WHP-TV

WHP-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 21, is a CBS-affiliated television station serving Lancaster, York, Lebanon and its city of license Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station's studio facilities located on North 6th Street in the Uptown section of Harrisburg, WHP's transmitter is located on a ridge north of Linglestown Road in Susquehanna Township (it is co-located with WITF-TV and is distinguishable as the unlit red and white tower; WITF's tower is unpainted and flashes strobes at all times).

On cable television, the station is available on Comcast channel 2 and in high definition on digital channel 802. Despite the presence of WHP-TV, CBS-owned KYW-TV in Philadelphia serves as an alternate CBS affiliate for South Central Pennsylvania, as it is carried on Comcast systems in the market.

History

The station first signed on the air on July 4, 1953. It was originally owned by Commonwealth Communications, along with WHP radio (580 AM and 97.3 FM, now WRVV). WHP-TV originally operated from studios located on Locust Street in Harrisburg. The station lost DuMont when that network folded in 1956; WHP-TV later began to share CBS programming with WLYH-TV (channel 15) in Lebanon and WSBA-TV (channel 43) in York as part of the Keystone Network. This arrangement was necessary in the days before cable television, since the Harrisburg/Lancaster/York market is very mountainous and UHF signals do not travel very far in rugged terrain. The three stations had a strong combined signal with 55 to 60% signal overlap.

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WHP (AM)

WHP (580 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts a talk radio format. The station's transmitter and six tower (directional) antenna array are located in East Pennsboro Township near Enola, Pennsylvania. WHP's signal is non-directional during daytime hours and is directed southeastward toward Harrisburg and Lancaster at night.

History

In a Harrisburg Telegraph article dated 15 June 1932, Colonel E. J Stackpole asserted that the State Police owned and operated station WBAK. WHP and WBAK shared the 1430 kilocycle frequency and hence WHP could not be a full time station.

In a Harrisburg Telegraph article dated January 26, 1933, the state withdrew its objections and WHP was granted ful time operation.

On April 28, 1934 the Federal Radio Commission granted WHP full time operation (6 am to 1 am).

WHP moved from 1430 to 1460 on March 29, 1941. On that day 795 US radio stations moved frequency. This was done as the result of an international conference in Havana with representatives from Canada, US, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. A smaller reallocation had been done in 1928.