W43BR - TV-43 is the PAX NETWORK
broadcast affiliate in the Madison, Wisconsin DMA. Offices, Master Control,
Studios and Production facilities are located at 407 Oak St. in downtown
Baraboo, Wisconsin. Television transmission facilities are located atop
a 400-ft. tower located 5.5 miles southeast of Baraboo on the Baraboo
Bluffs.
W43BR - TV-43 was built in 1998 by Baraboo
Broadcasting Corporation and first signed on the air on September 28,
1998 with an effective radiated power of 33.5 kilowatts. The station
operates 24 hours a day, serving an area with an estimated population
of 65,000 persons plus or just over 24,000 households.
The Station is also carried in a number of
area communities on the following
cable systems.
A primary emphasis of TV 43 is our local
programming . We broadcast two Live local
news shows each weekday, produced in our Baraboo studios. "PAX 43
News" is a half-hour of local news, weather, sports and community information,
and airs at 6:30 am and 5:00 pm.
We are especially proud of our local
programming. We cover local sports action with play by play telecasts
of football, boys and girls basketball and wrestling when in season.
Fans of Baraboo and Wisconsin Dells High Schools see their games broadcast
Saturdays beginning at 8:00 am. We also broadcast the games live on
WRPQ radio.
Other locally produced programming includes
two area church programs, the Mountain Faith Church Hour, and Mass from
St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Community special events are also produced
throughout the year: The Sauk County Fair, June Dairy Breakfast, Baraboo
Area Chamber of Commerce Television Auction, and Kiwanis Club Television
Auction.
