KYW-TV

KYW-TV, channel 3, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is owned by the CBS Television Stations subsidiary of CBS Corporation, along with CW station WPSG (channel 57) and several radio stations, including KYW (1060 AM). The KYW stations and WPSG share studios and office facilities located just north of Center City Philadelphia, and KYW-TV's transmitter is located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.

History

As WPTZ

The channel 3 facility in Philadelphia is one of the world's oldest television stations. It began in 1932 as W3XE, an experimental station owned by Philadelphia's Philco Corporation, at the time and for some decades to come one of the world's largest manufacturers of radio and television sets. Philco engineers created much of the station's equipment, including cameras. When the station began operations as W3XE, it was based within Philco's production plant, at C and East Tioga streets in North Philadelphia, complete with a small studio and transmitter. In 1941, it began sharing programs with W2XBS (later WNBT and now WNBC-TV) in New York City, becoming NBC's second television affiliate, and creating a link between the station and the network that would last for 54 years.

KYW

KYW may refer to:

KYW (AM)

KYW (1060 AM, "KYW Newsradio 1060") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is owned by the CBS Radio subsidiary of CBS Corporation and broadcasts an all-news format. The station's studios are located in Center City Philadelphia and its transmitter is located in Lafayette Hill. The station's daytime signal can be received to up to 60 miles from the transmitter, including Southern New Jersey (including the Jersey Shore), Harrisburg, Lancaster and York. As a Class A clear channel station, it can be heard over most of the eastern half of North America at night.

KYW broadcasts in HD Radio on WIP-FM HD 2, and on KYW (AM) HD.

History

Origins

KYW began in 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. It was jointly owned by Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Commonwealth Edison. Westinghouse later bought out ComEd's share and became sole owner of the station. In 1927, Westinghouse aligned its four radio stations (KYW, KDKA in Pittsburgh, WBZ in Boston and WBZA in Springfield, Massachusetts) with the NBC Blue Network, which originated from former sister station WJZ (the present-day WABC) in New York City. Westinghouse had been a founding partner of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), NBC's original parent company.