WEHT

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WEHT
Evansville, Indiana
Branding	News 25
Slogan	Always Tracking. Always Watching. Always Alerting.
Channels	25 (UHF) analog, 59 (HDTV, UHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Gilmore Broadcasting Company
Founded	September 27, 1953
Call letters meaning	We're Evansville-Henderson Television
Former affiliations	CBS (1953-1995)
Website	News25.us

WEHT is an ABC affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. The station is owned by Gilmore Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of Gilmore Enterprises -- it is the last remaining broadcasting property under Gilmore ownership, which, at its peak, included five television stations, nine radio stations and nineteen cable TV systems in nine states, including WEHT.

While it is licensed to Evansville, its studios and transmitter are co-located across the Ohio River in Henderson, Kentucky. The station uses the branding "News 25".

The station, the tri-state area's first television station, went on the air on Channel 50 on September 27, 1953, as a CBS network affiliate. With FCC approval, it switched to channel 25 in 1964. When WTVW moved to the Fox network in late 1995, WEHT took over the market's ABC affiliation.

WEHT utilizes the "Right Here/Right Now" music theme from 615 Music during their broadcasts.

[edit] Notable Personalities

• Brad Byrd - WEHT's lead news anchor has been with the station since 1978, when he became one of the youngest TV news anchors in Indiana at the age of 26. During his tenure at News 25, Byrd has won several awards for his work, including two regional Emmy awards and two Edward R. Murrow awards. Byrd was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Famein 2005. In addition to his on-air duties at News 25, he also writes a column entitled "Second Thoughts" in the Evansville Courier & Press newspaper.

• Wayne Hart - Wayne Hart has been the station's chief meteorologist since 1993. In 2005 he became the first television meteorologist in the Evansville market to become a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM), a designation given by the American Meteorological Society. Prior to becoming a CBM, Hart had held the AMS' Seal of Approval since 1987. Like Brad Byrd, Hart has won a regional Emmy Award. Hart received his Emmy in 1998 for "First Warning to Severe Weather," a prime-time special on the subject of severe weather preparedness.

[edit] Logo Gallery

WEHT's first logo as an ABC affiliate. Used from December 1995 until early 2000's

WEHT's Current News Logo.

[edit] External links

• WEHT home page
• http://www.gilmoreent.com
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WEHT

ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Indiana
WRTV 6 (Indianapolis) - WPTA 21 (Fort Wayne) - WEHT 25 (Evansville) - WBND-LP 57 (South Bend)
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Religious and Other stations in the state of Indiana