WORM

WORM
New logo used since January 30, 2017
Location	Panama City, Florida
Branding	ABN 32 Ultra HD NEWS 32 Ultra HD (newscasts)
Channel(s)	32.1 (UHF)
Subchannels	ABN - 32.1 ABN Kids - 32.2 ABN Women - 32.3 ABN Maxx - 32.4 ABN Sports - 32.5 Mundovision - 32.6 G-ABN - 32.7 Big Sky Network - 32.8 UBC = 32.9
Affilliation	American Broadcast Network
First air date	May 6, 1962
Former call letters	none
Former channel number	none
Former affilliation	Independent (1962-1964)
Parent	The Pierre Péladeau Company (P. Péladeau Inc.)
Owners	ABN Stations Group ABN Group

WORM is the ABN affiliate that serves the Panama City, FL broadcast area broadcasting on channel 32.

Newscast Themes

• WORM 1962 News Theme (1962-1974)
• Production Music: Patterns - NBC Background Music Library (1974-1979)
• The One For All - Gari Media Group (1979-1984)
• Wall to Wall News - Stephen Arnold Music (1984-1992)
• In-Sink - 615 Music (1992-2000)
• News Attitude - 615 Music (2000-2005)
• WORM 2005 News Theme (2005-2009)
• This Is The Place - Stephen Arnold Music (2009-2015) (image campaign only, sung by Unknown)
• Guardian - Stephen Arnold Music (2015-2019)
• The Unexpected - 615 Music (2019-2021)
• KRON Instant Classics - Michael Boyd Music (2021–present)

Hurricane Hermine

NEWS 32 provided coverage of Hurricane Hermine 4 hours before its initial landfall. It first aired a side-by-side graphic of the bulletin while showing the National Hurricane Center's projected path of Hermine. Florida has never been hit by a hurricane since 2005 with Hurricane Katrina which NEWS 32 provided award winning coverage and was awarded the ABN Seal of Excellence in 2006. While Hermine was aiming at Florida, NEWS 32 went into full hurricane coverage two hours later and stayed in continual coverage for 10 hours. There was one recorded fatality during Hermine's strike on the Southeast United States. "Hermine is not a Katrina by any means, but is still a hurricane to be very aware and vigilant of as it swings its way nearby where we are." says WORM NEWS 32 Chief Meteorologist John Hughes. "While it may not pack a category 4 type punch like Andrew back in 1992 or Hugo in 1989, especially Katrina back in 2005, a hurricane is still a hurricane no matter its size and strength and numbers can be quite deceiving at times. You have the primary objective to pack it up and get out of its way. If you choose not to leave and you get hit by this storm, there is not a whole lot we can do afterward." Hughes explains further.

Gallery

Screengrab during its 9pm newscast from 2016.

WORM Ch. 32 Ident

NEWS 32 "Weatheright Alert" bulletin concerning Hurricane Hermine and its track along the Western Florida coastline.

News open since 2021, part of its current owner's standardized graphics

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