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| Branding | WXOW 19; News 19 |
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| History | |
First air date | March 7, 1970 |
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Call sign meaning | "X" for La Crosse, and sister to Madison's WKOW |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 64549 |
| ERP | 251 kW |
| HAAT | 348 m (1,142 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°48′23″N 91°22′3″W / 43.80639°N 91.36750°W |
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| Website | www |
WXOW (channel 19) is a television station in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Allen Media Group. The station's studios and transmitter are located on County Highway 25 in La Crescent, Minnesota.
WQOW (channel 18) in Eau Claire operates as a semi-satellite of WXOW, extending the ABC signal into the Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin. As such, it simulcasts all network and syndicated programming as provided through WXOW but airs separate commercial inserts, legal identifications, local newscasts and Sunday morning religious programs,[2][3] and has its own website. WXOW serves the southern half of the La Crosse–Eau Claire market while WQOW serves the northern portion. The two stations are counted as a single unit for ratings purposes. Although WQOW maintains its own studios on Friedeck Road in Eau Claire, master control and some internal operations are based at WXOW's facilities. DirecTV and Dish Network offer both WXOW and WQOW as of September 2010.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WXOW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Program Information for WXOW at TitanTV.com
- ^ Program Information for WQOW at TitanTV.com