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WSAZ-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, United States, affiliated with NBC.It serves the Charleston–Huntington market, the second-largest television market (in terms of geographical area) east of the Mississippi River; the station's coverage area includes 31 counties in central West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and southeastern Ohio.
Mr. Cartoon, originally titled Steamboat Bill, was a television program for children that aired for nearly 40 years on WSAZ-TV, the local NBC affiliate in Huntington, West Virginia. [1] The show was hosted by George Lewis until 1969 [2] and by Jule Huffman until 1995. The show ended its run in March 1995; Huffman remained with WSAZ as a ...
It is one of two commercial television stations in the market licensed outside West Virginia (alongside WTSF, channel 61, in Ashland, Kentucky). WQCW is owned by Gray Media alongside Huntington-licensed NBC affiliate WSAZ-TV (channel 3). The two stations share studios on 5th Avenue in Huntington; WQCW's transmitter is located on Barker Ridge ...
Charleston/Huntington: Huntington: 3 22 WSAZ-TV: NBC: MyNet/MeTV on 3.2, Circle on 3.3, Dabl on 3.4, True Crime Network on 3.5 ... West Virginia Encyclopedia ...
Documentary set in Huntington, West Virginia [6] Heroin Town: Dan Child October 8, 2017 Documentary set in Huntington, West Virginia [4] The Good Fight: James Edward Holley January 5, 2024 Multiple scenes were shot in Huntington, West Virginia [7] T-130: Samuel Felinton: January 25, 2024 Film animated in Huntington, West Virginia [8]
Lewis began his career as the children's host of the Steamboat Bill and Mr. Cartoon shows on WSAZ-TV in Huntington, West Virginia, from 1957 until 1970. Lewis also acted as "Ghost Host" on WBFF's late night horror movie show, and did news on WBFF prior to 1988. Children in Baltimore could become "crew members" on the show.
In 1949, WSAZ-TV signed on as West Virginia's first television station. Huntington Publishing sold WSAZ-AM-TV to Goodwill Stations of Detroit in 1961 for $6 million, earning a handsome return on its investment of 34 years prior. [8] [9] Goodwill was merged into Capital Cities Communications in 1964. [10]
Jule was hired by WSAZ in 1953 as a vocalist for the WSAZ variety daytime show Coffee Time. He did commercials, and was a director, a voice-over announcer, and a weatherman. He starred in two kid shows (Steamboat Bill as Merlin the Sea Monster, the early iteration of Mr. Cartoon and "Popeye and His Pals") prior to becoming Mr. Cartoon. He was a ...