WHP-TV
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| Harrisburg/York/Lebanon/Lancaster, Pennsylvania | |
| Branding | 21 CBS -or- CBS 21 |
| Slogan | Your CBS Station in Central Pennsylvania |
| Channels | Analog: 21 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | CBS MyNetworkTV (DT2) |
| Owner | Newport Television, LLC |
| First air date | April 15, 1953 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Former channel number(s) | 55 (1953-1957) |
| Former affiliations | Secondary: DuMont (1953-1955) |
| Transmitter Power | 500 kW (digital) |
| Height | 372 m (analog) 349 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 72313 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.whptv.com |
WHP-TV (CBS 21 or 21 CBS) is the CBS television affiliate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It also serves other communities in the Susquehanna Valley of south central Pennsylvania including York, Lebanon, and Lancaster as well as parts of northern Maryland.[1] [2] WHP airs programming from MyNetworkTV on its DT2 sub-channel My TV twentyone.2. The station broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 21 and its digital signal on VHF channel 4. Its transmitter is located in Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania. Rival WGAL started on analog channel 4 but moved due to interference from fellow NBC station WRC-TV.[citation needed]
The station is currently owned by Newport Television Partners, and is the sister station to CW affiliate WLYH 15 (CW 15) .
[edit] History
The station launched on July 4, 1953 on channel 55 as a dual affiliate of the CBS and DuMont networks.[citation needed] It was originally owned by Commonwealth Communications Services. The station kept the CBS affiliation after DuMont's demise in 1956, and later began to share CBS programming with WLYH-TV channel 15 (now WHP's sister station) and WSBA-TV channel 43 (now WPMT) as part of the Keystone Network. The station moved from channel 55 to channel 21 in 1957.[citation needed]
Clear Channel Communications acquired the station in 1995. At this time, WHP began controlling secondary CBS affiliate WLYH in Lancaster via a local marketing agreement, and switched its affiliation to UPN.
On July 12, 2006, WHP announced that it would launch a second digital channel that would become an affiliate of MyNetworkTV when that network launched in September 2006.[citation needed]
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Providence Equity Partners's Newport Television.[3]
[edit] External links
- WHP-TV Website
- MyNetworkTV Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WHP-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WHP-TV
[edit] References
- ^ Service Area Map - Digital Signal. FCC (2008-02-17). Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ Service Area Map - Analog Signal. FCC (2008-02-17). Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ Clear Channel Communications (2007-04-20). "Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
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