WXXV-DT2

WXXV-DT2
Gulfport/Biloxi/
Pascagoula, Mississippi
United States
City Gulfport
Branding WXXV NBC 25 (general)
News 25 (newscasts)
Slogan Your Local NBC Station For South Mississippi (general)
Your Local Choice (news)
Channels Digital: WXXV-DT 48.2 (UHF)
Virtual: 25.2 (PSIP)
Affiliations NBC (2012–present)
Owner Morris Multimedia
(Morris Network of
Mississippi, Inc.)
First air date September 2006
Call letters' meaning see WXXV
Former affiliations MyNetworkTV (2006–2012)
Transmitter power 300 kW (digital)
Height 456 m (digital)
Facility ID 53517 (digital)
Transmitter coordinates 30°44′48″N 89°3′30″W / 30.74667°N 89.05833°W / 30.74667; -89.05833 (digital)

WXXV-DT2 is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It is a second digital subchannel of Fox affiliate WXXV-TV that is owned by Morris Multimedia. Over-the-air, the station airs a 720p high definition digital signal on UHF channel 48.2 (or virtual channel 25.2 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Wire Road East, in unincorporated Stone County, northeast of McHenry.

WXXV-DT2 can also be seen on Cable ONE channel 18 and in full high definition on digital channel 465. Its parent outlet has studios on U.S. 49 in Lyman (with a Gulfport postal address). Syndicated programming on this station includes Judge Judy, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Meredith Vieira Show, and Celebrity Name Game among others.

History

WXXV-DT2 first signed-on in September 2006 to be the market's MyNetworkTV affiliate. On June 25, 2012, it was announced WXXV would become the area's first-ever locally based NBC affiliate. The MyNetworkTV affiliation was moved to cable-exclusive status so that WXXV-DT2 could become the NBC outlet. Prior to the station adding NBC, both WDSU-TV in New Orleans (for Gulfport, Long Beach and Pass Christian) and WDAM-TV in Laurel, Mississippi (for Biloxi, D'Iberville, Jackson County and Stone County) served as the Gulf Coast's longtime de facto affiliates on cable. [1]

Newscasts

Corresponding with the announcement of NBC coming to WXXV-DT2, Morris Multimedia made public its plans to bring back an in-house local news operation for the second time in WXXV's history. A previous attempt seen on the main channel for a few years in the late 1990s and early 2000s was ultimately scrapped.

On September 30, 2013, WXXV added local news following the expansion of its studios to house the department; the station hired fifteen personnel to staff the startup operation. Locally produced newscasts, running a half-hour in length, air on both the Fox and NBC channels in high definition under the News 25 branding. The main channel airs a weeknight prime time show at 9 while weeknight newscasts at 5:30 and 10 p.m. are seen on WXXV-DT2.

NBC Nightly News is therefore aired in a half-hour tape delay at 6 which is unlike most NBC affiliates in the Central Time Zone. This NBC subchannel also carries local weather cut-ins on weekday mornings from 7 until 11 a.m. during Today. Eventual plans also include a weekday morning newscast at some point in time. [2] [1] [3] [4] [5] The station does not maintain a sports department or carry weekend newscasts at this time but may include them in the future.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Malone, Michael (March 22, 2012). "Exclusive: NBC Signs Affiliate For Biloxi". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  2. ↑ Local News to Debut on WXXV Tonight TVSpy, September 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ WXXV NBC Lineup
  4. ↑ WXXV Fox Lineup
  5. ↑ Scallan, Melissa M. (May 25, 2013). "WXXV-TV in South Mississippi will begin local newscasts this fall". Sun Herald. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
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