WBIR-TV
From The TV IV
| WBIR-TV | |
 | |
| Brand | 10 News |
| City of License | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Market | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Channel | 10 analog 30 digital Subcarrier 30.2 (weather) |
| Network Affiliation | Current: NBC
Historic: CBS (1956-1988) |
| Founded | September 22, 1956 |
| Company | Gannett |
| President | |
| Current Popular Non-Network Shows | Dr. Phil
Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! |
WBIR-TV is a local station based in Knoxville, Tennessee that broadcasts on analog channel 10. Its digital is on channel 30; it will move to 10 in June 2009. Its subcarrier, 30.2, runs the local weather.
WBIR went on the air as a CBS affiliate in 1956. Its owner, Jesse Birdwell, owned WJHL/channel 11, the CBS affiliate in the Tri-Cities market (licnesed to Johnson City). WJHL's signal usually bled through into the Knoxville market, so Birdwell sold WJHL.
In 1988, WBIR became an NBC affiliate after CBS moved to WKXT/channel 26 (now WVLT-TV/channel 8).
[edit] Current Prime-Time Schedule
| Day | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Wheel of Fortune | Jeopardy! | Heroes | Trauma | The Jay Leno Show | 10 News Nightbeat | |||
| Tuesday | Wheel of Fortune | Jeopardy! | The Biggest Loser | The Jay Leno Show | 10 News Nightbeat | ||||
| Wednesday | Wheel of Fortune | Jeopardy! | Mercy | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | The Jay Leno Show | 10 News Nightbeat | |||
| Thursday | Wheel of Fortune | Jeopardy! | Community | Parks and Recreation | The Office | 30 Rock | The Jay Leno Show | 10 News Nightbeat | |
| Friday | Wheel of Fortune | Jeopardy! | Law & Order | Dateline NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 10 News Nightbeat | |||
| Saturday | Wheel of Fortune | Jeopardy! | Law & Order (repeats) | Various Repeats | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (repeats) | 10 News Nightbeat | |||
| Sunday | Football Night in America | Sunday Night Football | 10 News Nightbeat | ||||||
