WWHO
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| WWHO (UPN and WB) | ||
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| Slogan: N/A | ||
| Columbus, Ohio | ||
| Channel 53 Digital channel 46 | ||
| Owner | LIN Television Corporation | |
| Former Ownerships | Wendell Triplet | |
| Founded | 1987 | |
| Signal Radius | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Transmitter location | Columbus | |
| Callsign Meaning | N/A | |
| Former Callsigns | WWAT | |
| Address | N/A Columbus, Ohio 40??? | |
| Website: | www.wtte28.com | |
WWHO (UPN Columbus) is the Columbus, Ohio television affiliate for both UPN and The WB television network. The station is licensed to Chillicothe, Ohio, though it operates out of a facility in Columbus with its transmitter located just south of Columbus. WWHO is owned and operated by the LIN Television Corporation.
History
WWHO began operating in 1987 under owner Wendell Triplet. Originally, the station used the call letters WWAT. At this time WWAT's primary transmitter was based in Chillicothe; a small repeater signal was carried in the Columbus market on channel 17. The call letters WWHO (and the nickname "Who-53") were adopted in 1993, to coincide with the station being added to many cable providers in the Columbus market.
The station operated as an independent station for a number of years until the launch of the WB television network in 1995. Then owned by Fant Broadcasting and under a Local marketing agreement with NBC, WWHO (then "WB 53") remained a WB affiliate until the Paramount Stations Group (a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures) agreed to acquire the station in 1997. At that time the station took on UPN programming as a secondary UPN affiliate. Not long after, WWHO became a primary UPN affiliate (as "UPN 53" until just recently; the station now identifies as "UPN Columbus," without a channel number) and began cutting back on its WB programming. On February 10, 2005, it was announced that Viacom (the successor to the Paramount Stations Goup) was selling WWHO and WNDY-TV (in the Indianapolis market) to the LIN Television Corporation for $85 million.
While under the Local marketing agreement in the 1990s, local NBC affiliate WCMH produced a 10 p.m. newscast for WWHO. On February 10, 2005, LIN Television announced its intention to bring 10 p.m. news back to WWHO.
WWHO broadcasts at 5,000,000 watts, the maximum allowed by the Federal Communications Commission, covering Columbus and areas south. WWHO-DT (WWHO's digital signal) operates on channel 46.
Programming
In addition to UPN and WB network programming, WWHO currently broadcasts the nationally syndicated morning news program "The Daily Buzz".
External links
- UPN Columbus (http://www.wwhotv.com/) (Presently under renovation; only a program schedule is currently available.)
- LIN Television Corporation (http://www.lintv.com/)