000-2005
• NBC29 Count On Us 2005-2007
• NBC29 Charlottesville's #1 News Station 2007-Present

• Official NBC 29 website
• Official CW 29 website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WVIR
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for W28BF

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Charlottesville market  (Nielsen DMA #181)
WVAW-LP 16 (ABC) - WCAV 19 (CBS) - WAHU-CA 27 (FOX) (MNTV on DT2) - WVIR 29 (NBC) (The CW on DT3 & Weather Plus on DT2) - WHTJ 41 (PBS) - W50CM 50 (PBS) Out of market stations on cable only: WTTG 5 (FOX)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Harrisonburg market area  (Nielsen DMA #178)
WHSV 3 (ABC) (FOX/TSC on DT2, TV3 Winchester on DT3, MNTV/TSC on DT4) - WAZH-CA 24 / WAZM-CA 25 (TBN) - W28BF 28 (NBC) - WVPT 51 (PBS) Out-of-market stations serving the area Washington, DC: WRC 4 (NBC) - WTTG 5 (FOX) - WUSA 9 (CBS) - WDCA 20 (MNTV) Richmond: WTVR 6 (CBS) - WRIC 8 (ABC) - WWBT 12 (NBC) Charlottesville: WVIR-DT 29.3 (The CW)

v • d • e NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Virginia
WCYB 5 (Bristol) - WAVY 10 (Norfolk) - WSLS 10 (Roanoke / Lynchburg) - WWBT 12 (Richmond) - WVIR 29 (Charlottesville)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, PBS, and Other stations in Virginia

v • d • e CW Network Affiliates in the state of Virginia
WCYB-DT 5.2 (Bristol) - WFXR-DT 27.2 / WWCW-DT 21.2 (Roanoke/Lynchburg) - WGNT 27 (Portsmouth) WVIR-DT 29.3 (Charlottesville/Harrisonburg) - WUPV 65 (Ashland)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, My Network TV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Virginia