WPTV-TV
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HAAT | 386.3 m (1,267 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 26°35′21.2″N 80°12′42.8″W / 26.589222°N 80.211889°W |
Translator(s) | WHDT 5.11 Stuart |
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Website | www |
WPTV-TV (channel 5) is a
History
The station began broadcasting on August 22, 1954, as the primary NBC affiliate for all of
At that time, it was owned by William Cook and Theodore Granick and there were only 32 employees working at the station. WJNO was later purchased by the Phipps family in 1956 and changed the call letters to WPTV. Then in 1961, Mort Watters, President of Scripps-Howard Broadcasting, purchased the station for Scripps-Howard.
Under new ownership, the station began expanding. WPTV's current 1,000-foot (305 m) transmitter tower was built along with new transmission facilities. The station's original West Palm Beach studios were expanded. In May 1971, Scripps-Howard built new studio facilities for the station on Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach. During the 1960s and into the early 1970s, WPTV's evening news team of
In 1999, it added a new
On March 16, 2001, the station moved from its facilities on Flagler Drive to a larger, newer, and more advanced complex at Banyan Boulevard and 1st Street on the city's west side, approaching Clear Lake. The building's exteriors were used to depict the exteriors of the fictional television station seen during the second season of the NBC sitcom Good Morning, Miami. WPTV's "Circle 5" logo used today is a variation of the one used by WEWS-TV; that station resurrected its version of the logo in January 2007 albeit in a slightly different form from the one used by WPTV.
On March 11, 2011, WPTV entered into a shared services agreement with Raycom Media, then-owner of Fox affiliate WFLX (channel 29). Under the arrangement, WPTV provides technical, promotional, and website operations for WFLX, although Raycom (and now Gray) continues to handle programming responsibilities for that station and conduct all advertising sales. Around June 1, 2011, WFLX moved its operations from its facilities on West Blue Heron Boulevard in Riviera Beach to WPTV's studios. It is unclear if the former will completely vacate its building.[7][8][9][10]
News operation
WPTV broadcasts 44 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with seven hours each weekday and 4+1⁄2 hours each on Saturdays and Sundays).
The station has long been the dominant news station in the Gold and Treasure Coasts, regularly beating crosstown rivals WPEC and WPBF in Nielsen ratings. This was in large part due to the presence of Jim Sackett, the station's main anchor from 1978 until his retirement in 2011. Following the May 2009 sweeps period, WPTV retained its title as the most-watched television station in the state of Florida based on sign-on to sign-off household ratings in metered markets. On August 4, 2007, it became the first station in South Florida to air its local newscasts in high definition. The upgrade resulted in the debut of a new graphics package and weather set with advanced HD equipment.
Along with its main studios, the station operates a bureau in the
The news department has been recognized with three regional
It was announced October 22, 2010, that WFLX would end a news share agreement with Freedom Communications-owned WPEC on December 31. On January 1, 2011, WPTV established a new partnership with WFLX and begin producing a two-hour weekday morning show and nightly hour-long prime time newscasts. These shows originated from a secondary set at WPTV's facilities until July 23, 2021, when WPTV debuted a new set that is now shared with WFLX. The new partnership with WFLX required the addition of more than a dozen new personnel. The station claims that this is the first time a Scripps-owned station has produced news for a station not owned by the company,[12][13][14][15][16] but this is not true; WXYZ-TV in Detroit produced a 10 p.m. newscast for then-UPN O&O WKBD-TV from 2002 to 2004 after that station (which produced newscasts for WWJ-TV) shut down its news department.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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5.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
WPTV-TV | Main WPTV-TV programming / NBC |
5.2 | 480i | Defy | Defy TV | |
5.3 | Laff | Laff | ||
5.4 | StartTv | Start TV | ||
5.5 | GetTv | GetTV
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5.6 | QVC2 | QVC2
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5.7 | ShopLC | Shop LC |
WPTV-TV previously carried a 24-hour local weather channel, known as the VIPIR Plus Channel, on WPTV-DT2. Programming consisted of forecasts and live radar. This had been part of
WPTV re-aired its weekday noon newscast on this channel from 1 to 2 p.m.; this re-broadcast was discontinued when LWN was replaced with MeTV.Analog-to-digital conversion
WPTV-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPTV-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ rogersimmons.com: "West Palm Beach TV Station Ads"
- ^ "COMPANY NEWS; TV Stations Shift to ABC". The New York Times. June 17, 1994. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- ^ Geoffrey Foisie (June 20, 1994). "ABC pre-empts CBS in Cleveland, Detroit" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. Cahners Business Information. Retrieved February 13, 2013 – via World Radio History. [permanent dead link]
- ^ "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Scripps Deal With NBC". The New York Times. August 1, 1994.
- ^ "Keeping up with the affiliates". Broadcasting & Cable. August 1, 1994.
- ^ "Scripps and Raycom announce shared services agreement in West Palm Beach". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ SCRIPPS AND RAYCOM ANNOUNCE SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT IN WEST PALM BEACH
- ^ WPTV In Expanded SSA Deal With WFLX, TVNewsCheck, March 11, 2011.
- ^ Raycom, Scripps Take Next Step in West Palm Relationship, Broadcasting & Cable, March 11, 2011.
- ^ "WPTV Outsources Sports to ESPN Radio". Archived from the original on December 8, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ "WPTV to produce daily newscasts for WFLX". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ^ "WPTV to Produce WFLX's News in West Palm". Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ "WPTV Takes over WFLX News in West Palm". October 22, 2010.
- ^ "WPTV, WFLX Announce Anchor Teams". November 29, 2010.
- ^ "WPTV AND WFLX announce anchor teams". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WPTV
- ^ "Me-TV Adds WPTV West Palm Beach | TVNewsCheck.com". Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ "WPTV delays DTV switch |West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Treasure Coast l…". Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2009.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ CDBS Print