WWNB

WWNB
City	Wuhu Island, Mushroom Kingdom
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 3
Branding	WWNB 3 NewsCenter 3
Programming
Affiliations	3.1: NBC 3.2: MeTV 3.3: Estrella TV 3.4: Story Television
Ownership
Owner	Hearst Television (WWNB Hearst Television, Inc.)
History
First air date	May 5, 1957
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 3 (VHF, 1957–2009)
Callsign meaning	"We're Wuhu Island's NBC"
Technical information
Licensing authority	TBC
Links
Website	www.wwnb.com

WWNB (channel 3) is a television station in Wuhu Island, Mushroom Kingdom, affiliated with NBC and is owned by Hearst Television.

News & Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

• The News on 3 (1957-1979)
• NewsCenter 3 (1979–present)

Station Slogans

For the station campaigns, see WWNB/Campaign Lyrics.

National Slogans

• All the Best on Channel 3 (1976-1978; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• TV-3 See Us (1978-1979; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• Channel 3, Proud As A Peacock! (1979-1981; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• Channel 3, Our Pride is Showing (1981-1982; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• We're Channel 3, Just Watch Us Now (1982-1983; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• Channel 3 There, Be There (1983-1984; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• Channel 3, Let's All Be There (1984-1986; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• Come Home to Channel 3 (1986-1987; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• Come on Home to Channel 3 (1987-1988; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• Come Home to the Best, Only on Channel 3 (1988-1990; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• WWNB. The Place To Be (1990-1992; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• It's Here on Channel 3 (1992-1993; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• Got Everybody Watching WWNB/The Stars are Back on Channel 3 (1993-1994; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• It's Channel 3! (1994-1995; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• The Year to Be on Channel 3 (1995-1996; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• WWNB 3 and NBC, More Colorful (2014–present; localized version of NBC ad campaign)

Local Slogans

• The Archipelago's Best Choice (1979-1986)
• NewsCenter 3/Channel 3, The One For All (1986-1988)
• NewsCenter 3, The News Station (1988-1996)
• Wuhu Island's Only 24-Hour News Source (1988-1992)
• Live. Local. Late-Breaking (1996–present)

News Themes

• NBC TV-Radio Newspulse - Fred Weinberg Productions, Inc. (1975-1979)
• Take A Look - Tuesday Productions (1979-1983)
• The News Image - Tuesday Productions (1983-1986)
• The News Image Plus - Tuesday Production (1986-1988)
• Real News - Killer Tracks (1988-1992)
• Advantage - Gari Media Group (1992-1996)
• Image News - Gari Media Group (1996-2004)
• Hearst TV News Music Package (First Fast Accurate) - Newsmusic Central (2004-2013)
• Strive - In The Groove Music (2013–present)

Current on-air staff (year joined in parentheses)

• Gabe Hoyt - anchor; weekday mornings and weeknights at 5, and 5:30 (2004)
• Cynthia Gates - anchor; weekday mornings and noon (1997)
• Vince Strokeson - anchor; weekdays at noon (1993)
• Warren Ezron - anchor; weeknights at 4, 6, and 11 (2000)
• Lisa Jordan - anchor; weeknights at 4, 5, 5:30, 6, and 11 (2021)
• Molly Thomas - anchor; weekend mornings (1994)
• Jeff Laterine - anchor; weekend evenings (2001)
• Liz Garcia - anchor; weekend evenings (1992)

WeatherCenter 3

• Jamie Hertz - meteorologist (AMS/CBM Seal of Approval); weekday mornings and noon (2011)
• Tom Ripley - chief meteorologist (AMS/CBM Seal of Approval); weeknights at 4, 5, 5:30, 6, and 11 (2019)
• Davis Leigh - meteorologist (AMS Seal of Approval); weekend evenings (2007)

SportsCenter 3

• Ted Couglin - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 11 (1984)
• Mike Robin - sports reporter; weekend evenings (1996)

Current On-Air Reporters

• Don Marville - general assignment reporter (1995)
• Jen Flynn - general assignment reporter (1999)
• Bob Connors - general assignment reporter (2003)
• Candice Burke - general assignment reporter (1994)
• Gene Leon - general assignment reporter (1989)

Former on-air staff

• Ron Carterschmidt - anchor; weeknights at 4, 6, and 11 (1975-2018) now retired
• John Pierre Parker - meteorologist (1977-2019) now retired
• Cindy-Sue Tateum - anchor (1988-2021) now retired

Programming Schedule

Time	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN
4:00am	Early Today					Paid Programming	Paid Programming
4:30am	NewsCenter 3 Wuhu Island Today
5:00am
5:30am
6:00am						NewsCenter 3 Wuhu Island Today Saturday	The More You Know (block)
6:30am
7:00am	Today
7:30am
8:00am						The More You Know (block)	Sunday Today with Willie Geist
8:30am
9:00am	Today Third Hour					Paid Programming/NBC Sports Programming (varies by season)	NewsCenter 3 Wuhu Island Today Sunday
9:30am
10:00am	Today (Hoda & Jenna)						Meet the Press with Chuck Todd
10:30am
11:00am	The Tamron Hall Show						Paid Programming/NBC Sports Programming (varies by season)
11:30am
12:00pm	NewsCenter 3 at Noon
12:30pm
1:00pm	NBC News Daily
1:30pm
2:00pm	The Kelly Clarkson Show
2:30pm
3:00pm	Pictionary
3:30pm
4:00pm	NewsCenter 3 at 4
4:30pm
5:00pm	NewsCenter 3 at 5
5:30pm	NewsCenter 3 at 5:30
6:00pm	NewsCenter 3 News at 6
6:30pm	NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt					NBC Nightly News
7:00pm	Wheel of Fortune						NBC Primetime
7:30pm	Jeopardy!
8:00pm	NBC Primetime (programming varies by day)					NBC Primetime
8:30pm
9:00pm						Dateline NBC
9:30pm
10:00pm
10:30pm
11:00pm	NewsCenter 3 at 11
11:30/11:35pm	The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon					Saturday Night Live	SportsCentral 3
12:00am							Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
12:30/12:35am	Late Night with Seth Meyers
1:00am						NewsCenter 3 at 11 (Repeat)	Paid Programming
1:30am	A Little Late with Lilly Singh					Paid Programming
2:00am	Pictionary (repeat)
2:30am
3:00am	The Kelly Clarkson Show (repeat)					Religious Programming
3:30am

Gallery

WWNB's logo from 1981-1996, with the 1980 NBC logo.

WWNB ID from 1982, with the 1982-1983 NBC "Just Watch Us Now" promo.

WWNB ID from 1983, with the 1983-1984 NBC "Be There" promo.

WWNB ID from 1984, with the 1984-1985 NBC "Let's All Be There" promo.

WWNB's logo from 1981-1996, with the 1986 NBC logo.

WWNB ID from 1989, with the 1989-1990 NBC "Come Home to the Best" promo.

WWNB ID from 1992-1993

Hearst Television Logo Complimation from 1989, including WWNB.

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WWNB ID that plays before newscasts, 1995-1998

WWNB ID that plays before newscasts, 1998-2005

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WWNB open from 1995-1998

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WWNB open from 1998-2000

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WWNB open from 2000-2005

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WWNB open since 2018

WWNB's logo from 1996–present, with the 2011 NBC logo.

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