This station then began to produce WWCP's nightly prime time show and reduced the program to 35 minutes on weeknights while remaining a half-hour on weekends. in college, she studied Communications Media and Political Science. [16] The affiliation was launched on September 16 at 6 a.m.[17] Prior to this, Pittsburgh's WPCWwhich itself was a Johnstown station for much of its historyserved the market via cable. One featured a variation of the "Serving Millions from Atop the Alleghenies" slogan creating "Serving Millions Across the Alleghenies." In addition to the new branding, WJAC updated their on-air graphics and theme music to those of its former sister station, WPXI, in Pittsburgh. In Maryland, it is carried in Allegany County. The newscast, still known as Fox 8 News at 10, now originates from a secondary set at WJAC's facility on Old Hickory Lane in Upper Yoder Township (with a Johnstown postal address). Our coverage area includes Bedford, Everett . Lindsay has been with the channel since April of 2019. She joined Penns Manor High School in 1991 and earned her high school diploma in 2004. [9] This made WJAC-TV a sister station to nearby WPGH-TV and WPMY in Pittsburgh though it is still connected to WPXI-TV through a news-share agreement. Their weekday morning newscast began as a half-hour broadcast at 6:30 in 1985. Before that, Lindsay was a Freelance Reporter at WPXI-TV. Lindsay is a 36-year-old American journalist who was born in 1986, in Penn Run, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America. In the 1950s and 1960s, WJAC-TV's slogan was "Serving Millions from Atop the Alleghenies.". There, she had extensive exposure to social media strategies to grow viewership for the network. It originally aired an analog signal on VHF channel 13 before moving to VHF channel 6 in 1952. The Sinclair Broadcast Group was to operate the station through shared services and joint sales agreements. WJAC-TV is carried on various cable systems in several counties that are located outside of the JohnstownAltoona market. This change comes only three years after the switch from Channel 6 News. Lindsay has been with the channel since April of 2019. However, on February 20, 2014, Horseshoe Curve informed the FCC that the sale of WWCP had fallen through. [7] The FCC granted its approval of the sale on April 29,[8] and it was consummated on May 2. WJAC-TV and WTOV were updated to WPXI's on-air graphics after being acquired by Cox, despite WPXI changing its own look in 2004. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provides certain services to Johnstown-licensed Fox affiliate WWCP-TV, channel 8 (owned by Sinclair partner company Cunningham Broadcasting) and Altoona-licensed ABC affiliate WATM-TV, channel 23 (owned by Palm Television, L.P. and operated by Cunningham Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement (LMA)) under a time brokerage agreement (TBA). [6] On February 25, 2013, Cox announced that it would sell the four stations to Sinclair Broadcast Group. Prior to that, Lindsay was a News Anchor and Reporter for WLNN in North Carolina. She currently serves as an Anchor and Reporter for KDKA/ CBS News based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She currently serves as an anchor and reporter for CBSs affiliate KDKA based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. WJAC provides news, weather and sports information for Johnstown, Altoona, State College and DuBois, Pennsylvania. Originally from New Jersey, Yazmin. On August 21, 2019, Sinclair announced in a letter to the National Cable Television Cooperative that WJAC-TV's fourth subchannel would switch from TBD to The CW Plus, giving The CW its first full-time affiliate in the JohnstownAltoona market. WJAC-DT4, branded on-air as Alleghenies CW6, is the CW-affiliated fourth digital subchannel of WJAC-TV, broadcasting in 720p high definition on channel 6.4. On July 22, 2013, Horseshoe Curve Communications agreed to sell Fox affiliate WWCP-TV (channel 8) to Cunningham Broadcasting for $12 million. Lindsay stands at the height of 5 ft 6 in ( Approx 1.68m). In the same year, Lindsay enrolled at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Dorcas Lindsay Ward Wjac. However, the station maintains a photographer based in Altoona for that area. On September 18, WJAC-DT4 adopted its current "Alleghenies CW6" branding.[18][19][20]. She worked there from Sep 2011 to Sep 2017. she worked there from Apr 2018 until Mar 2019. Sister station WTOV continued to air RTV until January 16, 2012. WJAC-TV gained a reputation for its locally produced programs at the station throughout the years. In May 2022, WJAC-TV closed its Altoona bureau in a cost cutting measure. In West Virginia, it is carried in Petersburg (93 miles (150km) away), Dorcas, Moorefield and Keyser. The weather segment aired first and was titled "Weather in Motion" with its own sounder and graphics, and was hosted (at least for the 1 p.m. broadcast) by Chick Young. JOURNALISTS, USA JOURNALISTS' BIOS Scholastic Quiz, a game show featuring local high school students, and Seniors Today (a public affairs program targeted to those 65 and older) would become mainstays of the station's programming and make host Ron Lorence (who would later build WADJ, now WBHV, at 1330 AM and then buy WYSN-FM 101.7, now WCCL in Somerset County) a local household name. Lindsay has an estimated net worth of $897,734. WJAC-TV is also broadcast over-the-air on a low-powered repeater, W29DH-D, in Moorefield, West Virginia. Previously, Lindsay was a WVVA Morning and Noon News Anchor, she also served as a Reporter for Quincy Newspapers Incorporated in Bluefield, West Virginia. There, she had extensive exposure to social media strategies to grow viewership for the network. On July 20, 2012, one day after Cox purchased four television stations in Jacksonville, Florida and Tulsa, Oklahoma from Newport Television, Cox put WJAC-TV, WTOV-TV, and sister stations in El Paso, Texas and Reno, Nevada, plus several radio stations in medium to small markets, on the selling block. [33] This repeater is owned by Valley TV Cooperative. WJAC-TV (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Johnstown-Altoona-State College market as an affiliate of NBC and The CW Plus.It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provides certain services to Johnstown-licensed Fox affiliate WWCP-TV, channel 8 (owned by Sinclair partner company Cunningham Broadcasting) and Altoona . From January 2008 until March 2011, WJAC simulcasted its nightly newscast at 11 on WATM under the ABC 23 News branding. [27][28][29][30] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 6. She has accumulated good wealth from her journalism career. She worked there from Sep 2009 to Sep 2011. Lindsay Ward is an American journalist. Its 6 o'clock newscast was known as The News Tonight and the 11 p.m. broadcast was entitled 11th Hour News. It would have essentially made WJAC-TV, WWCP, and WATM all sister stations and expanded on their existing news share arrangement (see below). She is also in love with the beach and warm weather. Lindsay married her lovely husband called Tonny Nanni. Then, in July 2012, this outlet became the first station in the market to broadcast local news in full high definition. The couple celebrated their 5th anniversary on June 15, 2019. These counties include Armstrong, eastern Butler, Clarion, Mifflin and the central to eastern portion of Westmoreland. Prior to joining her current network, Lindsay was a Freelance Reporter for Cox Media Group in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. All four of the television stations on the block are located in markets that are smaller than Tulsa. Lindsay has been there for 2 years 7 months since Apr 2019. All programming on WJAC-DT4 is received through The CW's programming feed for smaller media markets, The CW Plus, which provides a set schedule of syndicated programming acquired by The CW for broadcast during time periods outside of the network's regular programming hours; however, Sinclair handles local advertising and promotional services for the subchannel. WJAC and new sister station WTOV-TV in the Steubenville, OhioWheeling, West Virginia market were sold to Cox Enterprises in 2000. It officially changed the station's news branding from WJAC-TV News to 6 News on October 25, 2011. There, she had extensive exposure to social media strategies to grow viewership for the network. She as well served as the channels Reporter. In addition to its main studios, it also operates bureaus in Altoona (on Beale Avenue), State College (on West College Avenue/PA 26) and DuBois (on East DuBois Avenue/PA 255; building is shared with WIFT 102.1 FM). [12] Along with then-sister station WPXI, WJAC-TV 6.2 transitioned to MeTV at midnight on June 13, 2011, immediately following an episode of Ellery Queen, at which point the channel was switched to the MeTV feed for the start of Hogan's Heroes. She worked there from Aug 2008 to Aug 2009. she worked there from Apr 2018 until Mar 2019. Prior to joining her current network, Lindsay was a Freelance Reporter for Cox Media Group in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During her free time, she likes baking. This was a feature frequently employed by area residents. Together, Lindsay and Tony shared a very gorgeous son whom they call Sebastian. The sports segment had a separate theme and was called "Sports Nitecap". In 1987, TCI Cable (now Comcast) in Centre County began producing a WJAC newscast, known as the Centre County Report, specifically targeted to that area. However, this is no longer an option after the digital conversion. Through aggressive statistical multiplexing, CW+ programming on WJAC-DT4 is broadcast in 720p high definition (albeit in a highly-compressed variation of that video resolution). 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She currently serves as an anchor and reporter for CBSs affiliate KDKA based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since WJAC has prior commitments with local news and weather cut-ins during Today, WATM offers taped news updates that are seen Tuesday through Saturday mornings (at :25 and :55 past the hour) during Good Morning America. I cover breaking news and I keep viewers informed on the latest news stories of the day. The couple celebrated their 5th anniversary on June 15, 2019. When KYW-TV switched to CBS on September 10, 1995, WJAC officially became the longest-tenured NBC affiliate in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This old slogan was used in various ways in the station's broadcasts and mixed with the station's then-current slogan "Coverage You Can Count On" to form "Coverage You Can Count On Across the Alleghenies" the year before. Lindsay is currently 36 years old. she worked there from Apr 2018 until Mar 2019. CBS disappeared from WJAC-TV's schedule when WARD-TV channel 56 (now Pittsburgh's CW affiliate WPCW on channel 19) signed-on in 1953 followed by DuMont when it shut down network operations in 1955. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WJAC-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 6, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. Tim Rigby is the 5 and 6 co- anchor and 11 PM solo anchor for WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Pa. WJAC-TV/6 News is the NBC affiliate serving 10 counties in west-central Pennsylvania. The pair welcomed their first baby, a son whom they named Sebastian Nanni on June 28, 2019. In the 1960s, Johnstown Automotive sold the WJAC stations to the estate of Anderson H. Walters, the owner of The Tribune-Democrat, who held them until 1984 when tightened Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cross-ownership regulations forced the newspaper to sell off the radio stations. The regular changes in WJAC's subchannel over its first few years reflect the decisions made internally about how to best make use of the new programming options afforded by Digital OTA broadcast. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 34. On September 15, 2009, WJAC-TV celebrated its 60th year of broadcasting. Therefore, this means that they walked down the aisle on June 15, 2014. The station was also one of the stations across the country to produce a local version of the children's TV show Romper Room. Most of the graphics introduced to WJAC-TV after the acquisition were used until October 2011, when WJAC-TV updated to WPXI's current look. She and her love wedded each other on June 15, 2014. As WWCP's long-standing local marketing agreement to operate ABC affiliate WATM-TV (channel 23) was part of the deal, it would have resulted in the major commercial television stations in the market being controlled by just two companies. On January 14, 2008, WJAC entered into a news share agreement with WWCP and WATM. WJAC-TV first began its broadcasting operations on September 15, 1949,[3] originally owned by the Johnstown Automotive Company along with WJAC radio (AM 1400, now WKGE at AM 850, and FM 95.5, now WKYE at FM 96.5). Prior to joining her current network, Lindsay was a Freelance Reporter for Cox Media Group in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lindsay has an average salary of $67,295 per year. She earns her monthly income from her current job as an Anchor and Reporter for KDKA/ CBS News based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [11], The Retro Television Network began airing on WJAC-TV's second digital subchannel in the late December 2008. four years later, in 2008, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Communication and Media Studies ( Political Science). She is a married woman who has been spending a happy married life with her lovely husband called Tonny Nanni. Prior to that, Lindsay was an Intern at WNEP-TV 16 in Moosic, PA. She served there from May 2008 until Aug 2008. Lindsay is an American journalist. [citation needed]. At the time, it was the third-smallest television station in the country market-wise to be granted a commercial license on or before December 31 behind CBS affiliate WNBF-TV in Binghamton, New York and fellow NBC affiliate WICU-TV in Erie. WJAC-TV's studios (which also house master control and some internal operations for WWCP-TV and WATM-TV) are located on Old Hickory Lane in Upper Yoder Township (with a Johnstown postal address), and its transmitter is located northwest of the city in Laurel Ridge State Park along the CambriaWestmoreland county line. WWCP-TV and WATM-TV maintain separate facilities on Lulay Street in the borough of Geistown (also with a Johnstown postal address). Prior to that, Lindsay was a WJAC Morning and Noon News Anchor. The Walters estate sold off the newspaper to MediaNews Group in 1987 but held on to Channel 6 until 1997 when it was sold to Sunrise Television. The Indiana County native is a proud IUP graduate. Some of her leisure is spent trying new restaurants, and breweries and also with her husband lovely better hALF Tony, and their son Sebastian. Her parents still live in the house where Lindsay was born and they are her role models and source of inspiration. Yes. She as well served as a morning anchor and reporter at WJAC-TV based in Johnstown, PA, and also WVVA-TV based in Bluefield, WV. [5] During that month, WJAC-TV aired several commercials advertising the anniversary. [31][32] During the 1990s, WJAC was available on cable in portions of Warren County, despite that county being a part of the Erie market. Upon its sign-on, it aired programming from all four networks of the time (NBC, CBS, ABC, and DuMont). Before that, Lindsay was a Freelance Reporter at WPXI-TV. [14], On September 1, 2022, MeTV was replaced by Charge!.[15]. However, the station continued to air a few ABC shows until WWPC-TV, a satellite of Fox affiliate WWCP-TV, became a separate ABC affiliate in 1988.[4]. The couple celebrated their 7th wedding anniversary on June 15, 2021. Lindsay grew up as the youngest daughter among her parents three children. Yazmin Rodriguez Morning Anchor Connect With Yazmin Rodriguez Yazmin Rodriguez is super excited to join the 6 News Morning Team as the newest co-anchor. She is a woman of above-average stature. The station also consolidated their State College bureau, and still maintains news reporters and a photographer there. 0. [13] Before its closure in December 2008, WJAC-TV carried NBC Weather Plus on the second digital subchannel. The two stations and WPXI in Pittsburgh were occasionally marketed together as a result. In the late-1960s and 1970s, WJAC had a fifteen-minute news and weather show weekday afternoons at 1 known as The News Today. The nearby mountain ridges had prevented most of Altoona and all of State College from receiving the analog signal; conversely, many of Pittsburgh's outer-ring eastern and Westmoreland County suburbs actually got a grade B signal from WJAC, which in some cases, was superior to that of Pittsburgh NBC affiliate WPXI. Together, Lindsay and Tony shared a very gorgeous son whom they call Sebastian. WJAC-TV (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the JohnstownAltoonaState College market as an affiliate of NBC and The CW Plus. Prior to that, Lindsay was a WJAC Morning and Noon News Anchor. Because the audio portion of VHF channel 6 was transmitted at 87.75 MHz, it was possible to listen to the television station on most FM car radios (or any standard FM radio for that matter). As a result, Sinclair would have effectively owned WWCP as well. It features a separate news anchor on weeknights, who does not appear on WJAC, in addition to a different music and graphics package from broadcasts seen on the NBC outlet. [21] In January 2016, to reflect the station's ownership by Sinclair, WJAC-TV stopped using "The Tower" and WPXI's former on-air look and updated their package and music to the generic "Sinclair News Package." She was born to her parents Lee Ward and Barbara Ward in 1986, in Penn Run, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Amrit Singh Spectrum News 1, Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Wife, Salary, and Net Worth, Delaney Wearden WSLS, Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Husband, Salary, and Net Worth, Copyright 2023 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes, List of States in the US, Alphabetical list of States in the U.S., and Abbreviation of States in United States. ys xm ik lu I am a reporter at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [10] However, the majority of Cunningham's stock is held by the Smith family (owners and founders of Sinclair). She was born in 1986, in Penn Run, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America. WTOV-TV already began using the package in 2014. Therefore, this means that they walked down the aisle on June 15, 2014. Prior to that, Lindsay was a WJAC Morning and Noon News Anchor.
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