WCHS TV
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Charleston–Huntington/ Parkersburg, West Virginia– Marietta, Ohio United States |
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| City | Charleston, West Virginia |
| Branding | WCHS-TV (general) Eyewitness News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | West Virginia's Source for News |
| Channels |
Digital: 41 (UHF) (to move to 29 (UHF)) Virtual: 8 () |
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| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (WCHS Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | August 15, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | CHarleSton |
| Sister station(s) | WVAH-TV |
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| Transmitter power | 475 kW 373 kW (CP) |
| Height | 514.1 m (1,687 ft) |
| Facility ID | 71280 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°24′28″N 81°54′12″W / 38.40778°N 81.90333°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | wchstv |
WCHS-TV, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 41), is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, United States and serving the Charleston–Huntington television market. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which also operates Fox affiliate WVAH-TV (channel 11, also licensed to Charleston) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with owner Cunningham Broadcasting. However, Sinclair effectively owns WVAH as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The two stations share studios on Piedmont Road in Charleston and transmitter facilities atop Coal Mountain, south of Scott Depot, West Virginia. WCHS-TV also doubles as the default ABC affiliate for the West Virginia side of the Parkersburg–Marietta market since it doesn't have an ABC affiliate of its own.
WCHS-TV signed-on August 15, 1954 and was originally owned by the Tierney Company, alongside WCHS radio (580 AM). WCHS-TV was the second station in Charleston after WKNA-TV, which launched on UHF channel 49 as an ABC affiliate in 1953 but went dark in 1955 due to lack of viewership. Originally a CBS station sharing ABC with WSAZ-TV (channel 3), channel 8 became a full CBS affiliate when WHTN-TV in Huntington signed-on in 1955. During the late-1950s, it was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.
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