WAWV-TV

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WAWV-TV

Terre Haute, Indiana United States
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 38
Branding	WAWV
Programming
Affiliations	38.1: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Mission Broadcasting, Inc.
Operator	Nexstar Media Group via JSA/SSA
Sister stations	WTWO
History
First air date	April 3, 1973 (51 years ago) (1973-04-03)
Former call signs	WIIL-TV (1973–1977) WBAK-TV (1977–2005) WFXW (2005–2011)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 38 (UHF, 1973–2009) Digital: 39 (UHF, 1999–2019)
Former affiliations	ABC (1973–1995) Fox (1995–2011)
Call sign meaning	ABC for the Wabash Valley
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	65247
ERP	250 kW
HAAT	248 m (814 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°14′33″N 87°23′29″W / 39.24250°N 87.39139°W / 39.24250; -87.39139
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.mywabashvalley.com

WAWV-TV (channel 38) is a television station in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which maintains joint sales and shared services agreements with Nexstar Media Group, owner of dual NBC affiliate/CW owned-and-operated station WTWO (channel 2), for the provision of certain services. The two stations share studios on US 41/150 in unincorporated Sullivan County (south of Farmersburg), where WAWV-TV's transmitter is also located.