About 9&10 News - Northern Michigan's News Leader
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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. March 16, 2012- The Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB) and The Associated Press (AP) have both released the results of their 2011 Broadcast Awards. WWTV-WWUP/TV 9&10 News received over 20 awards, including both the AP General Excellence Award and the MAB Station of the Year Award. The full list of awards received by the station from the MAB includes Station of the Year, Best Marketing Materials and Promos, Best News Special, Best Community Involvement, Merit Investigative Story, Merit Mini-Documentary or Series, Merit News Special, Merit Newscast, Merit Photojournalist, Merit Breaking News Story, Merit Sports, and Merit Weathercast. From the AP 9&10 News received the General Excellence Award, Best Newscast, Best Spot News, Best Hard News, Best Continuing Coverage, Best Feature Story, Best Enterprise/Investigative Reporting, Best Weathercast, Newscast Honorable Mention, Spot News Honorable Mention, News Documentary Honorable Mention, Feature Story Honorable Mention, Natural Sound Honorable Mention, Spot Photojournalism Honorable Mention, and Individual Photojournalism Honorable Mention. June 18, 2012- WWTV-WWUP/TV 9&10 News’ Kevin Essebaggers and Corey Adkins have received an Emmy for their cultural documentary “Sacrifice and Honor: A Tribute to our WWTV/WWUP Northern Michigan Veterans”. The documentary competed for this prestigious award against submissions from television stations throughout the state of Michigan. This Emmy joins a long list of awards that 9&10 News has recently received including the Michigan Association of Broadcasters’ Station of the Year award, the Associated Press’ General Excellence award, and over 20 other broadcast awards from both the MAB and AP. |
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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. |
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