About 9&10 News - Northern Michigan's News Leader

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Overview

A CBS affiliate, WWTV/WWUP-TV 9&10 News brings you 4.5 hours of local news every weekday plus 1 hour each day on the weekend.

We broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our digital signals, WWTV-DT / WWUP-DT, can be viewed on digital broadcast channels 9.1, 10.1, and 40.1.

On March 10, 2011, The Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB) released the results of their 2010 Broadcast Awards. WWTV-WWUP/TV 9&10 News received over 10 awards, more than any other station in Northern Michigan, including the Station of the Year Award.

The full list of awards received by the station from the MAB includes Station of the Year, Best Investigative Story, Best Mini-Documentary or Series, Best Feature/Use of Medium, Best News Special, Best Community Involvement, Best News Reporter, Best Photojournalist, Merit Breaking News Story, Merit Mini-Documentary or Series, Merit Feature/Use of Medium, and Merit News Reporter.

Station History

Channel 9
Television station WWTV, Channel 13, Cadillac - Traverse City went on the air 1 January 1954 under the ownership of the Spartan Corporation of Jackson MI. On 1 September 1958 we were purchased by The Fetzer Broadcasting Company of Kalamazoo MI. WWTV's building burned to the ground on 24 January 1961. On 15 May 1962 we switched from Channel 13 to Channel 9. In 1979 we were purchased by Wilson Communications and in July 1989 we were purchased by our current owners, Heritage Broadcasting Co of MI. WWTV's primary affiliation is with the CBS Television Network.

WWTV's tower is located at the highest point in Michigan's Lower Peninsula at 1704 feet above sea level. On top of that we have an antenna and tower structure reaching 1290 feet, which makes it one of the tallest structures in the Great Lakes area. We transmit at full power of 316,000 watts visual and 31,600 watts aural.

WWTV transmits in color, stereo, and closed captioned.

Channel 10
Television Station WWUP-TV Channel 10, Sault Ste. Marie MI went on the air on 15 June 1962. It is a full time satellite of WWTV. The transmitter is located at Goetzville MI, about 30 miles southeast of Sault Ste. Marie MI. A microwave relay system carries programming from WWTV to Goetzville for retransmission. WWUP-TV transmits 316,000 watts visual and 31,600 watts aural. The combined height of the antenna and tower above ground