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WOWK 13 News history
WOWK 13 News company history timeline
WOWK-TV, channel 13, went on the air as WHTN-TV October 2, 1955, as an affiliate of the ABC Television Network.
In 1956, the station was sold to Cowles Broadcasting of Des Moines, Iowa.
In 1958, the station switched network affiliations, becoming a CBS Television affiliate.
After only a year, the station was bought by Cowles Communications (unrelated to the Spokane, Washington-based Cowles Publishing Company). WHTN swapped affiliations with WCHS-TV and became a CBS station for the first time in 1958.
On October 23, 1974, the station was purchased by Gateway Communications, Inc., for $7.5 million.
The station's call letters changed to WOWK-TV in March, 1975, and a new $1 million tower, transmitter and antenna system became a reality.
On June 1, 1986, WOWK-TV became a CBS Television affiliate, after having been with ABC for 24 years.
Gateway merged with SJL Broadcasting in 2000.
SJL sold it to West Virginia Media Holdings in 2002.
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