TV3 Winchester

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = TV3 Winchester
station_
station_slogan = "In Your Community"
station_branding = "TV3 Winchester" (general)
"TV3 Winchester News" (news)
analog = 3 (Comcast cable)
Analog: 101 (ShenTel cable)
digital = WHSV-DT 49.3 (UHF)
affiliations = ABC
location = Winchester, Virginia (cable)
Front Royal, Virginia (cable)
Berryville, Virginia (cable)
Woodstock, Virginia (cable)
Harrisonburg, Virginia (DT)
founded = January 3, 2005
launched = March 5, 2007
owner = Gray Television
homepage = [http://www.tv3winchester.com/ tv3winchester.com]

TV3 Winchester is an ABC affiliate serving the Winchester, Virginia, area. The station is owned by Gray Television, which also owns WHSV-TV, TV3 Winchester's parent station; the station is also available over-the-air on WHSV's DT3 subchannel out of Harrisonburg. TV3 Winchester is carried on Comcast cable channel 3 in Frederick, Clarke, and Warren counties and ShenTel Cable channel 101 in Shenandoah County. TV3 Winchester is not seen on any Harrisonburg cable systems, as the main WHSV channel is already available.

Along with Winchester, the station serves Frederick, Clarke, Warren, and Shenandoah counties in Virginia in news and sports gathering and weather coverage.

While the greater Winchester area is currently part of the Washington, DC television market, WHSV has requested that the region merge into the Harrisonburg market. The FCC has since honored that request.

History

TV3 Winchester was first announced at a press conference at Shenandoah University in 2005. Ground was broken for the new studios, which is located along Millwood Pike in Winchester, on March 1, 2006. The studios are shared with Shenandoah University's own cable-only station, "Winchester Community Television". Construction was completed in November 2006 and the station launched on March 5, 2007.

Brad Ramsey, formerly the sports director/anchor and more recently a sales account executive at WHSV, handles general manager duties.

Bill DuVall was hired in September 2006 as TV3's News Director. DuVall most recently worked at WVIR in Charlottesville, Virginia as a co-anchor of "NBC29 News at Sunrise". DuVall is no stranger to the area, as he worked at former FOX affiliate WYVN (now WWPX) in Martinsburg, West Virginia from 1991 to 1994.

The station carries local newscasts at 6, 7 and 11pm on the weekdays. Morning newscasts on TV3 Winchester started in early 2008.

Timeline

On December 1, 2006, the TV3 Winchester site added a "Meet The Team" page to their site. DuVall will be joined by 8 people on-air. ^{[http://www.tv3winchester.com/station]}

On January 8, 2007, TV3 Winchester officially added Lauryn Ricketts as their Chief Meteorologist. Ricketts, is a graduate of Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA and was born and raised in Winchester.

On February 7, 2007, WHSV made it official that the new station will be launching March 5.

On March 5, 2007, TV3 Winchester launched with their 7pm and 11pm newscasts with only slight technical problems during the first 5 minutes of the 7pm newscast.

On September 7, 2007, WHSV's long-time high school sports show "The Endzone" became a jointly-produced program with TV3 Winchester Sports Director Sebastian Salazar reporting on scores and highlights for the Northern Shenandoah Valley, while Joe Downs and Zac Choate from WHSV report on the Southern Valley. The program airs on both WHSV and TV3 Winchester from 11:25pm to 12:05am on Friday Nights.

On September 13, 2007, TV3 Winchester was awarded the "Media Partner of the Year" award from the Top of Virginia Building Association.cite web
url = http://www.tv3winchester.com/home/headlines/9774437.html
title = TV3 News Honored at TVBA Ceremony
accessdate = 2007-09-14
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publisher = TV3 Winchester
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In Early 2008, TV3 Winchester launched a 6pm newscast along with a morning newscast, "Good Morning Winchester".

Current Personalities

News Team

* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/station/bios/news/27660944.html Chanel Caraway] - Reporter
* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/station/bios/news/4794971.html Denise Chandler] - News Director/Anchor 6pm and 7pm
* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/station/bios/news/10719801.html Karen Farnsworth] - Reporter
* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/station/bios/news/4795361.html Katie Killen] - Reporter/Sunday Anchor
* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/station/bios/news/30622639.html Ryan O'Connor] - Reporter
* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/station/bios/news/13767227.html Andrea Oleen] - Morning Anchor
* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/station/bios/news/4795461.html Wendi Redman] - Anchor 6pm and 11pm
* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/station/bios/news/30622814.html James Tully] - Reporter

ports Team

* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/station/bios/sports/16686116.html Mike Giangreco] - Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter
* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/station/bios/sports/4795456.html Sebastian Salazar] - Sports Director/Weeknight Anchor

Weather Team

* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/station/bios/weather/13767152.html Cassie Behofist] - Morning Meteorologist
* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/station/bios/weather/27619254.html Steven Glazier] - Weekend Meteorologist/Weekday Reporter
* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/station/bios/weather/5117841.html Lauryn Ricketts] - Chief Meteorologist

Former Personalities

*Sam Brock - Reporter (2006-2008, now at WTVR-TV in Richmond, VA)
*Jenny Brockwell - Reporter (2006-2008, now at Top of Virginia Regional Chamber of Commerce)
*Emily Crider - Reporter (2006-2008, now Assistant Coach of the Shenandoah University Women's Basketball Team) ^{[http://www.su.edu/athletics/coachingstaff_wb.cfm?sport=women%27s%20basketball]}
*Bill Duvall - Anchor (2006-2008, left due to family issues)

References

External links

* [http://www.tv3winchester.com/ TV3 Winchester Website]