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Name: WWTV/WWUP-TV
Age: 64
Occupation: CBS affiliate
Last Seen: Cadillac, MI
Bee-otched For: getting burned
Age: 64
Occupation: CBS affiliate
Last Seen: Cadillac, MI
Bee-otched For: getting burned
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Last Friday morning, a piece of northern Michigan TV history went up in flames.
The long-time studios of WWTV/WWUP-TV, aka 9&10 News (and what a dumb name for a TV station) burned to the ground. Luckily, nobody was injured. The station has been broadcasting from new studios south of Cadillac since last year. The old studios housed the station's transmitter for Channel 9, which were destroyed the the blaze. The station did announce plans to demolish the old building sans the transmission facilities recently.
The old studios were built in 1961 and it replaced another building that was destroyed in a blaze that year. What happened was a transmitter part overheated when the station was off the air one night and the fire spread to the rest of the station. WWTV - then at Channel 13 - was off the air for two weeks as engineers scrambled to rebuild the station.
The newly-rebuilt station, which was near the village of Tustin in northern Osceola County was expanded and grandfathered over the years. Of course, the station moved its quarters to their current location last year to better accommodate sister Fox affiliate WFQX (aka Local 32) and to please employees whose vehicles were destroyed from chunks of ice that fell from the station's tower throughout time.
Granted, WWTV and WFQX will rebuild their facilities and both stations will be back on the air for those reliant on rabbit ears. But ya know? It sucks to be them. One reason why I created this site was BECAUSE of 9&10 and how they treated their viewers when they canceled Howard Stern's Saturday Night TV show in 1999. Granted, the show had few local sponsors and had little promotion, but the sad thing is WHAT 9&10 replaced the show with: infomercials. And guess whose infomercials they aired? Why, it was THE NRA! And how appropriate that the station aired them just WEEKS after Columbine!
Also, I fume over the fact that five years after 9/11 and CBS was airing a documentary on the event, the station decided to air some dopey 80s movie because their excuse was that the special had "too much profanity" and that they created some bullshit claim that the FCC would fine them $10 million and take away their licenses. The reality was that the 9/11 special had no spots for commercials and it was an election year. Since Dick(head) Devos was running for governor at the time, how much ya wanna bet that they wanted to get into his pockets?
But that's the sad reality of 9&10, Fox-er, Local 32 and the Iacobelli family, which owns the stations. When the family created a shell company - Cadillac Telecasting - to "own" WFQX and when ABC 29&8 dumped The 700 Club, they were quick to pick up the show and Pat Robertson's BS. They also carried Kenneth Copeland's daily program, which they ended up canceling.
The sad reality is that 9&10/Fox 32 might be the lesser of all the major TV evils up in northern Michigan all because of who owns NBC 7&4 and ABC 29&8: Sinclair. True, there's all-news WMNN MiNews26, but that station's good if you can withstand green anchors and Chamber of Commerce-style reporting. But, hey! They were the first news outfit up north to broadcast in HD!
Ya know, I love it when Pat Robertson bitches and moans that the hurricanes Florida gets is because of the Gay Days Disney World has. Well, the truth is because of global warming. But in 9&10 and Fox 32's case, maybe the fire at their old HQ was because of God shaking his head at them for even airing Jebus freak garbage and pro-gun infomercials. It only makes me happier that here in Grand Rapids, we have four choices for local TV news and not two or three, depending on where you live. Granted, no news station is perfect, but at least nobody in west Michigan is selling out to Pat Robertson. True, we have Sinclair owning CBS affiliate WWMT-3, but at least we have three other stations to choose from.
And unlike most of the female anchors on 9&10, most of the newswomen here in west Michigan - save for Catherine Behrendt - are actually actually physically fit. ---
Last Friday morning, a piece of northern Michigan TV history went up in flames.
The long-time studios of WWTV/WWUP-TV, aka 9&10 News (and what a dumb name for a TV station) burned to the ground. Luckily, nobody was injured. The station has been broadcasting from new studios south of Cadillac since last year. The old studios housed the station's transmitter for Channel 9, which were destroyed the the blaze. The station did announce plans to demolish the old building sans the transmission facilities recently.
The old studios were built in 1961 and it replaced another building that was destroyed in a blaze that year. What happened was a transmitter part overheated when the station was off the air one night and the fire spread to the rest of the station. WWTV - then at Channel 13 - was off the air for two weeks as engineers scrambled to rebuild the station.
The newly-rebuilt station, which was near the village of Tustin in northern Osceola County was expanded and grandfathered over the years. Of course, the station moved its quarters to their current location last year to better accommodate sister Fox affiliate WFQX (aka Local 32) and to please employees whose vehicles were destroyed from chunks of ice that fell from the station's tower throughout time.
Granted, WWTV and WFQX will rebuild their facilities and both stations will be back on the air for those reliant on rabbit ears. But ya know? It sucks to be them. One reason why I created this site was BECAUSE of 9&10 and how they treated their viewers when they canceled Howard Stern's Saturday Night TV show in 1999. Granted, the show had few local sponsors and had little promotion, but the sad thing is WHAT 9&10 replaced the show with: infomercials. And guess whose infomercials they aired? Why, it was THE NRA! And how appropriate that the station aired them just WEEKS after Columbine!
Also, I fume over the fact that five years after 9/11 and CBS was airing a documentary on the event, the station decided to air some dopey 80s movie because their excuse was that the special had "too much profanity" and that they created some bullshit claim that the FCC would fine them $10 million and take away their licenses. The reality was that the 9/11 special had no spots for commercials and it was an election year. Since Dick(head) Devos was running for governor at the time, how much ya wanna bet that they wanted to get into his pockets?
But that's the sad reality of 9&10, Fox-er, Local 32 and the Iacobelli family, which owns the stations. When the family created a shell company - Cadillac Telecasting - to "own" WFQX and when ABC 29&8 dumped The 700 Club, they were quick to pick up the show and Pat Robertson's BS. They also carried Kenneth Copeland's daily program, which they ended up canceling.
The sad reality is that 9&10/Fox 32 might be the lesser of all the major TV evils up in northern Michigan all because of who owns NBC 7&4 and ABC 29&8: Sinclair. True, there's all-news WMNN MiNews26, but that station's good if you can withstand green anchors and Chamber of Commerce-style reporting. But, hey! They were the first news outfit up north to broadcast in HD!
Ya know, I love it when Pat Robertson bitches and moans that the hurricanes Florida gets is because of the Gay Days Disney World has. Well, the truth is because of global warming. But in 9&10 and Fox 32's case, maybe the fire at their old HQ was because of God shaking his head at them for even airing Jebus freak garbage and pro-gun infomercials. It only makes me happier that here in Grand Rapids, we have four choices for local TV news and not two or three, depending on where you live. Granted, no news station is perfect, but at least nobody in west Michigan is selling out to Pat Robertson. True, we have Sinclair owning CBS affiliate WWMT-3, but at least we have three other stations to choose from.
And unlike most of the female anchors on 9&10, most of the newswomen here in west Michigan - save for Catherine Behrendt - are actually actually physically fit. ---
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