WOOD-TV the NBC-affiliated television station for West Michigan

WOOD-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for West Michigan that is licensed to Grand Rapids. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter near Middleville in northwestern Barry County. Owned by the LIN TV Corporation, the station is sister to ABC affiliate WOTV and Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate WXSP-CA. All three share studios on College Avenue Southeast in downtown Grand Rapids. Syndicated programming on WOOD-TV includes: Inside Edition, Access Hollywood, Ellen, and The Doctors.


The Firsts of WOOD TV8

• First with live, local programs and news.
• First to bring network television to West Michigan.
• First to provide West Michigan with color television.
• First in West Michigan to broadcast its audio in stereo.
• First to close-caption local newscasts.
• First to bring 24-hour news coverage to West Michigan.
• First to offer West Michigan viewers a locally produced hour and a half of news five days a week.
• First to have a fully operating computerized newsroom.
• First in West Michigan to use satellite news gathering broadcasts.
• First in West Michigan to use electronic news gathering and live remote news broadcasts.
• First in West Michigan to broadcast in HDTV.