WSOE-TV

WSOE-TV, channel 4, is a CBS-affiliated station licensed in Endreaville, Welter. The station is owned by GamerCraft Broadcast Group.

History
WSWT-TV signed on the air on August 9, 1968 as an NBC affiliate. It was owned by Kinnan Broadcasting, owner of fellow then-NBC affiliate WMLA-TV in Mattupolis, Mattula. WSWT was Welter's fifth television station, and the first in the south.

In 1979, WSWT, along with other Kinnan stations, including WMLA, switched to either ABC or CBS (in this case, the two stations switched to CBS). During this time, NBC was struggling in the ratings. At first, Kinnan was reluctant of switching its flagship, which was also struggling. The NBC affiliation went to former CBS affiliate WEND-TV (channel 9).

On June 1987, after the death of Kinnan founder John S. Kinnan, his family wasn't too keen on running the station after his death, and they sold their station group to Gillett Communications. Gillett was forced to divest some stations, including WSWT, because the purchase exceeded the cap. Kinnan's rival company Craftsman Broadcasting bought the divested stations and changed its call letters to WSOE-TV.

In 2001, WNT Broadcasting, a forerunner to the present-day GamerCraft Broadcast Group acquired WSOE.

Through divestitures by Imperial Media and Lucasrio Media Group, as well as the acquisition of Craftsman Media and The Matthews Company gave WSOE the combination of sister stations in Welter (the duopoly of CW affiliate WWDS-TV and fellow CBS affiliate WNWR-TV in Welterhampton and ABC affiliate WVLY-TV in Tenorio Santos), Minecraftia (the duopoly of ITV affiliate WNT-TV and NBC affiliate WGNB-TV in Gameria City, NBC affiliate WDSN-TV in Dashington and ABC affiliate WJKM-TV in Grassyville) and Mattula (reuniting with former Craftsman sister and NBC affiliate WMMN-TV and MyNetworkTV affiliate WMMT in Mattupolis). The transactions also gave WSOE sister radio stations in Minecraftia (WNT and WGA radio in Gameria City and WXB, WGVI, and WGPN radio in Grassyville) and Mattula (WMTP radio, WMAT-FM, and WTMT in Mattupolis).

Ownership history

 * 1968-1987: Kinnan Broadcasting
 * 1987-2001: Craftsman Broadcasting
 * 2001-present: GamerCraft Broadcast Group

News branding(s)

 * The News (1968-1974)
 * NewsCenter4 (1974-1984)
 * News 4 (1984-2002)
 * News 4 Endreaville (2002-present)

News theme(s)

 * Tabloid - NBC Background (1971-1975)
 * NBC TV-Radio Newspulse - Fred Weinberg (1975-1978)
 * Newscenter Theme - Michael Randall (1978-1979; NBC version)
 * Newscenter Theme - Michael Randall (1979-1983; generic version)
 * Spirit of Tampa Bay - Gari Media Group (1983-1985)
 * Spirit - TM Productions (1985-1994)
 * Brave New World - Shelly Palmer (1994-2001)
 * News Matrix - Stephen Arnold Music (2001-2003)
 * The Spirit - Stephen Arnold Music (2003-2007)
 * Lighthouse - Stephen Arnold Music (2007-2011)
 * Frequency - Stephen Arnold Music (2011-2014)
 * This is the Place - Stephen Arnold Music (2014-2017)
 * CBS Local - Stephen Arnold Music (2017-present)

Notable on-air staff

 * Rick Sanders - evening anchor (1979-2003, 2015-present)
 * Tiffany Miller - anchor
 * Yasmin Thomas - evening anchor (2020-present)



Notable former on-air staff

 * Jerry Johnson - evening anchor (2004-2015, now retired)
 * Katie Peterson - evening anchor (1992-2020, now at WGA-TV in Gameria City)
 * Mary Thompson - evening anchor (1984-1992, now at WTNS-DT in Tenorio Santos)
 * Gary Douglas - sports director (1985-2020, now at WWTH-DT in Welterhampton)
 * Jack Joseph - morning and noon anchor (2009-2020, now WWTH-DT general manager)