WCHS-TV

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8.2: <a href="view_html.php?sq=&lang=&q=Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox
8.3: Antenna TV

WCHS-TV
Charleston–Huntington–; Parkersburg, West Virginia; ; United States;
City	Charleston, West Virginia
Channels	Digital: 29 (UHF); Virtual: 8;
Branding	WCHS-TV 8; Eyewitness News; Fox 11 (on DT2);
Programming
Affiliations	8.1: ABC; 8.2: Fox; 8.3: Antenna TV;
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group; (WCHS Licensee, LLC);
Sister stations	WVAH-TV
History
First air date	August 15, 1954 (70 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 8 (VHF, 1954–2009); Digital: 41 (UHF, 2001–2018);
Former affiliations	CBS (1954–1958, 1962–1986); ABC (1958–1962); NTA (secondary, 1956–1961);
Call sign meaning	From WCHS radio; Charleston
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	71280
ERP	533 kW
HAAT	514.1 m (1,687 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°24′28″N 81°54′12″W / 38.40778°N 81.90333°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	wchstv.com

WCHS-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, United States, serving the Charleston–Huntington market as an affiliate of ABC and Fox. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provides certain services to WVAH-TV (channel 11, also licensed to Charleston) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Cunningham Broadcasting. However, Sinclair effectively owns WVAH-TV as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The two stations share studios on Piedmont Road in Charleston; WCHS-TV's transmitter is located atop Coal Mountain, south of Scott Depot, West Virginia.