WCPO-TV

WCPO-TV
Channels
BrandingWCPO 9
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WKOI-TV
History
FoundedFebruary 20, 1948[1][2]
First air date
July 26, 1949 (75 years ago) (1949-07-26)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 7 (VHF, 1949–1953), 9 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 10 (VHF, 1998–2010), 22 (UHF, 2010–2019)
  • ABC (1949−1961)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1949–1955)
  • CBS (1961–1996)
Call sign meaning
Cincinnati Post (a now defunct Scripps newspaper)
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID59438
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT297 m (974 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°7′30.4″N 84°29′56″W / 39.125111°N 84.49889°W / 39.125111; -84.49889
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wcpo.com

WCPO-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is the flagship television property of locally based E. W. Scripps Company, which has owned the station since its inception. WCPO-TV's studios are located in the Mount Adams neighborhood of Cincinnati next to the Elsinore Arch, and its transmitter is located at the site of the station's original studios on Symmes Street, in the Walnut Hills section of the city.

  1. ^ FCC History Cards for WCPO-TV. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Cincinnati is given third TV outlet." Broadcasting - Telecasting, March 1, 1948, pg. 83.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCPO-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.