WXTR

WXTR
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Location	Huntsville, AL Decatur, AL Florence, AL
Branding	WXTR (general) WXTR News (newscasts)
Slogan	Putting The Valley First!
Channel(s)	Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 7 (PSIP)
subchannel(s)	7.1 ABN 7.2 ABN WeatherMax 7.3 Ion Television 7.4 ABN Sports Birmingham 7.5 QVC
Affiliation	American Broadcast Network
First air date	September 6, 1974
Former call letters	None
Former channel number	None
Former Affiliation	7 (VHF analog, 1974-2009) 60 (UHF digital, 2002–2009)
Owner	Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation

WXTR is the ABN-affiliated station that serves the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama in the United States that is licensed to Huntsville. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 (or virtual channel 7 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Mounte Sano Mountain Boulevard Southeast in Huntsville. Owned by Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation, WXTR is sister to CW affiliate WALK (channel 10) and the two shares studios on North Memorial Parkway/US 72-231-431 in Huntsville.

Newscast themes

• Superman - Sony (1974-1978)

• As I Figure - Tom Walker (1978-1980)

• We're 4 - Klein & (1980-1987)

• WVIT 1987 News Package (1987-1989)

• Alive - 615 Music (1989-1990)

• Promise News Package - Collier Concepts (1990-1992)

• WXTR 1992 News Theme (1992-1995)

• WFAA Custom News Package - Stephen Arnold Music (1995-1998)

• Metropolis - Stephen Arnold Music (1998-2004, 2007, 2011–present)

• Evolution - Stephen Arnold Music (2004-2009)

• Newstime - 615 Music (2009-2018)

• Inergy - Stephen Arnold Music (2018–present)

Programming Schedule

	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN
5:00 am	WXTR News This Morning					Paid Programming
5:30 am
6:00 am						WXTR News Weekends
6:30 am
7:00 am	Sunrise America					Sunrise America Weekend Edition
7:30 am
8:00 am
8:30 am
9:00 am	Second Chance					The Landry Sisters	ABN News Sunday Edition
9:30 am	Ultra GUTS					The Landry Sisters
10:00 am	Ultra Password					The Nanny
10:30 am	Break the Bank					The Nanny
11:00 am	Kaylah					ABN/ABN Sports/ABN Motorsports programming block (varies by season)	ABN/ABN Sports programming (varies by season)
11:30 am
12:00 pm	WXTR News at Noon
12:30 pm
1:00 pm	Saints of Carcer
1:30 pm	Code Black Extreme ER
2:00 pm	Love Riders
2:30 pm	My Family
3:00 pm	Timeless
3:30 pm	The Bold Americans
4:00 pm	The Kevin Duke Show
4:30 pm
5:00 pm	WXTR News at Five
5:30 pm	ABN Evening News
6:00 pm	WXTR News at Six					Grille City USA	ABN Sunday Night Griffball
6:30 pm	The Big Bang Theory						ABN Sunday Night Matinee
7:00 pm	UMC Monday Battlezone	Alanland	Vanessa and Vittel	ABN Thursday Night Hockey Pre-Game Show	ABN Unsolved Mysteries	Saturday Football Showcase
7:30 pm		Audrie	CSI: Las Venturas	ABN Thursday Night Hockey
8:00 pm		The John Cooper Show	Kingpin		The Dark
8:30 pm
9:00 pm	WXTR News First at Nine				WXTR News First at Nine		WXTR News First at Nine
9:30 pm					WXTR's Friday Night Lights
10:00 pm	Late Show with Vince Laverty			WXTR News First at Nine Late Edition	Late Show with Vince Laverty	WXTR News First at Nine Late Edition	The Big Bang Theory
10:30 pm							The Big Bang Theory
11:00 pm	The Midnight Show with Bruce Simms			Late Show with Vince Laverty	The Midnight Show with Bruce Simms	The Big Bang Theory	Flippers
11:30 pm						The Big Bang Theory
12:00 am	Pop City	The Dave Callahan Show			The Midnight Show with Bruce Simms	The Dave Callahan Show	Fast Lane
12:30 am
1:00 am	Pop City	Hatchet			The Dave Callahan Show	Hatchet	The Digital Movie Theater
1:30 am
2:00 am	Paid Programming	Lance Norton Live			Hatchet	Lance Norton Live	ABN Nightscreen/Paid Programming
2:30 am
3:00 am	ABN News Up to the Minute				Lance Norton Live	ABN Nightscreen/Paid Programming
3:30 am
4:00 am	ABN News at DayBreak
4:30 am

Gallery

A screengrab from 2016, recorded during WXTR's 6pm weekend newscast from 10/15/16

Winter Weather Advisory message screengrab, recorded January 5, 2017.

The WXTR viewing area; counties where the station's signal reaches either over-the-air, on cable or satellite are shown in light red.

Screengrab from WXTR's June 27, 2017 wall to wall breaking news coverage when an active shooter situation occured at Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal.

Logo used until September 4, 2017

WXTR screengrab from Fall 2017

Screen capture from November 18 during a live Facebook group broadcast running a Severe Thunderstorm Warning crawl for Morgan, Marshall, Madison and Jackson Counties. The map itself was shown on WXTR's Facebook page, but not on WXTR TV where the station just ran the crawl.