WLOS

WLOS
CityAsheville, North Carolina
Channels
Branding
  • ABC 13; News 13
  • My 40 (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WMYA-TV
History
First air date
September 18, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-09-18)
Former call signs
WLOS-TV (1954–1984)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 13 (VHF, 1954–2009)
  • Digital: 56 (UHF, 2000–2009)
DuMont (1954–1956)
Call sign meaning
"Wonderful Land of the Sky"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID56537
ERP
HAAT
  • 849.4 m (2,787 ft)
  • 552 m (1,811 ft) (CP)
Transmitter coordinates
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewlos.com

WLOS (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Asheville, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting ABC and MyNetworkTV programming to Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group in an effective duopoly with WMYA-TV (channel 40) in Anderson, South Carolina. WLOS maintains studios on Technology Drive (near I-26/US 74) in Asheville and a transmitter on Mount Pisgah in Haywood County, North Carolina.

WLOS-TV began broadcasting in September 1954 as the ABC affiliate for Asheville and most of the western Carolinas and the city's second TV station. It was founded by the Skyway Broadcasting Corporation, owner of WLOS radio, and owned by Wometco Enterprises from 1958 to 1987; Sinclair has owned it since 1996. Its local news coverage has historically focused on western North Carolina, in contrast to the other major stations in the market, all of which broadcast from studios in South Carolina.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLOS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.