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WVUE-DT (channel 8) is a television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. Owned by Gray Media, the station maintains primary studios on Norman C. Francis Parkway in the city's Gert Town section, with a secondary studio within the Benson Tower in downtown New Orleans; [2] [3] its transmitter is located on Magistrate Street in Chalmette, Louisiana.
David Bernard (born 1969) is a former American television meteorologist who worked for WVUE-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana. He previously worked for CBS News and television stations in Miami, Florida, and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
WVUE-DT in New Orleans, Louisiana; ... Fox 8 (Dutch TV channel), former name of Dutch television station Veronica TV when it was owned by News Corporation;
The station first signed on the air on September 7, 1957. Coincidentally, it was the fourth television station (and the third commercial station) to sign on in the New Orleans media market, behind WDSU-TV (channel 6), WJMR-TV (channel 61, now WVUE-DT on channel 8) and non-commercial WYES-TV (channel 8, now on channel 12)—all signing on in under a timeframe of nine years.
For the 2023-24 season, a deal was reached to broadcast 10 Pelicans games on Fox 8 WVUE-DT and other Gray Television stations. All games, regardless of network, will have Joel Meyers doing play-by-play, Antonio Daniels as color commentator and Jen Hale reporting from the sidelines. [1]
WVUE was the first only station in the market that broadcasts its local newscasts in true high definition, having upgraded to HD in April 2007. WWL-TV made the switch to full HD on October 1, 2014. On August 16, 2010, WDSU expanded its weekday morning newscast to 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours, by adding a 4:30 a.m. newscast entitled WDSU News First Edition ...
The New World Communications deal affected WAGA-TV in Atlanta, which switched to Fox after a longtime affiliation with CBS.. FTS gained a bulk of stations through the 1997 purchase of New World Communications, succeeding a 1994 business deal between the two companies which led to all of New World's stations switching from other networks to Fox during 1994–95. [9]
Fox's purchase of New World resulted in WJW rebranding as "Fox 8" in August 1996. [287] By 1998, WJW was beating WUAB at 10 p.m. by a 2–1 margin [288] and in 2000 was ranked first sign-on to sign-off in multiple key demographics, besting WEWS. [289] In Milwaukee, WITI had been the market's second-rated outlet generally in May 1994. [290]