WHEC-TV
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HAAT | 153 m (502 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 43°8′8.3″N 77°35′1.3″W / 43.135639°N 77.583694°W |
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Website | www |
WHEC-TV (channel 10) is a television station in Rochester, New York, United States, affiliated with NBC. Owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, the station maintains studios on East Avenue in Downtown Rochester and a transmitter on Pinnacle Hill in Brighton.
History
In March 1953, the
Both stations–Veterans-owned WVET-TV, based at the Central Trust Building; and Gannett-owned WHEC-TV, with studios at the Rochester Savings Bank building, both in downtown Rochester–commenced operations on November 1, 1953. The WHEC stations moved from the Bank of Rochester building to WHEC-TV's present location, on East Avenue, in May 1958.
On November 15, 1961, the split-channel, shared-time arrangement ended as Veterans sold its half of channel 10 to Gannett. Veterans subsequently acquired its own, fully owned station,
Gannett split up its radio/TV holdings in 1971 when WHEC radio was sold to Sande Broadcasting, a locally based group (the station is now known as
The new owners of channel 10, made U.S. television history: WHEC-TV became the first VHF, network-affiliated station to be purchased and wholly owned by an
Under Viacom ownership, channel 10 took part in another trade—this one the first (and only) network affiliation switch in Rochester. On April 6, 1989, WHEC-TV announced that it would join the NBC network, replacing WROC-TV (now on channel 8) in the Peacock Network's roster. This move was the result of WROC-TV's poor performance and constant preemptions of NBC network programming (NBC was very intolerant of preemptions at this time).[18][19][20] The swap brought channel 10 in-line with sister stations WNYT in Albany and WVIT in New Britain, Connecticut, which had recently renewed their NBC relationships. In addition, NBC's strong prime time programming—NBC was the most-watched network at the time, while CBS was in a distant third near the midpoint of the Laurence Tisch era—was another major factor. WROC-TV began airing Saturday morning programs and some daytime programs from CBS shortly after WHEC-TV announced its intent to affiliate with NBC, but the network switch did not take effect until August 13, 1989, which was the day after WHEC-TV's affiliation contract with CBS expired.[21]
Viacom purchased
News operation
WHEC-DT airs more than 33 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5+1⁄2 hours each weekday and three hours each on Saturdays and Sundays).
The WHEC news team won the New York
Notable former on-air staff
- New York State Senator (2015–2020).[29]
- Steve Scully – anchor, reporter (1980s). Now with C-SPAN.[30]
Controversy
On November 21, 1982, WHEC-TV was the subject of a controversial decision when then-general manager Steven Kronquest decided to air a pre-recorded
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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10.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
NBC HD | Main WHEC-TV programming / NBC |
10.2 | 480i | 4:3 |
MeTV | MeTV |
10.3 | StartTV | Start TV | ||
10.4 | ION | Ion Television | ||
10.5 | 16:9 | H & I | Heroes & Icons | |
10.6 | Grit | Grit | ||
10.7 | Defy | Defy TV |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WHEC-TV's digital signal on
WHEC-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over
Coverage in Canada
For many years, WHEC-TV was one of three Rochester area stations offered on cable in the
References
- ^ "Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, NY May 8, 1967 p. 8". Democrat and Chronicle. May 8, 1967. p. 8.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHEC-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "2d television outlet by next fall promised as FCC allots Channel 10 to WHEC, WVET on sharing basis". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. March 13, 1953. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ^ "Record 29 new TV grants puts FCC at end of 'A' and 'B' priorities." Broadcasting - Telecasting, March 16, 1953, pp. 42, 46, 48, 50. [3][4][5][6]
- ^ "New TV programs go on air". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. November 2, 1953. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- Broadcasting - Telecasting, November 2, 1953, pg. 64.
- ^ "2d TV station to join 2 networks". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. August 9, 1953. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ^ WHEC-TV/WVET-TV advertisement. Broadcasting - Telecasting, October 26, 1953, pg. 75.
- ^ "FCC okays $30 million in station sales." Broadcasting, August 7, 1961, pg. 90.
- ^ "TV sharetimers split in Rochester deal." Broadcasting, November 20, 1961, pg. 91.
- ^ WHEC-TV advertisement. Broadcasting, December 18, 1961, pg. 61.
- ^ "Gannett broadcast roster down to WHEC-TV" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 29, 1971. p. 64. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ "Gannett goes from mostly newspapers to multiple media in one big deal." Broadcasting, May 15, 1978, pp. 26-27. [7][8]
- ^ "FCC clears biggest deal ever." Broadcasting, June 11, 1979, pp. 19-20. [9][10]
- ^ "Deal under way for the first black VHF TV." Broadcasting, August 28, 1978, pp. 30-31. [11][12]
- ^ "Changing hands–Proposed" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 25, 1983. p. 86. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ "11:00 PM Report". News Team 10. Rochester, NY. April 6, 1989. 07:38 minutes in. WHEC-TV. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- ^ Dorland, Charles, and Mary Lynne Vellinga. "Channel 10 dropping CBS in switch to top-ranked NBC." Democrat and Chronicle, April 7, 1989, pp. 1A, 7A. Accessed April 29, 2019. [13][14]
- ^ "In brief" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 10, 1989. p. 96. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ Dorland, Charles. "WROC-TV, WHEC-TV switch network links on Aug. 13." Democrat and Chronicle, June 6, 1989, pp. 1C, 7A. Accessed April 29, 2019. [15][16]
- ^ Foisie, Geoffrey, and Christopher Stern. "Viacom, Paramount say 'I do.'" Broadcasting and Cable, September 20, 1993, pp. 14-16. Accessed January 8, 2019. [17][18][19]
- ^ Foisie, Geoffrey. "At long last: Viacom Paramount." Broadcasting and Cable, February 21, 1994, pp. 7, 10, 14. Accessed January 8, 2019. [20][21][22]
- ^ Flint, Joe (December 18, 1995). "Viacom Group Merged Under Par's Cassara". Variety. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ Zier, Julie A., and Steve McClellan. "Minority-led group eyes Viacom stations." Broadcasting and Cable, November 7, 1994, pp. 6. Accessed January 8, 2019. [23]
- ^ Rathburn, Elizabeth A. (June 17, 1996). "Station swaps highlight week in trading" (PDF). Broadcasting and Cable. p. 13. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ^ Rathburn, Elizabeth A. (August 19, 1996). "Changing hands: Viacom, Hubbard agree to swap" (PDF). Broadcasting and Cable. p. 38. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ^ Greeley, Paul (June 22, 2018). "WHEC Earns National Murrow For Best Newscast". Marketshare.
- ^ "Rich Funke, veteran news anchor, retiring from WHEC - News - Greece Post - Greece, NY". Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
- ^ "Interview with Steve Scully, C-SPAN -- December 2004". journalismjobs.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
- ^ The DUMBEST BROADCAST in CBS HISTORY | Redskins @ Giants (1982) YouTube
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WHEC
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.