æɾ ɪts sˈaɪnˌɔn wˈɪnɚtˌiːvˈiː wʌz pɹaɪmˈɛɹᵻli ɐn ˌɛnbˌiːsˈiː tˈɛlᵻvˌɪʒən ɐfˈɪlɪˌeɪt, ðˌoʊ ɪɾ ˈɔːlsoʊ kˈæɹid sˌʌm ˌeɪbˌiːsˈiː pɹˈoʊɡɹæmɪŋ bᵻfˌoːɹ dˈʌbəljˌuːbjˈɑːtˌiːvˈiː tʃˈænəl θˈɜːɾi fˈoːɹ, nˈaʊ wˈɪvt wɛnt ɔnðɪ ˈɛɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti tˈuː.
At its sign-on WINR-TV was primarily an NBC television affiliate, though it also carried some ABC programming before WBJA-TV (channel 34, now WIVT) went on the air in 1962.