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TV: WOI-TV, Des Moines / West D.M. _______________________________________________________ |
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WOI-TV began in radio at Iowa State College (now Iowa State University) in Ames over 80 years ago. On April 28, 1922 WOI-AM signed on as the first radio station in central Iowa and one of the first in the country.
WOI became the first station in the state to transmit with frequency modulation (FM) in July of 1949. Less then a year later, on February 21, 1950 WOI-TV signed on as the first television station in central Iowa.
WOI-TV was the only station in central Iowa for four years, so programming was taken from all the national networks of the time (ABC, CBS, NBC, and the Dumont Network). Over the next four decades WOI-TV would become a sole affiliate of ABC.
Originally assigned to channel 4, WOI-TV was unique in the early 1950's because it was the only educationally owned television station in the country. In September of 1991, the Iowa Board of Regents decided to sell the television side of WOI and retain only the license for WOI radio. On March 1, 1994 ownership of WOI-TV was transferred to Capital Communications Co., Inc.
Later that year, the station relocated from the ISU campus to a temporary location at 300 East Locust in downtown Des Moines. Then in 1998 WOI moved again to its permanent new home at 3903 Westown Parkway in West Des Moines. WOI's transmitter and 2,000-foot-tall broadcast tower have always remained about 15 miles north of Des Moines in Alleman.
Today, WOI-TV along with the ABC Television Network broadcast a variety of news, information, sports and entertainment programming. From special live coverage of Iowa State athletics to ABC World News Tonight, there's something for everyone. Channel 5 Eyewitness News alone broadcasts more then 19 hours of local news, sports, and weather each week.
The station recently expanded into digital broadcasting on WOI-DT Channel 59/5.1. Information taken from www.woi-tv.com
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