WABC-TV
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| New York, New York United States | |
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| Channels | Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 7 |
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| Programming | |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ABC Owned Television Stations (WABC Television (New York), LLC) |
| History | |
| Founded | April 1947[2] |
First air date | August 10, 1948 |
Former call signs | WJZ-TV (1948–1953) |
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Call sign meaning | American Broadcasting Company |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 1328 |
| ERP | 34 kW |
| HAAT | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°44′54.4″N 73°59′8.4″W / 40.748444°N 73.985667°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | abc7ny |
WABC-TV (channel 7) is the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) owned television station in New York City. The station is in Lincoln Square in Manhattan, next to ABC's headquarters. Its transmitter is on top of the Empire State Building. The station is well-known for its Eyewitness News version. The station began broadcasting on August 10, 1948 as WJZ-TV, the first of three ABC stations to begin that year (WENR-TV in Chicago and WXYZ-TV in Detroit were the other two).[3]
Subchannels
[change | change source]The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[1] |
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| 7.1 | 720p | 16:9 | WABC-HD | Main WABC-TV programming / ABC |
| 7.2 | LOCLish | Localish | ||
| 7.3 | 480i | ThisTV | This TV | |
| 7.4 | HSN | HSN |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Digital TV Market Listing for WABC". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ↑ "FCC handles its hottest FM-TV case." Broadcasting – Telecasting. April 21, 1947, pg. 18.
- ↑ "WJZ-TV starts; elaborate inaugural program." Broadcasting – Telecasting, August 16, 1948, pg. 23.
