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CALL LETTERS:

WROC-TV 8
WROC-DT 45

OWNED AND OPERATED BY:
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.

JOINT SALES AND SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH:
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (WUHF)

NETWORK AFFILIATION AND DIGITAL SUB-CHANNELS:
Columbia Broadcasting System  8.1

STATION IDENTIFICATION:

News 8 Now
"Your Eye on Rochester."

MAILING ADDRESS:

201 Humboldt Street
Rochester, NY 14610-1093

TELEPHONE NUMBER:
Main Switchboard: (585) 224-8888

TRANSMITTER AND ANTENNA INFORMATION:
WROC-TV Channel 8 (180 - 186MHz)
>Facility ID Number is 73964.
>Currently operating at an Effective Radiated Power (ERP) of 316 kW.
>Antenna Height Above Average Terrain (HAAT) is 152 meters.
>Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level (AMSL) is 301 meters.
>Frequency Offset is 0.

WROC-DT Channel 45 (656 - 662MHz)
>Facility ID Number is 73964.
>Currently operating at an Effective Radiated Power (ERP) of 1000.0 kW.
>Antenna Height Above Average Terrain (HAAT) is 122.3 meters.
>Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level (AMSL) is 269.6 meters.

CALL LETTER HISTORY
:
06/11/1949 - WHAM-TV signs on to Channel 6.
07/24/1954 - WHAM-TV moves to Channel 5.
09/15/1956 - WHAM-TV changes call letters to WROC-TV.
09/08/1962 - WROC-TV moves to Channel 8.
07/01/1989 - WROC-TV picks up CBS, NBC moves to WHEC-TV.
11/13/2002 - WROC-DT granted Special Temporary Authority status on Channel 45.
01/03/2007 - WROC-DT granted license to cover at full power on Channel 45.
Some information courtesy of
WROC and the FCC.
 

Newscast Theme Music
WROC 1980 Unknown Themes
>Listen to the WROC Unknown Themes Montage
These are a few different themes used by WROC in the 1980's. Any information about these would be greatly appreciated.

"The Leading Edge
" by Soundtrack
>Listen to "The Leading Edge" as heard on WROC
"The Leading Edge" is part of a production music library by Soundtrack. This theme was used on WROC from 1991 to 1992.

"
Power News" by 615 Music
This theme was used from the mid '90s until 1998. Unfortunately I lack footage of WROC from this era so it is unknown which versions of the package were used. You can listen to samples of this theme on SouthernMedia's News Music Search Archive.

"
Image News" by Gari Communications, Inc.
>Listen to "Image News" as heard on WROC 
>Listen to Voice-Over Montage of "Image News"
This package was originally designed for Hearst-Argyle television stations in 1997. Over the years Frank Gari and his team have composed updates to the package, including custom cuts for certain stations across the country. One of those stations was WROC, who in 2000, commissioned Gari to make a custom series of Image News for their news opens and bumpers. Image News has been used on WROC since 1998 and continues to be to this day.

 

Video Archive


Videos are encoded with Windows Media Video (*.wmv)

1987
>NBC News Digest with Bob Kerr
>Station ID (Version 1)
>Station ID (Version 2)
>News 8 Update
>This Week on News 8
>News Promo
>Weather Promo
>News Promo with Nightbeat Update
>Tomorrow on NBC Nightly News

1991
>Next @ 11 on Eyewitness News

1992
>CBS Special Presentation
>Tomorrow on the CBS Evening News
>Station ID - Olympic Version
>Channel 8 Movie Arcade
>Eyewitness News - Newsbreak
>Eyewitness News - Promo 1
>Eyewitness News - Promo 2
>Eyewitness Weather - Promo

Late 1992
>Next on Eyewitness News Eleven @ 11
>Weather Update with Kevin Williams

2001
>News 8 Now @ 6 - Open
>News 8 Now - Extended Close with Credits

March 2005

>News 8 Now - Open
>News 8 Now - Rejoin
>News 8 Now - Talent Rejoin
>News 8 Now - Close
>News 8 Now - Weather Open

 

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