WHIO-TV

WHIO-TV
Channels
BrandingWHIO-TV 7; Channel 7; News Center 7
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WHIO (AM), WHIO-FM, WHKO, WZLR
History
First air date
February 23, 1949 (75 years ago) (1949-02-23)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 13 (VHF, 1949–1952), 7 (VHF, 1952–2009)
  • Digital: 41 (UHF, 2001–2019)
DuMont (secondary, 1949–1952)
Call sign meaning
Ohio
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID41458
ERP854 kW
HAAT348 m (1,142 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°44′1.8″N 84°14′52.2″W / 39.733833°N 84.247833°W / 39.733833; -84.247833
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.whio.com

WHIO-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Dayton, Ohio, United States, affiliated with CBS. It has been owned by Cox Media Group since its inception, making it one of two stations that have been built and signed on by Cox (alongside company flagship WSB-TV in Atlanta). WHIO-TV's transmitter is located off Germantown Street in the Highview Hills neighborhood of southwest Dayton. It shares facilities with sister properties the Dayton Daily News and Cox's Miami Valley radio stations in the Cox Media Center building on South Main Street near downtown Dayton.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHIO-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.