WUHF

WUHF is the Fox-affiliated television station for Rochester, New York. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 28 (hence the call letters) from a transmitter on Pinnacle Hill on the border between Rochester and Brighton. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channels 7 and 1206 in standard definition and high definition. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station is a sister to ABC affiliate WHAM-TV, owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under a shared services agreement. They both share studios on West Henrietta Road (NY 15) in Henrietta (though the mailing address says Rochester). From 2005 to 2013, the station was operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group and co-located with CBS affiliate WROC-TV.

History

WUHF began operations in January 1980 as a general entertainment independent station running cartoons, sitcoms (classic and recent), movies, drama shows, and religious shows. The station was owned by Malrite and the General Manager was Jerry Carr who was the former "The Weather Outside" personality. Apparently by sheer coincidence, the station re-used a call sign which was previously used by a different and unrelated station which operated on the same channel 31, albeit in New York City. The latter station had only used the WUHF calls for its first year of experimental operation (1961-62); it currently uses the call sign WPXN-TV.