WAFB, channel 9, is the CBS-affiliated television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Its analog transmitter is located southwest of Arlington. The station's digital transmitter is located in downtown Baton Rouge. Owned by Raycom Media, WAFB is sister to MyNetworkTV affiliate WBXH-CA. The two stations share studios on Government Street in downtown Baton Rouge. An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... MyNetworkTV (sometimes written My Network TV, and unofficially abbreviated MyNet, MyTV, MYN-TV, MNT, or MNTV) is a television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Broadcasting Company, a division of News Corporation. ... Raycom Media is a broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama. ... is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid... In broadcasting, sister stations are broadcast stations owned by the same company. ... WBXH-CA is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid... An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... This article is about the television network. ... The DuMont Television Network was the worlds first commercial television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... The Tube Music Network is a music video network carried on select digital television subchannels and digital cable systems. ... In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power (ERP) is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains to the actual electrical power output of a transmitter. ... The kilowatt (symbol: kW) is a unit for measuring power, equal to one thousand watts. ... HAAT is used extensively in radio, as it is actually much more important than power. ... A facility ID is used in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission to identify broadcast TV stations. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... This article is about a television transmitting location or company. ... For the Canadian restaurant, see Baton Rouge (restaurant). ... Raycom Media is a broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama. ... MyNetworkTV (sometimes written My Network TV, and unofficially abbreviated MyNet, MyTV, MYN-TV, MNT, or MNTV) is a television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Broadcasting Company, a division of News Corporation. ... WBXH-CA is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ...

History

The station began broadcasting on April 19, 1953 as the second television station in the state of Louisiana. Originally broadcasting on channel 28, WAFB moved to channel 9 in 1960. The station has always been a CBS affiliate but carried some NBC programming until WBRZ-TV signed on in 1955. WAFB also carried some ABC programming until WRBT (now WVLA) signed on in 1971 and some programming from DuMont until that network folded. In 1988, the station dropped the -TV suffix from its call letters. is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This article is about the television network. ... WBRZ, channel 2, is an ABC affiliate serving Baton Rouge, Louisiana, south-central and southeastern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... WVLA (NBC 33) is the local NBC affiliate for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ... The DuMont Television Network was the worlds first commercial television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946. ...

Digital television

WAFB's digital signal is multiplexed. On WAFB-DT2 is a 24-hour local weather channel which can also be seen on Cox cable channel 9. on WAFB-DT4 is a full power standard definition digital signal of MyNetworkTV affiliate WBXH-CA. Due to its Class A status, that station does not broadcast a digital signal of its own. In 2009, WAFB's digital signal will leave channel 46 and move to channel 9 when the analog to digital conversion is complete.^[1] Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. ... Standard-definition television or SDTV refers to television systems that have a lower resolution than HDTV systems. ...

High-definition television (HDTV) means broadcast of television signals with a higher resolution than traditional formats (NTSC, SECAM, PAL) allow. ... High-definition television (HDTV) means broadcast of television signals with a higher resolution than traditional formats (NTSC, SECAM, PAL) allow. ...

Programming

WAFB is one of a handful of stations that shifts the air times of various CBS programming. The Price Is Right airs at 11 A.M. instead of 10 (back-to-back episodes of Family Feud airs from 10 to 11 A.M.) and The Young and The Restless airs at 4 P.M. instead of 11 A.M. The Price Is Rights US 36th season logo. ... This article is about the American game show. ... The Young and the Restless (commonly abbreviated as Y&R) is a popular American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS Daytime on March 26, 1973. ...

The station's current syndicated library includes: Montel, Friends, CSI, Soul Train, Taxi, The Odd Couple, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and others. The station aired Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune until 1995 (they have since aired on WBRZ), plus Live with Regis and Kelly and Oprah until the late-1990s (Oprah moved to WBRZ, but since then, it has aired on WVLA while Regis was the other way around). It used to also air The Phil Donahue Show, Hard Copy, and Sally Jesse Raphael, among other syndicated shows. In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... Montel Brian Anthony Williams (born July 3, 1956) is an American television talk show host. ... This article is about the television show. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Soul Train is a long-running music-related syndicated television program. ... Taxi was an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC, and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. The series focused on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers working for the Sunshine Cab Company, as well as their abusive dispatcher. ... The Odd Couple was a television situation comedy broadcast from September 24, 1970 to July 4, 1975 on ABC. It starred Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison. ... Logo from the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions. ... Jeopardy redirects here. ... This article is about the current, syndicated nighttime edition of the U.S. game show, which began in 1983. ... Live with Regis and Kelly is a syndicated American television talk show, hosted by Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa. ... The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah) is a United States syndicated talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated talk show in American television history. ... The Phil Donahue Show, also known as Donahue, was the first tabloid talk show. ... Hard Copy was a tabloid news infotainment magazine show similar to Inside Edition and A Current Affair. ... Sally Jessy Raphaël (born Sally Lowenthal on February 25, 1935 in Easton, Pennsylvania) is an American talk show host and television presenter. ...

One locally produced show that brought years of enjoyment to children was hosted by Buckskin Bill Black (William Black) that ran from 1955 until 1990. There were several characters that were regulars on the show including Senor Puppet (a marionette voiced by Sid Crocker) and Whatsyourname (another puppet voiced by Mary Hiller). The show had a way of educating young children while making it fun to learn. Two games many adults can remember Buckskin playing were called "Hully Gully", which helped to teach counting numbers, and the "Monday Morning March". The two shows he hosted were called "Storyland" (for younger children during A.M. broadcasting) and "The Buckskin Bill Show" (for older children during the afternoons). The Buckskin Bill Show was also one of the first shows in the United States to have a sign-language interpreter for hearing-impaired viewers prior to closed-captioning. Through two gracious campaigns from his show, Buckskin Bill helped to start the Baton Rouge Zoo and asked children to bring in their pennies to buy an elephant. The penny campaign was successful enough to purchase two. He is now involved with the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. The Baton Rouge Zoo is located 15 minutes North of downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ...

WAFB also airs the Sunday services from the First United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge. First United Methodist Church is a common name for United Methodist churches throughout the English speaking world. ...

News operation

The station's news department produces 25 hours of news programming each week including newscasts for sister station WBXH-CA. WBXH-CA is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ...

WAFB newscasts had the second-highest ratings at 10 P.M. in any of the country's biggest television markets according to The Des Moines Register in Iowa. Nielsen Media Research ratings for November showed that 16.2% of all households in the Baton Rouge market watched the newscast. The only station to get a bigger share of the local audience was KCCI, the CBS affiliate in Des Moines, which was watched by 17.9% of area households. ([1]) The Des Moines Register is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... KCCI is a television station that broadcasts on channel 8 in Des Moines, Iowa. ... This article is about the state capital of Iowa. ...

Currently, WAFB is the top rating channel in the Baton Rouge viewing area. In the recent ratings period, the station beat the others ones combined at 5, 6, and 10. On March 3, 2008, WAFB became the first in Baton Rouge and the 3rd in Louisiana to broadcast their news in high definition. The station is the only one in the market to broadcast local news at Noon on the weekends. is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...

News team

Anchors

• Donna Britt - weeknights at 6 and 10
• Paul Gates - weeknights at 5
  • investigative reporter
  • WAFB Editorial Board chairman
• Kellee Henessey - weekend mornings and Noon
• Greg Meriwether - weeknights at 9
  • weeknight "Street Beat" reporter
• Phil Rainier - weekdays at Noon
  • weeknight 5 and 10 o'clock health reporter
• George Sells - weeknights at 6 and 10
• Matt Williams - weekday mornings
  • crime reporter

Meteorologists

• Steve Caparotta - weeknights at 5 and 9
• Diane Deaton - weekday mornings and Noon
• Jay Grymes - Chief seen on weeknights at 6 and 10
• Scott Oswalt - weekend mornings/evening

Sports

• Erin Cofiell - sports reporter
  • sports photographer
• Jacques Doucet - weekend evenings
• Steve Schneider - Sports Director seen on weeknights at 6 and 10

Reporters

• Anna Adair
• Jack Jackson - weeknight 9 o'clock fill-in anchor
• Cheryl Mercedes
• Caroline Moses
• Keitha Nelson
• Jim Shannon
• Allen Tumey - "Tumey's Travels" segment reporter
• Tyana Williams

Former on-air staff

• Julie Baxter - now practicing law with Moore, Walters, Thompson in Baton Rouge; adjunct Media Law professor at LSU's School of Mass Communication
• Glynn Boyd - now at WGNO New Orleans
• Tim Brando - sports. Now broadcasts for various sports outlets, including CBS Sports and Jefferson Pilot Sports.
• George Caldwell (Sells) - now at News 12 Long Island in New York
• Isaiah Carey - now at KRIV Houston
• Marie Centanni - former member of LA Governor Kathleen Blanco's staff
• Matt Clough - KUSA, Denver, CO
• Avery Davidson - now at LA Farm Bureau
• Jennifer Donelan - ABC7/WJLA, Washington D.C.
• Jay Gormley - filmmaker
• Mike Graham - retired meteorologist, has since become active in performance arts.
• Jennifer Hale - WVTM, Birmingham, AL
• Victor Howell - now a basketball analyst at Cox Sports Television. He is also the host of the "CST Tonight!" and "Saints Tonight!" studio shows.
• Cyndi Nguyen - now at WGNO in New Orleans
• Nancy Parker - now at WVUE New Orleans
• Vernon Roger - anchor of 12pm and 5pm broadcasts. Remembered for his cajun cooking segments and his "taste test." Committed suicide in 2002.
• Pat Simon - now anchoring evening news at WLOS in Asheville, North Carolina
• Sylvia Weatherspoon - now at WBRZ-TV
• Valentina Wilson - now at WVLA-TV

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References

External links

• WAFB "9 News"
• WBXH-CA "MyBRTV"
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WAFB
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WAFB-TV