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WFIE, owned and operated by Raycom Media is the NBC network affiliate serving the Evansville, Indiana metropolitan area, known as the "Tri-State" area of Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois. It operates on UHF channel 14 and in high definition on channel 46, also on the UHF dial. The station began broadcasting on November 15, 1953 and claims to be the first television station broadcasting in Evansville. Image File history File links WFIE.jpg Summary 14 WFIE Logo (LyngSat Logo and WFIE-TV Evansville, Indiana - owned and operated by Raycom Media) http://www. ... Henderson is a city located in Henderson County, Kentucky. ... For other places named Evansville see Evansville (disambiguation). ... McDonalds, represented by the Golden Arches, is one of the worlds most famous brands In marketing, a brand is the symbolic embodiment of all the information connected with a company, product or service. ... ... In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or, equivalently, wavelengths) assigned by a government for the operation of a particular broadcast station. ... This article is about the radio frequency. ... Analog television encodes picture information by varying the voltages and/or frequency of the signal. ... Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels (SDTV) and/or better quality of picture (EDTV, HDTV) and sound (AC3, Dolby Digital) through a conventional antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or cable connection. ... An affiliate is an entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Raycom Media is a broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 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 radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or ERP is determined by subtracting system losses from system gains. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... Raycom Media is a broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... For other places named Evansville see Evansville (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 38th 94,321 kmÂ² 225 km 435 km 1. ... Official language(s) English Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 37th 104,749 kmÂ² 225 km 610 km 1. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 25th 149,998 kmÂ² 340 km 629 km 4. ... This article is about the radio frequency. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

When the station first took to the air, it began broadcasting on UHF channel 62, orginally co-owned by Jesse, Isadore and Oscar Fine. The station, with FCC approval, moved to channel 14 in August of 1961. The FCCs official seal. ... August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

While technically true, the tri-state area's first television station is actually WEHT, which went on the air on September 27, 1953. Although WEHT is licensed to Evansville, its studios and transmitter are located in Henderson, Kentucky, across the Ohio River. WFIE, like WEHT, also has its transmitter and tower in Henderson. WEHT - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Henderson is a city located in Henderson County, Kentucky. ... Ohio River viewed from Liberty Hill in Ripley, Ohio. ...

WFIE was the market's first television station to telecast color programs, in 1956. Also, it was the first in Evansville to telecast live and local color programs, beginning on March 10, 1966. The station also became the first in the market to broadcast local news, sports and weather outside its studios, in August 1977. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

At one point, WFIE was owned by Cosmos Broadcasting, which preceded Liberty Corporation; Cosmos acquired the station in October 1981. In the ensuing years, WFIE would have two more "firsts". It became the first television station in the market to broadcast in stereo, in September 1985, and was only the second station in Indiana (first in Evansville) to build its own Doppler radar system, in February 1988. The Liberty Corporation is a media corporation that owns 15 network-affiliated television stations across the Midwest and Southern regions of the United States as part of its Cosmos Broadcasting subsidiary, cable advertising sales group CableVantage Inc. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In popular usage, stereo generally to dual-channel sound recording and sound reproduction â€“ sound that contains data for more than one speaker simultaneously. ... Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the year. ... Look up February in Wiktionary, the free dictionary February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In May of 2002, WFIE began broadcasting digitally on channel 46. Look up May in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) is the group that helped to develop the new digital television standard for the United States, also adopted by Canada, Mexico, and South Korea and being considered by other countries. ...

On February 1, 2006, Raycom Media finally completed its acquisition of Liberty Corporation, assuming control of channel 14 in the process. February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Raycom Media is a broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama. ...

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