WHTM-TV

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WHTM-TV


Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
City of license Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Branding ABC 27
Slogan Working for You
Channels Analog: 27 (UHF)

Digital: 10 (VHF)
Affiliations ABC
RTN (DT2)
Network ABC
Owner Allbritton Communications Company
(Harrisburg Television, Inc.)
Founded June 19, 1953
First air date June 19, 1953
Call letters’ meaning Harrisburg Times Mirror
(previous owner)
Sister station(s) WJLA, News Channel 8, WBMA-LP, KATV, KTUL, WSET, WCIV
Former callsigns WTPA (1953-1980)
Former channel number(s) 71 (1953-1957)
Former affiliations NBC
Transmitter Power 2140 kW (analog)
16.2 kW (digital)
Height 346 m (analog)
311.1 m (digital)
Facility ID 72326
Transmitter Coordinates 40°18′57.7″N, 76°57′1″W
Website www.whtm.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 June 19, 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 changed from 71 to 27. The station was sold to Lexington, Kentucky-based 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] Transmitter problems

As a result of an ice storm that came through the Harrisburg region on December 15, from December 16, 2007,[1] through the morning of December 18,[2] the station was unable to transmit it signal over the air due to the power loss at its transmitter site. The signal loss affected some cable and satellite subscribers reception of the station as well.

[edit] Personalites

[edit] News Anchors/Reporters

  • Dennis Owens
  • Flora Posteraro
  • Alicia Richards
  • Valerie Pritchett
  • Kevin Henry
  • Lisa Scullin
  • Al Gnoza
  • Ali Lanyon
  • Kristin Thorne
  • Amy Kehm
  • Dennis Buterbaugh
  • James Crummel
  • Pat Bannister
  • Andy Briggs
  • Cara Moore
  • Chris Cekot
  • Gregg Mace
  • Josh Reed
  • Jon Ritchie

[edit] Meteorologists

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

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statement from abc27 Station Management (December 17, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
  2. ^ Statement from abc27 Station Management (December 18, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
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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) (RTN on DT2) - WITF 33 (PBS) - W35BT 35 (CTVN) - WPMT 43 (Fox) - WGCB 49 (LeSea/JTV)

Outlying Areas
WJAL 68 (Ind)

Significantly-viewed out-of-market stations
WPHL 17 (MNTV, Philadelphia)

Local cable television channels:
WHBG - PCN - CN8 (Philadelphia)
See also broadcast television in the Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore markets
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ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Pennsylvania
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Pennsylvania
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Allbritton Communications Company
KATV · KTUL · WBMA / WCFT / WJSU · WCIV · WHTM · WJLA · WSET · The Politico
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