WXOW-TV

Digital programming
On WXOW-DT2, CenturyTel channel 5, as well as Charter and Mediacom channel 15 is the area's CW affiliate. On WXOW-DT3 as well as Charter and Mediacom digital channel 968 is This TV. It is not offered on CenturyTel digital systems.

History
WXOW signed on-the-air March 7, 1970 as a semi-satellite of WKOW-TV in Madison. However, unlike the other stations in the La Crosse/Eau Claire market, it was unable to provide a decent signal to Eau Claire due to its transmitter being in Minnesota. In 1980, WXOW severed the electronic umbilical cord with WKOW and signed-on WQOW as a semi-satellite to improve its coverage in the northern part of the area. In 1980-1982 and 1990-1996, WXOW's newscasts were simulcasted on WQOW. From 1982-1990, this station provided all weather segments during WQOW's newscasts as that station did not have a weather department. WXOW still provides the weekend weather segments on WQOW. WXOW/WQOW began operating the cable-only "WBCZ" affiliate of The WB in 1998. [1] This was on channel 15 on most systems in La Crosse and Eau Claire. In September 2002, WXOW became the first La Crosse area television station to broadcast in digital on UHF channel 14. [2]

WXOW/WQOW replaced cable-only "WBCZ" with new digital broadcast subchannels WXOW 19.2 and WQOW 18.2 simulcasting The CW when the new network launched in the fall of 2006. WXOW began airing solely in digital, effective February 17, 2009, with the analog WXOW transmitter operating for sixty additional days broadcasting only local news and information about the digital transition.[3] On June 11, 2009, WXOW moved from its initial digital channel assignment to channel 48 at a higher power. In July 2009, Dish Network announced it would add WQOW to its local channel lineup in the Eau Claire area after previously only offering WXOW. [4] WXOW/WQOW WQOW/WXOW launched This TV simulcasted on new digital third digital subchannels of the stations in February/March 2010. [5] [6]

News team
News open seen weeknights at 5.Anchors News 19 Storm Vision Meteorologists Sports Reporters
 * Amy DuPont - weekday mornings
 * Dave Solie - weeknights at 5
 * Scott Hackworth - weeknights at 6 and 10
 * Molly Nichols - weeknights at 6 and 10
 * TBD - weekends
 * Dave Carlson - Northland Adventures host
 * Dan Breeden - Chief seen weeknights
 * Nick Grunseth (Certified Broadcast Meteorologist) - weekday mornings
 * Alex Kirchner - weekends
 * Scott Emerich - Director seen weeknights at 6 and 10
 * Kenyon Kemnitz - Weekend Sports Anchor/Sports Reporter
 * Lindsey Hayes - multimedia journalist
 * Bob Schaper - Capitol Bureau Chief
 * Stacy Brogan - multimedia journalist
 * Brady Headington - photographer
 * Gabe Erickson - multimedia journalist
 * Dustin Luecke - multimedia journalist

Former on-air staff
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.==News/station presentation==
 * Michael Castner
 * Ron Davis
 * Bill Hoel
 * Dick Hofmann
 * Jeff Lenzen
 * Chuck Nagel
 * Anne Paape
 * Mark Schanowski
 * Chris Stauffer
 * Mike Strehlow
 * Andrew Thut
 * Beth Zurbuchen
 * Jordann Ojanpa

Newscast titles

 * News 19 (1997-present)

Station slogans
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.==References==
 * Your Hometown Team (1997-present)
 * 1) ^ http://www.chippewa.com/articles/2006/01/26/news/news4.txt
 * 2) ^ http://www.wxow.com/Global/story.asp?S=8348459
 * 3) ^ http://www.tomahjournal.com/articles/2009/02/16/news/02analog.txt
 * 4) ^ http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18050794#post18050794
 * 5) ^ http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18313717#post18313717