WTEN

WTEN
CityAlbany, New York
Channels
BrandingWTEN ABC; News 10
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WXXA-TV
History
First air date
October 14, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-10-14)
Former call signs
  • WROW-TV (1953–1956)
  • WCDA (1956–1957)
Former channel number(s)
  • ABC (1953–1955)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1954–1956)
  • CBS (1955–1977)
Call sign meaning
Channel 10
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID74422
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT427.2 m (1,402 ft)
Transmitter coordinates42°37′31.3″N 74°0′36.7″W / 42.625361°N 74.010194°W / 42.625361; -74.010194
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.news10.com

WTEN (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Albany, New York, United States, serving the Capital District as an affiliate of ABC. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is a sister station to Fox affiliate WXXA-TV (channel 23, also licensed to Albany), which is operated under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Mission Broadcasting. The two stations share studios on Northern Boulevard in Albany's Bishop's Gate section; WTEN's transmitter is located on the Helderberg Escarpment west of New Salem.

WTEN formerly operated full-time satellite WCDC-TV (channel 19) in Adams, Massachusetts, with transmitter located on Mount Greylock, the highest peak in Massachusetts. WCDC-TV's signal covered portions of western Massachusetts and southern Vermont that received a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from WTEN, although there was significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. WCDC-TV was a straight simulcast of WTEN; the only on-air references to the station were the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly legal identifications. Aside from its transmitter, WCDC-TV did not maintain a physical presence in Adams. Nexstar planned to shut down WCDC-TV on December 1, 2017, via the FCC's spectrum incentive auction, but damage to the station's transmission line forced it to end operations two weeks early on November 19.[2]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTEN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference fcc-wcdcoffearly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).