WAAY-TV (channel 31) operates from a former gas station, WAFF-TV from a former jewelry store, and WZDX (channel 54) from an office building. WHNT is the only major station in Huntsville to operate from a facility actually constructed specifically for broadcasting purposes. The transmitter and tower remain on Monte Sano because the mountain provides the highest elevation in the immediate area backup broadcast capabilities for news also remain at the Monte Sano site for use during an emergency. The move was prompted by a fire that destroyed rival WAFF-TV (channel 48)'s studios, then on Governors Drive, five years earlier. WHNT's facilities were moved from Monte Sano Mountain to downtown Huntsville in 1987. In 1980, Grisham sold WHNT to The New York Times Company, which operated it for over a quarter century and the third station owned by their broadcasting division. WHNT used this system until 1998 when new Panasonic DVC machines and cameras were purchased. In 1979, it switched to the ¾-inch video tape format. WHNT-TV first used 16 mm film for most of its commercial and news gathering. The station was founded by a former employee of Birmingham station WAPI (now WVTM), Charles Grisham, now deceased, who later added two other Southern stations, WSLA in Selma, Alabama and WYEA in Columbus, Georgia, to his portfolio. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) originally licensed the frequency for WHNT to the city of Fort Payne some 40 miles (64 km) to the southeast. It has been a CBS affiliate for its entire existence, and is the only Huntsville-area station to have never changed its affiliation. WHNT began operations on Thanksgiving Day, Novem(the first new station to be launched after President John F. The station also operates three news bureaus: Decatur, Sand Mountain ( Albertville), and Shoals (Florence). Both stations share studios on Holmes Avenue Northwest in downtown Huntsville, while WHNT-TV's transmitter is located on Monte Sano Mountain. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Florence-licensed CW owned-and-operated station WHDF (channel 15). 1 hits.WHNT-TV (channel 19) is a television station in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, affiliated with CBS. While starting from humble beginnings, the band changed the face of country music, selling more than 80 million albums and charting more than 40 No. He stopped touring with the band altogether in 2018, according to a news release.Ĭook helped co-found the Alabama band alongside his cousins Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry more than 50 years ago. Since then, Cook’s presence on Alabama’s tours became less frequent. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum) Giunta/Getty Images) NASHVILLE, TN – NOVEMBER 05: (L-R) Alabama’s Randy Owen, Jeff Cook and Teddy Gentry backstage during The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Presents an Interview with Alabama at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in The CMA Theater on Novemin Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) ATLANTA, GA – APRIL 13: Jeff Cook of Alabama performs on stage at The Fox Theatre on Apin Atlanta, Georgia.
I do believe in prayer and I appreciate all the continued prayers throughout this difficult time.” NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – FEBRUARY 15: William Shatner and Jeff Cook of Alabama are seen at The Grand Ole Opry on Februin Nashville, Tennessee. He made the diagnosis public in 2017, telling Nexstar’s WHNT, “I’m not calling it quits, but sometimes our bodies dictate what we have to do, and mine is telling me it’s time to take a break and heal. “with his family and close friends by his side.”Ĭook was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2012. He was 73.Īccording to the band’s publicity firm, Cook passed away at his beach home in Destin, Florida. ( WHNT) - Jeff Cook, a founding member of the country group Alabama, died on Monday, November 7.
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