WMUR-TV is the
ABCThe 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...
-affiliated
television stationA 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...
for the state of
New HampshireNew Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
that is licensed to
ManchesterManchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which...
. It broadcasts a
high definitionHigh-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on VHF channel 9 from a transmitter on the south peak of Mount Uncanoonuc in
GoffstownGoffstown is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 17,651 at the 2010 census. The compact center of town, where 3,196 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the Goffstown census-designated place and is located at the...
. Owned by Hearst Television, the station has studios on South Commercial Street in downtown Manchester. During election seasons, it is well-known for organizing and producing candidate debates for
ABC NewsABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
, as well as
CNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, before the first
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
presidentialThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
primary; the debates have been held at
Saint Anselm CollegeSaint Anselm College is a nationally ranked, private, Benedictine, Catholic liberal arts college in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Founded in 1889 by Abbot Hilary Pfrängle, O.S.B. of Saint Mary's Abbey in Newark, New Jersey, at the request of Bishop Denis M. Bradley of Manchester, New Hampshire, the...
.
The station is known on-air as
WMUR ABC 9, though the ABC logo is often omitted from the station logo, and from time to time the station also brands with simply its call letters. Hearst also owns ABC affiliates
WCVB-TVWCVB-TV, channel 5, is a television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, owned by Hearst Television and affiliated with the ABC Television Network. WCVB-TV's studios and transmitter are co-located in Needham, Massachusetts. WCVB is also one of six Boston television stations seen in Canada by...
in
BostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
(both WMUR and WCVB are considered to be part of the same market) and WMTW in
Portland, MainePortland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
(which is located in the same market as one of WMUR's repeaters), as well as
NBCThe 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...
affiliate
WNNEWNNE is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Connecticut River Valley area of eastern Vermont and western New Hampshire that is licensed to Hartford, Vermont. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 25 from a transmitter on Mount Ascutney in Windsor County, Vermont...
in
White River Junction, VermontWhite River Junction is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of Hartford in Windsor County, Vermont, United States...
(a semi-satellite of sister station
WPTZWPTZ, virtual channel 5, is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Plattsburgh, New York, USA. WPTZ is owned by Hearst Television, and has its studios in Plattsburgh and transmitter located on Mount Mansfield in Vermont....
that shares some of its coverage area with WMUR).
Repeaters
Since August 22, 1994, WMUR has operated three repeaters in the northern parts of New Hampshire. Until 2001, two of the stations aired programming from
FoxFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
but simulcast channel 9's newscasts (the third one carried all WMUR programming, including ABC network programming). The two Fox stations started simulcasting WMUR when WMTW (at that time separately owned) moved its transmitter off Mount Washington. Since all three stations are low-powered, they were exempt from the transition to digital-only broadcasting on June 12, 2009.
| Callsign |
Channel |
City of license |
Notes |
| W27BL |
27 |
Berlin Berlin is a city along the Androscoggin River in Coos County in northern New Hampshire, United States. The population was 10,051 at the 2010 census. It includes the village of Cascade. Located on the edge of the White Mountains, the city's boundaries extend into the White Mountain National Forest...
|
*part of Portland market A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
*first on-air in 1994 |
| WMUR-LP |
29 |
Littleton Littleton is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,928 at the 2010 census. Situated at the edge of the White Mountains, Littleton is bounded on the northwest by the Connecticut River....
|
*tower shared with W38CB on Cannon MountainCannon Mountain is a peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Known for both its technical rock and ice climbing and its skiing , the mountain was home to the Old Man of the Mountain until the formation collapsed on May 3, 2003...
*formerly W16BC and (briefly) W29CM |
| W38CB |
38 |
Littleton |
*tower shared with WMUR-LP on Cannon Mountain
*always aired ABC programming |
History
WMUR-TV was established by former New Hampshire governor
Francis P. MurphyFrancis Parnell Murphy was a manufacturer and politician from Nashua, New Hampshire. He served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and on the Governor's Council before being twice elected as a Republican Governor.Murphy supported Roosevelt's New Deal policies and switched to the...
, owner of WMUR radio (610 AM; now
WGIRWGIR is a radio station in Manchester, New Hampshire with a news/talk format. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications.-History:...
), on March 28, 1954. It was the first television station in the state and aired daily newscasts, local game shows, and movies. Two years later, however, Murphy decided to sell the WMUR stations. Although a buyer was immediately found for the AM station, a proposed deal to sell WMUR-TV to
Storer BroadcastingStorer Broadcasting, Inc. was an American company which owned several television and radio stations in the northeast United States. It was incorporated in Ohio in 1927, and sold its broadcasting properties in 1983.-1920s—1940s:...
in 1957 collapsed after its plan to move the station's transmitter to just outside
Haverhill, MassachusettsHaverhill is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 60,879 at the 2010 census.Located on the Merrimack River, it began as a farming community that would evolve into an important industrial center, beginning with sawmills and gristmills run by water power. In the...
sparked concern that Storer was also planning to move the rest of WMUR's operations into Massachusetts and reorient channel 9 to Boston, and the station remained in Murphy's hands until his death in December 1958; his estate finally sold the station a few months later, to Richard Eaton's United Broadcasting.
Soon after taking over, United laid off all but nine of WMUR's employees, and reduced local programming to its two daily newscasts (and, later,
The Uncle Gus Show). For the next 22 years, the station more-or-less ran on a shoestring budget; furthermore, Eaton began running into regulatory problems at his other stations that put WMUR's license at risk for being revoked by the
FCCThe 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...
in the early 1970s.
In July 1981, following Richard Eaton's death, WMUR was sold to
Columbus, MississippiColumbus is a city in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States that lies above the Tombigbee River. It is approximately northeast of Jackson, north of Meridian, south of Tupelo, northwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and west of Birmingham, Alabama. The population was 25,944 at the 2000 census...
businessman Birney Imes Jr., who also owned that city's
WCBI-TVWCBI-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Northern Mississippi and Northwestern Alabama licensed to Columbus. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 35 from a transmitter in Northwestern Clay County. The station can also be seen on Cable One channel 7 and Comcast...
, as well as
WBOY-TVWBOY-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for North-Central West Virginia that is licensed to Clarksburg. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 from a transmitter east of downtown and U.S. 50. Owned by West Virginia Media Holdings, the station has studios on West...
in
Clarksburg, West VirginiaClarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. It is the principal city of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area...
. Imes made WMUR a major influence in New Hampshire by upgrading its facilities and news department. In September 1987, the station moved from its original studios on Elm Street in Manchester to facilities in the historic Millyard area of the city. Then in 1995, WMUR purchased land and a building at its current location. This building was rebuilt as a state-of-the-art broadcast center with 80000 square feet (7,432.2 m²) available. It went on-the-air from this new location in January 1996.
In November 1998, WMUR's digital signal began broadcasting on UHF channel 59.
During 1996 to 2000, WMUR was a national leader in developing a presence on the internet for a regional broadcast television channel. During this time WMUR hired a Webmaster, was the first TV station to stream a newscast live and archive it for later viewing. It was the first TV station to post the
Megan's LawMegan's Law is an informal name for laws in the United States requiring law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders. Individual states decide what information will be made available and how it should be disseminated...
list, first to have a virtual tour of its TV studio online and have 24/7 (morning, noon and night) weather coverage from a professional Meteorologist.
In September 2000, a deal was reached in which Imes Communications would sell the station to
Emmis CommunicationsEmmis Communications is a media conglomerate based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company owns radio stations and magazines in the United States, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria.-History:...
, which then traded WMUR to Hearst-Argyle Television for that company's three radio stations in
Phoenix, ArizonaPhoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
:
KTARKTAR is the callsign for a radio station in Phoenix, Arizona. It airs programming from ESPN Radio, in addition to KTAR-acquired broadcast rights for local teams...
,
KMVPKMVP is the callsign for a radio station in Phoenix, Arizona. KMVP is owned by Bonneville International Corporation.-History:The 860 kHz frequency was occupied by several radio stations in Phoenix. The first station signed on the air as early as 1953 with the call letters KIFN. KIFN was Phoenix's...
, and
KKLT98.7 The Peak is a commercial Adult Hits music radio station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting on 98.7 FM.-Early Years:98.7 FM signed on in July 1960 as KTAR-FM, co-owned with KTAR and KTAR-TV . In the mid-1970's, the station became KBBC broadcasting Easy Listening music programming...
.
In 2004, WMUR-TV celebrated fifty years of broadcasting.
On September 24, 2005, WMUR became available on satellite via
DirecTVDirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
in
Coos-National protected areas:*Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge *Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge *White Mountain National Forest -Demographics:...
,
Carroll-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,666 people, 18,351 households, and 12,313 families residing in the county. The population density was 18/km² . There were 34,750 housing units at an average density of 14/km²...
,
GraftonGrafton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2010 census, the population was 89,118. Its county seat is North Haverhill, which is a village within the town of Haverhill. Until 1972, the county courthouse and other offices were located in downtown Woodsville, a...
, and
Sullivan-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 40,458 people, 16,530 households, and 11,174 families residing in the county. The population density was 29/; . There were 20,158 housing units at an average density of 38 per square mile...
counties in northern New Hampshire.
In the sixth season of
The West Wing, congressman
Matt SantosMatthew Vincente "Matt" Santos is a fictional character on the American television show The West Wing, played by Jimmy Smits. His initial appearance is as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Houston, Texas. According to West Wing writer and producer Eli Attie, Santos was based on the then...
running in the
Democratic PartyThe Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Presidential Primary went to the studio of WMUR to run a
live ad for his campaign.
WMUR used to sign-off with "New Hampshire Naturally" by The Shaw Brothers. The music was synchronized to bucolic scenes of a fly fisherman casting his line into a mountain stream, a
covered bridgeA covered bridge is a bridge with enclosed sides and a roof, often accommodating only a single lane of traffic. Most covered bridges are wooden; some newer ones are concrete or metal with glass sides...
, the
Old Man of the MountainThe Old Man of the Mountain, also known as the Great Stone Face or the Profile, was a series of five granite cliff ledges on Cannon Mountain in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, USA that, when viewed from the north, appeared to be the jagged profile of a face. The rock formation was above...
, flowers, fall foliage, etc. This theme was replaced at some point by The Star Spangled Banner.
In February 2010, WMUR introduced a new slogan, "It's how you know." This slogan often promotes its local news, weather, its picture sharing site, "uLocal," and other ideas of interest that would lead to its website. Hearst affiliates KCRA and
KSBWKSBW is a television station in the United States and is the primary NBC affiliate for the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, California market. The station is owned by Hearst Television. KSBW has its studios on John Street in downtown Salinas, which is mentioned occasionally during commercial breaks...
also uses this slogan, which is seen at the beginning of each video segment on YouTube.
On October 3, 2011, WMUR added subchannel 9.2 with programming from classic television network Me-TV.
New Hampshire network affiliates
Manchester is about 45 miles (72.4 km) north from Boston while
ConcordThe city of Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,695....
is about 60 miles (96.6 km). Boston's VHF stations have Grade A signals in Manchester and Grade B signals in Concord while the UHF stations have Grade B signals in Manchester but spotty signals in Concord. It was once thought that southern New Hampshire could break away from Boston and become its own market. If the sub-market were to break away from Boston, it would rank in the top 100 of all U.S. DMAs. However,
CBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
' ownership of
WBZ-TVWBZ-TV, virtual channel 4, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station, located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WBZ-TV's studios and office facilities, shared with sister station WSBK-TV , are located in the Allston-Brighton section of Boston, and its transmitter is located in Needham,...
makes this unlikely as it could dilute that station's ad revenue. In the early-1990s, that station operated a
news bureauA News bureau is an office for gathering or distributing news. Similar terms are used for specialized bureaus, often to indicate geographic location or scope of coverage: a ‘Tokyo bureau’ refers to a given news operation's office in Tokyo; foreign bureau is a generic term for a news office set up...
in Manchester which was re-established on Elm Street in November 2006.
At the start of 1988, the sub-market had WMUR and
PBSThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
member station
WENH-TVNew Hampshire Public Television is a television company and public broadcasting state network in New Hampshire, licensed to the University System of New Hampshire and is part of the Public Broadcasting Service...
. On February 1, 1988,
WNHTWNHT was a television station in southern New Hampshire, licensed to the city of Concord. The station broadcast programming on channel 21 and briefly served as the area's CBS affiliate.- History :...
, an independent station based in Concord became southern New Hampshire's first CBS affiliate and began to produce local newscasts. WNHT lost the affiliation and stopped broadcasting on March 31, 1989 as a result of low viewership and ratings. There has not been an affiliate of the network based in the state since then.
When WNHT signed-off, WMUR and WENH remained the only network affiliated stations in the state until the creation of
MyNetworkTVMyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
on September 5, 2006. On that date, WZMY-TV, another independent station based in
Derry-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 33,109 people, 12,537 households, and 8,767 families residing in the town. The population density was 924.8 people per square mile . There were 13,277 housing units at an average density of 143.2/km²...
, became the southern New Hampshire and Boston affiliate for MyNetworkTV; that station is now WBIN-TV, which continued to offer MyNetworkTV programming until September 2011 (though MyNetworkTV has since transitioned to operating as a programming service rather than a network).
Except for WRLH out of
LebanonAs of the census of 2000, there were 12,568 people, 5,500 households, and 3,178 families residing in the city. The population density was 311.4 people per square mile . There were 5,707 housing units at an average density of 141.4 per square mile...
, which operated from 1966 until 1976, there has never been an
NBCThe 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...
station based in the state. However, since 1978, WNNE has broadcast programming from that network into parts of western New Hampshire (the region previously served by WRLH) from across the state line in
VermontVermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
(and was, for a time early in its existence, licensed to
HanoverHanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,260 at the 2010 census. CNN and Money magazine rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007....
). Much of this area is considered part of the
BurlingtonBurlington is the largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the shire town of Chittenden County. Burlington lies south of the U.S.-Canadian border and some south of Montreal....
/ Plattsburgh market, although WMUR is still available. The rest of the state receives the NBC feed from that network's affiliates in either
BostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
or Portland. There were no The WB and
UPNUnited 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...
affiliates when those networks were active; likewise, The CW does not presently have any affiliates in New Hampshire.
WMUR has always promoted the fact that it is the only major network affiliate and consistent local news source in the state. The station's current slogan reflects this.
Programming
SyndicatedIn broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on WMUR includes:
Entertainment TonightEntertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
,
OprahThe Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
,
Who Wants to Be a MillionaireWho Wants to Be a Millionaire is an American television quiz show which offers a maximum prize of $1,000,000 for correctly answering 14 consecutive multiple-choice questions of random difficulty. Until 2010, the format required contestants to correctly answer 15 consecutive questions of increasing...
, and
EllenThe Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
. Many of these programs are also seen on sister station WCVB-TV, and as a result the stations have similar schedules on weekdays (though
Entertainment Tonight airs in Boston on
WSBK-TVWSBK-TV is a MyNetworkTV television station for eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire that is licensed to Boston. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter along the Needham and Wellesley town line southwest of the MA 9 and I-95 / MA 128...
). WMUR also airs a localized version of
ChronicleChronicle is a newsmagazine show produced at two Hearst Television-owned New England television stations, WCVB-TV Ch. 5 in Boston and WMUR-TV Ch. 9 in Manchester, New Hampshire...
, WCVB's longtime signature program. The station also produces a local political
talk showA talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
,
Close-Up, which airs on Sunday mornings.
WMUR also carries the
MDA Labor Day Telethon annually on
Labor DayLabor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September that celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers.-History:...
; it is one of the telethon's longest-serving affiliates, having carried it since the late 1960s.
In the 1960s and 1970s, one of its local programs was the children's weekday strip known as
The Uncle Gus Show. Unlike Boston's astronaut "Major Mudd" or the widely franchised "
BozoBozo the Clown is a clown character very popular in the United States, peaking in the 1960s as a result of widespread franchising in early television.Originally created by Alan W...
", host "Uncle Gus" Bernier wore no costume except an angler's hat.
News operation
WMUR broadcasts around 28.5 hours of local news each week. The station will add a 10 p.m. newscast on its Me-TV-affiliated subchannel in January 2012, which will expand WMUR's weekly news production to 34 hours.
WTPLWTPL is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk/sports format. Licensed to Hillsborough, New Hampshire, it serves the Concord-Manchester area...
(107.7 FM) in
HillsboroughHillsborough, frequently spelled Hillsboro, is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,011 at the 2010 census...
and WTSL (1400 AM) in
HanoverHanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,260 at the 2010 census. CNN and Money magazine rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007....
simulcast WMUR's newscasts weekdays from 5 to 6 a.m., 12 to 12:30 p.m., and 5 to 6:30 p.m.. WTSN (1270 AM) in
DoverDover is a city in Strafford County, New Hampshire, in the United States of America. The population was 29,987 at the 2010 census, the largest in the New Hampshire Seacoast region...
also carries WMUR newscasts from 5 to 6:30 p.m., and
WASRWASR is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, USA. The station is currently owned by Winnipesaukee Network, Inc. and features programing from AP Radio, Westwood One, Talk Radio Network, and Fox Sports Radio.At one time, WASR was an adult standards...
(1420 AM) in
WolfeboroWolfeboro is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,269 at the 2010 census. A venerable resort area situated beside Lake Winnipesaukee, Wolfeboro includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls...
simulcasts the newscasts from 5 to 6 p.m..
In addition to its main studios, WMUR operates two news bureaus in the state. The
Lakes RegionThe Lakes Region of New Hampshire is the mid-state region surrounding Lake Winnipesaukee, Winnisquam Lake, Squam Lake, and Newfound Lake.The area is a popular tourist destination in the summer time, with the activity peaking during the annual Motorcycle Week and races at Loudon's New Hampshire...
Bureau is at The Inn at Bay Point in
MeredithMeredith is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA. The population was 6,241 at the 2010 census. Meredith is situated beside Lake Winnipesaukee. It is home to Stonedam Island Natural Area and the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad...
, and the
SeacoastThe Seacoast Region is the southeast area of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The region stretches 18 miles along the Atlantic Ocean from New Hampshire's border with Salisbury, Massachusetts to the Piscataqua River and New Hampshire's border with Kittery, Maine. The shoreline is generally very...
Bureau is at Harbor Place in
PortsmouthPortsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire in the United States. It is the largest city but only the fourth-largest community in the county, with a population of 21,233 at the 2010 census...
. The station also broadcasts national news from a
Washington D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Bureau operated by Hearst. The bureau employs several reporters who give live reports to the various Hearst affiliates. In addition, WMUR and WCVB share video when covering news from the other station's area; WCVB has a live truck based at WMUR's studios in Manchester.
WMUR began broadcasting newscasts in high definition on August 2, 2011 along with a completely new set and graphics.
Although WMUR does not own or operate a
weather radarWeather radar, also called weather surveillance radar and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, estimate its type . Modern weather radars are mostly pulse-Doppler radars, capable of detecting the motion of rain droplets in addition to the...
of its own, it uses live NOAA
National Weather ServiceThe National Weather Service , once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States government...
radar data from several regional sites. During weather segments, this data is presented on-screen in a forecasting system called "Storm Watch 9 Storm Tracker" that is provided through the Weather Services International graphics system. A live video feed of this radar is offered on WMUR's website. During instances of severe weather year-round, the station may extend local newscasts to provide coverage; this coverage is sometimes streamed live on the website.
Newscast titles
- Newswatch
- The News
- NewsNine (early 1980s–1994; still used on occasion as an alternate spelling of News 9)
- News 9 (1994–present)
- WMUR News 9 (1998–present)
Station slogans
- Nine's Alive! (1987–1990)
- News You Can Use (1990–1994)
- No One Knows New Hampshire Like We Do (1994–2002)
- No One Covers New Hampshire Like We Do (2002–present)
News team
Anchors
- Sean McDonald - weekday mornings
- Erin Fehlau
Erin Fehlau, born 1973 in Massachusetts, is the weekday morning news anchor for WMUR in Manchester, New Hampshire. In an earlier job at WPXT in Portland, Maine, she broke the news about George W Bush drunk driving arrests. She also does the morning and afternoon newscasts on the WMUR website...
- weekday mornings and noon
- Josh McElveen - weeknights at 5 and 5:30
- Jean Mackin - weeknights at 5 and 5:30
- reporter weeknights at 11
- Jennifer Vaughn - weeknights at 6 and medical reporter
- Tom Griffith - weeknights at 6 and 11
- New Hampshire Chronicle co-host
- Tiffany Eddy - weeknights at 11 and New Hampshire Chronicle co-host
- Amy Coveno - weekend mornings and reporter
- Melinda Davenport - weekend evenings and reporter
Storm Watch 9 meteorologists
- Mike Haddad - Chief seen weeknights and heard on WMLL
WMLL is an American radio station licensed to Bedford, New Hampshire and studios located on Commercial Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. 96.5 The Mill is operated by Saga Communications of New England LLC, whose parent company is Saga Communications Inc. of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan...
-FM 96.5
- Kevin Skarupa (Certified Broadcast Meteorologist
Certified 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,...
) - weekday mornings and noon
- Josh Judge
Josh Judge is a meteorologist at WMUR-TV in Manchester, New Hampshire. His forecasts reach over 670,500 people in New Hampshire and surrounding states....
(Certified Broadcast Meteorologist) - weekends
- Chris Jarzynka - fill-in
- Bill Gile - fill-in
Sports
- Jamie Staton - Director seen weeknights at 6 and 11
- Jason King - weekend evenings and reporter
Reporters
- Suzanne Roantree - weekday morning traffic and heard on WZID
WZID is an American radio station located at 500 Commercial Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. Its signal can be heard as far south as Route 128 in Massachusetts, as far east as southern Maine and as far west as Vermont.-History:...
-FM 95.7
- Bernice Corpuz - traffic weeknights at 5 and heard on WZID-FM 95.7
- Kate Amara - weekday morning national correspondent
- Nikole Killion - national correspondent
- Sally Kidd - national correspondent
- Adam Harding - Lakes Region Bureau
- Mike Garrity - Portsmouth Bureau
- Andy Hershberger - crime
- Ray Brewer
- Josh Davis
- Heather Hamel
- Adam Sexton
Former on-air staff
Anchors
- Kyle Meenan - Weekday Evening Anchor (1984-1988) (Now at WTLV-TV Jacksonville)
- Ramey Becker - Weekday Evening Anchor (1985-1989)
- Lauren Baker - Weekday Evening Anchor (1983-1985)
- Jim Bartlett - Weekday Evening Anchor (1968-1984)
- Kria Sakakeeny - weekend evenings and reporter (2005-2011)
Reporters
- Steve Cooper - (1992-2000?) (Now at WHDH 7 NBC Boston)
- Bob Ward - (1983-1988) (Now at Fox 25 Boston)
- Judy Fortin - (1985-1990) (Now Anchor/Medical Reporter for CNN Atlanta)
- Odetta Rogers - (1986-1988) (Now NBC Network Correspondent)
- Nanette Hanson - (1985-1988) (Now CBS Network Correspondent)
Sports
- Frank Mallicoat - Sports Director (1986-1990) (Now at Fox 25 Boston)
- Phil Andrews - Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter (1985-1986) (Later 15-years with WPVI-6 Philadelphia)
- Naoko Fuminiama (2004-2008) (Now at NESN)
- Jack Edwards (now at NESN)
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