WAOW-TV
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WAOW-TV is a local television station serving the Wausau, Wisconsin area, providing news, weather, sports, and entertainment programming.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WAOW-TV canonical | 2 |
| News 9 WAOW | 1 |
| WAOW-DT2 | 1 |
| WAOW-DT3 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10496850 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WAOW-TV Context triple: [Wausau, Wisconsin, hasMedia, WAOW-TV]
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A.
WABI-TV
WABI-TV is a long-running CBS-affiliated television station serving the Bangor, Maine market with local news, weather, and entertainment programming.
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B.
WSTM-TV
WSTM-TV is a television station serving the Syracuse, New York market, known for its local news programming and affiliation with major broadcast networks.
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C.
WTAE-TV
WTAE-TV is a Pittsburgh-based television station that serves as the local ABC network affiliate.
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D.
WIVB-TV
WIVB-TV is a television station serving the Buffalo, New York market, known for its local news and CBS-affiliated programming.
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E.
WKRC-TV
WKRC-TV is a Cincinnati-based television station known for its local news coverage and for having notable broadcasters such as Nick Clooney among its on-air talent.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WAOW-TV Target entity description: WAOW-TV is a local television station serving the Wausau, Wisconsin area, providing news, weather, sports, and entertainment programming.
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A.
WABI-TV
WABI-TV is a long-running CBS-affiliated television station serving the Bangor, Maine market with local news, weather, and entertainment programming.
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B.
WSTM-TV
WSTM-TV is a television station serving the Syracuse, New York market, known for its local news programming and affiliation with major broadcast networks.
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C.
WTAE-TV
WTAE-TV is a Pittsburgh-based television station that serves as the local ABC network affiliate.
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D.
WIVB-TV
WIVB-TV is a television station serving the Buffalo, New York market, known for its local news and CBS-affiliated programming.
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E.
WKRC-TV
WKRC-TV is a Cincinnati-based television station known for its local news coverage and for having notable broadcasters such as Nick Clooney among its on-air talent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
broadcast television station
ⓘ
television station ⓘ |
| abbreviationMeaning |
WAusau On Wisconsin
ⓘ
linked to:
Wausau, Wisconsin
|
| branding |
News 9 WAOW
ⓘ
linked to:
WAOW-TV
|
| broadcastArea |
Wausau–Rhinelander market
ⓘ
linked to:
Wausau, Wisconsin
|
| callsign | WAOW-TV ⓘ |
| cityOfLicense | Wausau, Wisconsin ⓘ |
| contentFocus |
community events
ⓘ
local sports ⓘ regional news ⓘ weather coverage ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| digitalChannel | 9 ⓘ |
| facilityType | full-power television station ⓘ |
| genre |
entertainment
ⓘ
news ⓘ sports ⓘ weather ⓘ |
| hasSubchannel |
WAOW-DT2
ⓘ
linked to:
WAOW-TV
WAOW-DT3 ⓘ
linked to:
WAOW-TV
|
| hasWebsite | https://www.waow.com ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marketRank | small-to-mid television market ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation | ABC ⓘ |
| offers |
live newscasts
ⓘ
local advertising opportunities ⓘ |
| owner |
Allen Media Broadcasting
ⓘ
linked to:
Allen Media Group
|
| parentCompany | Allen Media Group ⓘ |
| platform |
cable television
ⓘ
online streaming ⓘ over-the-air broadcast ⓘ satellite television ⓘ |
| primaryAffiliation | ABC ⓘ |
| programmingType |
local news
ⓘ
network programming ⓘ syndicated programming ⓘ |
| provides |
entertainment programming
ⓘ
local news programming ⓘ sports programming ⓘ weather programming ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| serves |
North Central Wisconsin
ⓘ
Wausau, Wisconsin ⓘ |
| state | Wisconsin ⓘ |
| targetAudience | viewers in Wausau, Wisconsin area ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| virtualChannel | 9 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WAOW-TV Description of subject: WAOW-TV is a local television station serving the Wausau, Wisconsin area, providing news, weather, sports, and entertainment programming.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: WAOW-TV
linked to: WAOW-TV