WTVW

WTVW
Channels
BrandingCW7 Evansville; Eyewitness News
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerMission Broadcasting, Inc.
OperatorNexstar Media Group
WEHT
History
First air date
August 21, 1956 (68 years ago) (1956-08-21)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 7 (VHF, 1956–2009)
  • Digital: 28 (UHF, 2001–2019)
Call sign meaning
Television of Western Indiana
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID3661
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT300.5 m (986 ft)
Transmitter coordinates38°1′26.8″N 87°21′43.3″W / 38.024111°N 87.362028°W / 38.024111; -87.362028
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.tristatehomepage.com

WTVW (channel 7) is a television station in Evansville, Indiana, United States, serving as a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Nexstar Media Group (which owned the station outright from 2003 to 2011 and presently owns ABC affiliate WEHT [channel 25] and holds a majority stake in The CW), for the provision of certain services. The two stations share studios on Marywood Drive in Henderson, Kentucky; WTVW's transmitter is located just outside of Chandler, Indiana.

Before joining The CW, WTVW was the market's Fox affiliate from December 3, 1995, to June 30, 2011 (serving as an independent station after disaffiliating from the network until January 30, 2013);[2] before that, it served as Evansville's original ABC affiliate from its August 21, 1956, sign-on to December 2, 1995.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTVW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Newkirk, Jacob. "FOX ends affiliation with WTVW". Evansville Courier & Press. E.W. Scripps Co. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2011.