WABC-TV

ABC flagship television station in New York City - channel number 7

WABC-TV (channel 7) is a television station in New York City. It is the main American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television station. The station's studios are in Lincoln Square in Manhattan, next to ABC's headquarters. Its transmitter is on top of the Empire State Building. The station is well-known for its Eyewitness News version. The station began broadcasting on August 10, 1948 as WJZ-TV, the first of three ABC stations to begin that year (WENR-TV in Chicago and WXYZ-TV in Detroit were the other two).[3]

WABC-TV
New York, New York
United States
ChannelsDigital: 7 (VHF)
Virtual: 7
Branding
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerABC Owned Television Stations
(WABC Television (New York), LLC)
History
FoundedApril 1947 (76 years ago) (1947-04)[2]
First air date
August 10, 1948 (75 years ago) (1948-08-10)
Former call signs
WJZ-TV (1948–1953)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 7 (VHF, 1948–2009)
  • Digital:
  • 45 (UHF, 1999–2009)
  • DT2:
  • ABC News Now (2004–2005)
  • ABC Plus (2005–2009)
  • Live Well Network (2009–2020)
  • DT3:
  • AccuWx (2006–2015)
  • LWN (SD 2015)
  • Laff (2015–2021)
Call sign meaning
American Broadcasting Company
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID1328
ERP34 kW
HAAT405 m (1,329 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°44′54.4″N 73°59′8.4″W / 40.748444°N 73.985667°W / 40.748444; -73.985667
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websiteabc7ny.com

Subchannels change

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[1]
7.1 720p 16:9 WABC-HD Main WABC-TV programming / ABC
7.2 LOCLish Localish
7.3 480i ThisTV This TV
7.4 HSN HSN


References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Digital TV Market Listing for WABC". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  2. "FCC handles its hottest FM-TV case." Broadcasting – Telecasting. April 21, 1947, pg. 18.
  3. "WJZ-TV starts; elaborate inaugural program." Broadcasting – Telecasting, August 16, 1948, pg. 23.