WHEC-TV
Encyclopedia
WHEC-TV, channel 10, is an NBC
-affiliated television station
located in Rochester, New York
, USA
. WHEC-TV is owned by Saint Paul, Minnesota
-based Hubbard Broadcasting, and broadcasts from a studio/office facility on East Avenue
in Downtown Rochester
. The station's transmitter is located on Pinnacle Hill in Brighton, New York
.
digital channel 110 is Me-TV .
(FCC) awarded the license of Rochester's second-oldest VHF station to two local firms who competed for the license. The Gannett Company
, then the Rochester-based publisher of the Democrat and Chronicle
and owners of CBS Radio Network
affiliate WHEC (1460 AM) and the Veterans Broadcasting Company, owners of WVET radio (1280 AM, now WHTK), began shared operation of channel 10 on November 1, 1953, broadcasting from separate studios but using the same channel and transmitter. The combined WHEC-TV and WVET-TV operation shared a primary affiliation with the CBS Television Network, and also carried ABC
programs on a secondary basis.
In 1961, the split-channel, shared-time arrangement between Gannett and Veterans Broadcasting ended. Veterans sold its half of channel 10 to Gannett as it was acquiring its own, fully owned station, WROC-TV
(then on channel 5) from Transcontinent Broadcasting. The completion of the deal made WHEC-TV the sole occupant of the channel 10 frequency in Rochester. The following year WHEC-TV became a full-time CBS affiliate, as the ABC affiliation moved to newly signed-on WOKR (channel 13, now WHAM-TV
). In 1966, channel 10 was one of the founding members of the "Love Network" that airs the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
every Labor Day
. WHEC was the creator of the "cut-ins" that local stations insert into the national telethon, a concept that has since spread across the country.
Gannett split up its radio/TV holdings in 1971 when WHEC radio was sold to a local group (the station is now known as WHIC
). Channel 10 was allowed to retain the WHEC-TV call letters. The station remained the Gannett Company's flagship television outlet until 1979, when Gannett sold channel 10 in the wake of its purchase of Combined Communications. Gannett feared the FCC, who several years earlier decided to eliminate several small-market print/broadcast ownership combinations
, would force it to sell either the television station or the newspaper. Gannett retained the Democrat and Chronicle, which it continues to publish, and the company maintained its headquarters in Rochester until moving to Arlington, Virginia in 1985.
The new owners of channel 10 made U.S. television history. WHEC-TV became the first station to be purchased and wholly owned by an African-American group, led by investor Ragan Henry. Despite the historical notation, the Henry-led group's stewardship of WHEC-TV would be short-lived. In 1983 the Henry group traded WHEC to the original Viacom
, in exchange for San Francisco
radio station KDIA (now KMKY). Under Viacom ownership, channel 10 took part in another trade—this one the first (and only) network affiliation switch in Rochester. On July 1, 1989, WHEC-TV joined the NBC
network, replacing WROC-TV (now on channel 8), which took on CBS. This move was the result of WROC-TV's poor performance and constant pre-emptions of network programming (NBC was very intolerant of pre-emptions at this time). 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 primetime programming—NBC was the most-watched network at the time, while CBS was in distant third near the mid-point of the Laurence Tisch
era—was another major factor.
Viacom purchased Paramount Pictures
in 1994, and merged its five-station group (WHEC-TV, WNYT, WVIT, KMOV
in St. Louis, and KSLA-TV
in Shreveport, Louisiana
) into the Paramount Stations Group
. However, in 1995, the company decided to divest itself of all stations not affiliated with its fledgling UPN
network. In Spring 1996, Paramount traded WHEC-TV and WNYT to Hubbard Broadcasting in return for UPN affiliate WTOG-TV in St. Petersburg, Florida
.
WHEC's digital signal on UHF channel 58 signed-on September 27, 2002 under a special temporary authority. For many years WHEC-TV was one of three Rochester area stations offered on cable in the Ottawa, Ontario/Gatineau, Quebec and Eastern Ontario
regions. The Rochester area stations were replaced with Detroit, Michigan
stations when the microwave relay system that provided these signals was discontinued. WHEC and other Rochester stations were available on cable in several communities along the north shore of Lake Ontario
such as Belleville
and Cobourg, Ontario
. All Rochester affiliates with the exception of Fox affiliate WUHF
were replaced with Buffalo
stations in January 2009.
between WHAM-TV
and WROC. This was also because ABC
was in first place while NBC was a distant third in the viewership ratings during that period. On January 30, 2006, the station launched a 24-hour weather station known as "News 10 NBC WeatherPlus" on a new second digital subchannel
and Time Warner Cable digital systems. After the national service shut down on December 1, 2008, WHEC-DT2 reverted to a local weather channel. WHEC was the first station in Rochester to launch a weeknight newscast at 7 in 2008.
Even with ownership change to Hubbard, WHEC remained a solid runner-up in Rochester for many years. However, during the November 2008 ratings period, WHEC's weeknight broadcast at 11 fell to third place behind WHAM and WROC while the ratings for its other shows also plummeted (largely due to NBC's recent ratings struggles which have continued into the present day). At that time, it fell to a distant second overall closer to third-place WROC than it is to WHAM. However, this station recovered during the May 2009 sweeps with the weeknight news at 11 virtually tying WHAM and both are just ahead of WROC in that time slot.
The three stations became competitive during the May 2009 ratings period each winning different contests. WHAM still won total-day ratings with WHEC's biggest strength at the time being its late-night newscast. Meanwhile, WROC led in prime time. It has a fairly long-standing partnership with local news-talk outlet WYSL-AM 1040. The radio station simulcasts all weekday newscasts from WHEC except weeknights at 7. This arrangement is in exchange for advertisement time. In addition to the main studios, the station maintains a Finger Lakes
Bureau in the Messenger-Post newsroom on Buffalo Street in Canandaigua.
During the ratings periods of 2011 (through July), WHEC's newscasts have remained in second place for most time slots. As of October 3, WHEC remains one of two stations in Rochester which have not yet upgraded their newscasts to high definition or 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen.
Steve Scully
, the C-SPAN
Washington Journal producer, political editor, and host, began his television broadcasting career at WHEC.
Pinpoint Weather 10 Meteorologists
Sports
Reporters
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
located in Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. WHEC-TV is owned by Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
-based Hubbard Broadcasting, and broadcasts from a studio/office facility on East Avenue
New York State Route 96
New York State Route 96 is a northwest–southeast state highway in the Finger Lakes region of New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an interchange with NY 17 in the Southern Tier village of Owego, Tioga County. Its northern terminus is at a junction with...
in Downtown Rochester
Downtown Rochester
Downtown Rochester is the economic center of Rochester, New York, and the largest in Upstate New York, employing over 50,000 people, and housing close to 5,000...
. The station's transmitter is located on Pinnacle Hill in Brighton, New York
Brighton, Monroe County, New York
Brighton is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 36,609 at the 2010 census.-History:The Town of Brighton, located on the southeast border of the city of Rochester, was originally settled approximately 1790, and formally established in 1814—earning it recognition as one...
.
Digital programming
On WHEC-DT2 and Time Warner CableTime Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
digital channel 110 is Me-TV .
| Subchannel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 10.1 | Main WHEC programming / NBC |
| 10.2 | Me-TV |
| 10.3 | "News 10 NBC Pinpoint Weather" |
History
The Federal Communications CommissionFederal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) awarded the license of Rochester's second-oldest VHF station to two local firms who competed for the license. The Gannett Company
Gannett Company
Gannett Company, Inc. is a publicly-traded media holding company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States, near McLean. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper USA Today and the weekly USA Weekend...
, then the Rochester-based publisher of the Democrat and Chronicle
Democrat and Chronicle
The Democrat and Chronicle is the most widely circulated daily newspaper in the greater Rochester, New York area. Located at 55 Exchange Boulevard in downtown Rochester, the Democrat and Chronicle operates under the ownership of Gannett. The paper's production facility is located in the town of...
and owners of CBS Radio Network
CBS Radio Network
The CBS Radio Network provides news, sports and other programming to more than 1,000 radio stations throughout the United States. The network is owned by CBS Corporation, and operated by CBS Radio ....
affiliate WHEC (1460 AM) and the Veterans Broadcasting Company, owners of WVET radio (1280 AM, now WHTK), began shared operation of channel 10 on November 1, 1953, broadcasting from separate studios but using the same channel and transmitter. The combined WHEC-TV and WVET-TV operation shared a primary affiliation with the CBS Television Network, and also carried ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
programs on a secondary basis.
In 1961, the split-channel, shared-time arrangement between Gannett and Veterans Broadcasting ended. Veterans sold its half of channel 10 to Gannett as it was acquiring its own, fully owned station, WROC-TV
WROC-TV
WROC-TV, virtual channel 8, is a CBS affiliate based in Rochester, New York, USA, owned and operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group. WROC-TV operates Fox affiliate WUHF through a shared services agreement. The two share studios on Humboldt Street in Rochester...
(then on channel 5) from Transcontinent Broadcasting. The completion of the deal made WHEC-TV the sole occupant of the channel 10 frequency in Rochester. The following year WHEC-TV became a full-time CBS affiliate, as the ABC affiliation moved to newly signed-on WOKR (channel 13, now WHAM-TV
WHAM-TV
WHAM-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Rochester, New York. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter on Pinnacle Hill on the border between Rochester and Brighton. The station can also be seen on Time Warner channel 13 and in high definition...
). In 1966, channel 10 was one of the founding members of the "Love Network" that airs the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
The MDA Labor Day Telethon is an annual telethon in the United States to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association . The first MDA telethon was during the Thanksgiving Day weekend of 1952 and titled Party for MDA. It has been held annually since 1966...
every Labor Day
Labor Day
Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September that celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers.-History:...
. WHEC was the creator of the "cut-ins" that local stations insert into the national telethon, a concept that has since spread across the country.
Gannett split up its radio/TV holdings in 1971 when WHEC radio was sold to a local group (the station is now known as WHIC
WHIC
WHIC is a Catholic radio station broadcasting from Rochester, New York. WHIC is located at 1460 on the AM dial. Referred to as The Station of the Cross, WHIC is owned and operated by Holy Family Communications. The station began broadcasting Catholic programming on July 1, 2003...
). Channel 10 was allowed to retain the WHEC-TV call letters. The station remained the Gannett Company's flagship television outlet until 1979, when Gannett sold channel 10 in the wake of its purchase of Combined Communications. Gannett feared the FCC, who several years earlier decided to eliminate several small-market print/broadcast ownership combinations
Concentration of media ownership
Concentration of media ownership refers to a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media...
, would force it to sell either the television station or the newspaper. Gannett retained the Democrat and Chronicle, which it continues to publish, and the company maintained its headquarters in Rochester until moving to Arlington, Virginia in 1985.
The new owners of channel 10 made U.S. television history. WHEC-TV became the first station to be purchased and wholly owned by an African-American group, led by investor Ragan Henry. Despite the historical notation, the Henry-led group's stewardship of WHEC-TV would be short-lived. In 1983 the Henry group traded WHEC to the original Viacom
Viacom (1971–2005)
Viacom , stylized as VIACOM in its current logo, was an American media conglomerate. It was the owner of CBS, Nickelodeon & MTV, among others. Effective December 31, 2005, this corporate entity changed its name to CBS Corporation...
, in exchange for San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
radio station KDIA (now KMKY). Under Viacom ownership, channel 10 took part in another trade—this one the first (and only) network affiliation switch in Rochester. On July 1, 1989, WHEC-TV joined the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
network, replacing WROC-TV (now on channel 8), which took on CBS. This move was the result of WROC-TV's poor performance and constant pre-emptions of network programming (NBC was very intolerant of pre-emptions at this time). The swap brought channel 10 in-line with sister stations WNYT in Albany
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
and WVIT
WVIT
WVIT, virtual channel 30, is the NBC owned and operated television station for the state of Connecticut, licensed to New Britain. WVIT has its offices and studios located in West Hartford, and transmitter based in Farmington, Connecticut....
in New Britain, Connecticut
New Britain, Connecticut
New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is located approximately 9 miles southwest of Hartford. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 71,254....
, which had recently renewed their NBC relationships. In addition, NBC's strong primetime programming—NBC was the most-watched network at the time, while CBS was in distant third near the mid-point of the Laurence Tisch
Laurence Tisch
Laurence Alan "Larry" Tisch was an American businessman, Wall Street investor and self-made billionaire. He was the CEO of CBS television network from 1986 to 1995...
era—was another major factor.
Viacom purchased Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
in 1994, and merged its five-station group (WHEC-TV, WNYT, WVIT, KMOV
KMOV
KMOV, virtual channel 4, is the CBS-affiliated television station in St. Louis, Missouri. KMOV is owned by the Dallas-based Belo Corporation, with its studio and office facilities in St...
in St. Louis, and KSLA-TV
KSLA-TV
KSLA, virtual channel 12, is the CBS-affiliated television station for Shreveport, Louisiana and the Ark-La-Tex region. Owned by Raycom Media, it broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 17. The sole transmitter is located in Mooringsport, Louisiana...
in Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
) into the Paramount Stations Group
Paramount Stations Group
Paramount Stations Group was a television broadcasting company that was renamed from the TVX Broadcast Group in 1991 after Paramount Pictures gained full ownership of the group. At the time, it owned several Fox affiliates and independent stations...
. However, in 1995, the company decided to divest itself of all stations not affiliated with its fledgling UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
network. In Spring 1996, Paramount traded WHEC-TV and WNYT to Hubbard Broadcasting in return for UPN affiliate WTOG-TV in St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is known as a vacation destination for both American and foreign tourists. As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St...
.
WHEC's digital signal on UHF channel 58 signed-on September 27, 2002 under a special temporary authority. For many years WHEC-TV was one of three Rochester area stations offered on cable in the Ottawa, Ontario/Gatineau, Quebec and Eastern Ontario
Eastern Ontario
Eastern Ontario is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River...
regions. The Rochester area stations were replaced with Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
stations when the microwave relay system that provided these signals was discontinued. WHEC and other Rochester stations were available on cable in several communities along the north shore of Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...
such as Belleville
Belleville, Ontario
Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region...
and Cobourg, Ontario
Cobourg, Ontario
Cobourg is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Southern Ontario 95 km east of Toronto. It is the largest town in Northumberland County. Its nearest neighbour is Port Hope, to the west. It is located along Highway 401 and the former Highway 2...
. All Rochester affiliates with the exception of Fox affiliate WUHF
WUHF
WUHF is the Fox-affiliated television station for Rochester, New York. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 28 from a transmitter on Pinnacle Hill on the border between Rochester and Brighton. The station can also be seen on Time Warner channel 7 and in high definition on...
were replaced with Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
stations in January 2009.
News operation
During Viacom ownership, WHEC stayed steadily in second place in the Nielsen ratingsNielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
between WHAM-TV
WHAM-TV
WHAM-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Rochester, New York. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter on Pinnacle Hill on the border between Rochester and Brighton. The station can also be seen on Time Warner channel 13 and in high definition...
and WROC. This was also because ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
was in first place while NBC was a distant third in the viewership ratings during that period. On January 30, 2006, the station launched a 24-hour weather station known as "News 10 NBC WeatherPlus" on a new second digital subchannel
Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
and Time Warner Cable digital systems. After the national service shut down on December 1, 2008, WHEC-DT2 reverted to a local weather channel. WHEC was the first station in Rochester to launch a weeknight newscast at 7 in 2008.
Even with ownership change to Hubbard, WHEC remained a solid runner-up in Rochester for many years. However, during the November 2008 ratings period, WHEC's weeknight broadcast at 11 fell to third place behind WHAM and WROC while the ratings for its other shows also plummeted (largely due to NBC's recent ratings struggles which have continued into the present day). At that time, it fell to a distant second overall closer to third-place WROC than it is to WHAM. However, this station recovered during the May 2009 sweeps with the weeknight news at 11 virtually tying WHAM and both are just ahead of WROC in that time slot.
The three stations became competitive during the May 2009 ratings period each winning different contests. WHAM still won total-day ratings with WHEC's biggest strength at the time being its late-night newscast. Meanwhile, WROC led in prime time. It has a fairly long-standing partnership with local news-talk outlet WYSL-AM 1040. The radio station simulcasts all weekday newscasts from WHEC except weeknights at 7. This arrangement is in exchange for advertisement time. In addition to the main studios, the station maintains a Finger Lakes
Finger Lakes
The Finger Lakes are a pattern of lakes in the west-central section of Upstate New York in the United States. They are a popular tourist destination. The lakes are long and thin , each oriented roughly on a north-south axis. The two longest, Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake, are among the deepest in...
Bureau in the Messenger-Post newsroom on Buffalo Street in Canandaigua.
During the ratings periods of 2011 (through July), WHEC's newscasts have remained in second place for most time slots. As of October 3, WHEC remains one of two stations in Rochester which have not yet upgraded their newscasts to high definition or 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen.
Newscast titles
- TV-10 News (1970s-1980s)
- NewsWatch 10 (1980s-1987)
- News Team 10 (1987–1993)
- News 10 (1993–1997)
- News 10 NBC (1997–present)
Station slogans
- "Rochester's News Leader" (1991–1993)
- "Rochester's 24-Hour News Channel" (1993–1997)
- "Live, Local, and Up to the Minute" (1997–2002)
- "Digging for Answers. Reporting Them First." (2002–2006)
- "Coverage You Can Count On" (2006–present)
News music packages
- "WHEC News Theme"
- "CBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
Ticker" - "The Image Leader"
- "The Palmer News Package"
- "Everyday News Package"
- "Straight Talk"
- "Dayna"
- "Production Music: Action NewsAction NewsAction News is a local television newscast format in the United States. It was conceived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at WFIL-TV by then-news director Mel Kampmann in 1970 as a response to the "Eyewitness News" format used on rival station KYW-TV...
" - "The One and Only"
- "The Tower615 Music615 Music is a broadcast production music company based in Nashville, Tennessee. 615 Music composes television news music packages and custom image campaigns for many television networks around the world. 615 Music also operates out of Los Angeles...
"
News team
Anchors- Nikki Rudd - weekday mornings and reporter
- Pat McGonigle - weekday mornings and reporter (also heard on WRMM-FM 101.3)
- Rebecca Leclair - weekday mornings and noon (also reporter)
- Rich Funke - weeknights
- Janet Lomax - weeknights at 5, 5:30, and 6
- Lia Lando - weeknights at 7 and 11
- Christine VanTimmeren - weekends and weekday morning reporter
Steve Scully
Steve Scully
Steven L. Scully is the senior executive producer, political editor, and host of C-SPAN's Washington Journal, a three-hour early morning cable television public affairs program.-Background:Scully was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, to Hubert L...
, the C-SPAN
C-SPAN
C-SPAN , an acronym for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is an American cable television network that offers coverage of federal government proceedings and other public affairs programming via its three television channels , one radio station and a group of websites that provide streaming...
Washington Journal producer, political editor, and host, began his television broadcasting career at WHEC.
Pinpoint Weather 10 Meteorologists
- Kevin Williams - Director seen weeknights
- Rich Caniglia - weekday mornings
- Josh Nichols (Certified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast Meteorologist is a rating for meteorologists given by the American Meteorological Society.The Certified Broadcast Meteorologist program was established to raise the professional standard in broadcast meteorology and encourage a broader range of scientific understanding,...
) - weekends
Sports
- Robin DeWind - Director seen weeknights at 6, 7, and 11 (also "Scholar Athlete of the Week" segment producer)
- Brett Stagnitti - weekends and weekday news reporter (also "Play of the Week" segment producer)
Reporters
- Ted Fioraliso - Finger Lakes Bureau backpack journalist
- Art Ginsburg - "Mr. FoodMr. FoodArt Ginsburg, commonly known as Mr. Food, is a television chef and best selling author of cookbooks who emphasizes simple recipes. He is the originator of "quick & easy cooking" who, for the past 30+ years, has paved the way for TV food personalities who have followed. With his enthusiastic style,...
" segment producer - Ray Levato - weeknights at 5, 5:30, and 6
- Brett Davidsen - investigative
- Lynette Adams - weekdays
- Berkeley Brean
- Thalia Hayden