Wsaz-dt2 Information
WSAZ-DT2 is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Huntington and Charleston, West Virginia. This area is the second-largest market in terms of area east of the Mississippi River consisting of 61 counties in Central West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and Southeastern Ohio. It is a second digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WSAZ-TV which is owned by Gray Television. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 23.2 from a transmitter in Milton although through PSIP it shows up as 3.2. It can also be seen on Suddenlink channel 3, Comcast channel 17, and Armstrong channel 50.
WSAZ-DT2's parent station has studios on Fifth Avenue (U.S. 60) in Downtown Huntington and secondary facilities on Columbia Avenue in Charleston along I-64/U.S. 119 and U.S. 60. Known on-air as MyZTV, it also airs syndicated programming such as South Park, TMZ on TV, The Andy Griffith Show, and My Wife and Kids. The channel offers a second airing of syndicated shows such as Oprah and The Dr. Oz Show that is seen on WSAZ's main feed. Otherwise, WSAZ-DT2 airs programming from This TV and is known on-air as This TV West Virginia since it is the only affiliate in the state.
History
On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB announced that the networks would cease broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents: CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. On February 22, News Corporation announced that it would start up another new network called MyNetworkTV. This new network, which would be sister to Fox, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division Twentieth Television.
MyNetworkTV was created to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming Independent and compete against The CW. On March 9, UPN affiliate WHCP (now WQCW) agreed to become part of The CW. MyNetworkTV launched on September 5 and WSAZ created a new second digital subchannel to be the area's affiliate. WQCW officially joined The CW when it launched on September 18. From its launch, WSAZ-DT2 had been affiliated The Sportsman Channel but this has eventually dropped.
Newscasts
Its nightly news open.It airs a prime time newscast every night for a half-hour which competes with an hour-long show on Fox affiliate WVAH-TV. At one point, the second digital subchannel had also aired a weekday morning show at 7 called Your Day on MyZTV but this has since been canceled. It currently repeats WSAZ NewsChannel 3 Today in the 7 o'clock hour and WSAZ NewsChannel 3 Midday weekdays at 12:30.
WSAZ NewsChannel 3 Today (weekdays mornings 7 to 8)
- Anchors:
- Rob Johnson
- Melanie Shafer - Monday through Wednesday
- Susan Nicholas - Thursday and Friday
- Weather:
- Marina Jurica
WSAZ NewsChannel 3 Midday (weekdays 12:30 to 1 p.m.)
- Anchor:
- Rob Johnson
- Weather:
- Marina Jurica
MyZTV Ten O'Clock News (LIVE 10 to 10:30 p.m.) weeknights
- Anchor:
- Jessica Ralston
- Weather:
- Chris Bailey
- Sports:
- Keith Morehouse
weekends
- Anchor:
- Stephanie Schelkun
- Weather:
- Josh Fitzpatrick
- Sports:
- John Mulvaney
WSAZ-DT2 features additional news personnel from WSAZ. See that article for a complete listing.
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Categories: MyNetworkTV affiliates | Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area | Charleston, West Virginia | Gray Television | Television stations in West Virginia
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