WSAW-TV

WSAW-TV

Channels
Branding
  • NewsChannel 7
  • MeTV Wausau (DT2)
  • Fox WZAW (DT3)
  • Central Wisconsin CW (DT4)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
October 24, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-10-24)
Former call signs
WSAU-TV (1954–1981)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 7 (VHF, 1954–2009)
  • Digital: 40 (UHF, until 2009)
  • Translators: 57 & 42 W57AR/W42DH Sayner/Vilas County, WI
  • DuMont (secondary, 1954–1956)
  • ABC (secondary, 1954–1965)
  • NBC (secondary, 1954–1966)
Call sign meaning
phonetically short for "Wausau, Wisconsin"; also similar to original calls
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID6867
ERP72 kW
HAAT373 m (1,224 ft)
Transmitter coordinates44°55′14.2″N 89°41′28.7″W / 44.920611°N 89.691306°W / 44.920611; -89.691306
Translator(s)W21DS-D 21 (UHF) Sayner/Vilas County, WI
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wsaw.com
Satellite station
WYOW
CityEagle River, Wisconsin
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
  • 7.10: CBS
  • 33.10: Fox
  • 34.1: CW+
History
FoundedJanuary 4, 1997
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 34 (UHF, 1997–2009)
  • ABC (via WAOW, 1997–2021)
  • Fox (NFL games, 1997–1999)
  • CW+ (DT2, 2006−2021)
  • Fox (DT3, via WFXS-DT, February−March 2009)
Call sign meaning
disambiguation of former parent station WAOW
Technical information[2]
Facility ID77789
ERP
  • 70 kW
  • 80 kW (application)
HAAT163 m (535 ft)
Transmitter coordinates45°46′29.9″N 89°14′56.1″W / 45.774972°N 89.248917°W / 45.774972; -89.248917
Links
Public license information

WSAW-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power Fox affiliate WZAW-LD (channel 33). The two stations share studios on Grand Avenue/US 51 in Wausau; WSAW-TV's transmitter is located on Rib Mountain.[3]

To serve the Northwoods area of Northern Wisconsin, it operates a digital fill-in translator in Sayner (W21DS-D) that also covers Eagle River. This station broadcasts on UHF channel 21 (also mapping to virtual channel 7) from a transmitter on Razorback Road in unincorporated Vilas County (north of Sayner). The low-power repeater also serves the western portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula although the broadcasting radius is limited to Marenisco and Watersmeet.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSAW-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WYOW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "TV Query Results -- Video Division (FCC) USA". transition.fcc.gov. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.