WHAM-TV (fictional)

WHAM-TV, virtual channel 13 (VHF digital channel 9), is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Rochester, New York, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group.

As WOKR
The station signed-on at 4 p.m. on September 15, 1962 as WOKR (for "We're OK Rochester"). It has always been an ABC affiliate, and is the only commercial station in the area that has never changed its affiliation. It originally operated from studios located on South Clinton Avenue in Rochester.

The station's original local owner, Channel 13 of Rochester, Inc., was composed of the Flower City Television Corporation, the Rochester Educational Television Association, the Genesee Valley Television Company, Star TV, Inc., Community Broadcasting, Inc., Heritage Radio and Television Broadcasting Company, Main Broadcasting Company, Federal Broadcasting Systems, Citizens Television Corporation, Rochester Broadcasting, Inc., and Rochester Telecasters, Inc., all of whom were equal shareholders until March 1970, when Flower City bought out its partners.

In the 1970s, WOKR moved to its current studios in Henrietta, New York.

As WHAM-TV
On January 10, 2005 at 1:42 in the morning, channel 13 signed off-the-air for the last time as WOKR and returned to the air at 4:59 that same day as WHAM-TV.

On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel announced its intention to sell off all of its television stations after the company was bought by private equity firms. On April 20, 2007, the company entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television.

On July 19, 2012, Newport Television announced the sale of 22 of its 27 stations to the Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Cox Media Group. WHAM-TV along with its New York sister stations were sold to Nexstar.

Newscast titles

 * Channel 13 News Scope (1962-1975)
 * 13 Eyewitness News (1975-1984)
 * WOKR 13 News (1984-1986)
 * News Center 13 (1986-1989)
 * Rochester's News Source 13 (1989-1993)
 * News Source 13 (1993-2005)
 * 13 WHAM News (2005-2012)
 * ABC 13 WHAM News (2012-2019)
 * ABC 13 WHAM Eyewitness News (2019-present)

Newscast themes

 * Move Closer to Your World '72 (1978-1982)
 * Hello News - Gari Media (1982-1984)
 * And You - Telesound (1984-1986)
 * The Spirit of Tampa Bay - Gari Media (1986-1989; newscast close)
 * News Series 2000 - Gari Media (1986-1993; primary news theme)
 * KCBS 1990 news theme (1993-1995)
 * Advantage - Gari Media (1995-2014)
 * Image News - Gari Media (2014-present)

Notable current on-air staff

 * Don Alhart

Notable former on-air staff

 * Tedy McCorrmick - 1980-2021 (retired on May 21, 2021)
 * Leif Mitchell - reporter (later with and now with KRKO-TV)