WHTM-TV

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WHTM-TV
Harrisburg-York-Lancaster-Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Branding ABC27
Slogan A Better Choice for News
Channels 27 (UHF) analog,
10 (VHF) digital
Affiliations ABC
Owner Allbritton Communications Company
(Harrisburg Television, Inc.)
Founded February 14, 1953 (Began on Channel 71 & Moved to Channel 27 in 1957)
Call letters meaning W Harrisburg Times Mirror
(previous owner)
Former callsigns WTPA-TV (1953-1980)
Former affiliations None
Website www.abc27.com/

WHTM-TV channel 27 is the ABC television affiliate serving Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and the Susquehanna Valley. Its transmitter is located near Harrisburg.

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[edit] History

The station first went on air on February 14, 1953 as an ABC affiliate under the call letters WTPA-TV, under local owners. WTPA-TV originally operated on channel 71, but bought an unbuilt construction permit for channel 27 held by another company and moved there in 1957 as WTPA-TV's Channel Number changed from Ch. 71 to Ch. 27. The station was sold to Starr Broadcasting Company in 1963. The Times Mirror Company acquired the station in 1980 and changed its calls to WHTM-TV. The station was sold to Smith Broadcasting Company in 1984 and acquired by its current owners Allbritton Communications in 1996.

The station launched its digital signal on VHF channel 10 in 1999.

[edit] Newscasts

[edit] Weekdays

  • ABC27 News at 5:00 & 6:00AM (ABC 27 Daybreak)
  • ABC27 News at 12Noon (12Noon-12:30PM)
  • ABC27 News Live at 5 (5:00-6:00PM)
  • ABC27 News at 6 (6:00-6:30PM)
  • ABC27 News at 7 (7:00-7:30PM)
  • ABC27 News Nightside (11:00-11:35PM)

[edit] Weekends

  • ABC27 News at 6 Weekend (6:00-6:30PM)
  • ABC27 News Weekend at 11 (11:00-11:35PM)

In addition, ABC27 Weather Now airs everyday from 3:04-5:00AM.

[edit] Personalites

[edit] News Anchors

  • Dennis Owens
  • Flora Posteraro
  • Alicia Richards
  • Valerie Pritchett
  • Kevin Henry
  • Lisa Scullin
  • Chris Dixon
  • Kristin Wright

[edit] Meteorologists

  • Chuck Rhodes (see below)
  • Mick O'Hern
  • Rob Dixon
  • Eric Finkenbinder
    • Chuck Rhodes served as a minor cast member in the film Lucky Numbers starring John Travolta. Travolta was staring as a cash lacking TV-Forecaster, and Rhodes was his biggest competition in Harrisburg, PA.


[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Harrisburg / Lancaster / York (Susquehanna Valley) market  (Nielsen DMA #41)

WGAL 8 (NBC) - WLYH 15 (The CW) - WHP 21 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2) - WHTM 27 (ABC) - WITF 33 (PBS) - W35BT 35 (CTVN) - WPMT 43 (Fox) (The Tube on DT2) - WGCB 49 (LeSea/JTV)
Significantly-viewed out-of-market stations

WPIX 11 (The CW, New York City) - WPHL 17 (MNTV, Philadelphia)
Local cable television channels:

WHBG - PCN - CN8 (Philadelphia)
ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Pennsylvania

WTAE 4 (Pittsburgh) - WPVI 6 (Philadelphia) - WNEP 16 (Scranton) - WATM 23 (Altoona) - WJET 24 (Erie) - WHTM 27 (Harrisburg)
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Pennsylvania
Allbritton Communications Company
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