WISH-TV

WISH-TV
Channels
BrandingWISH-TV 8; News 8
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Circle City Broadcasting[1]
  • (CCB License, LLC)
WNDY-TV, WIIH-CD[2]
History
First air date
July 1, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-07-01)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 8 (VHF, 1954–2009)
  • ABC (1954–1956)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1954–1955)
  • NBC (secondary, 1954–1956)
  • CBS (1956–2014)
  • NTA (secondary, 1958–1959)
Call sign meaning
Pronounced as wish (as in making a wish)
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID39269
ERP
  • 22.8 kW (main signal)
  • 15 kW (fill-in translator)
HAAT
  • 284 m (932 ft) (main signal)
  • 189.7 m (622 ft) (fill-in translator)
Transmitter coordinates39°53′25″N 86°12′20″W / 39.89028°N 86.20556°W / 39.89028; -86.20556
Translator(s)26 (UHF) Indianapolis
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wishtv.com

WISH-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with The CW. It is locally owned by Circle City Broadcasting alongside Marion-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WNDY-TV (channel 23) and low-power, Class A Get affiliate WIIH-CD (channel 17). The stations share studios on North Meridian Street (at the north end of the Television Row section) on the near north side of Indianapolis; WISH-TV and WNDY-TV also share transmitter facilities on Walnut Drive in the Augusta section of the city's northwest side (near Meridian Hills).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference circlecity was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WISH-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.