City | Asheville, North Carolina |
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WMYA-TV | |
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First air date | September 18, 1954 |
Former call signs | WLOS-TV (1954–1984) |
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DuMont (1954–1956) | |
Call sign meaning | "Wonderful Land of the Sky" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 56537 |
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Translator(s) | see § Translators |
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Website | wlos |
WLOS (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Asheville, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting ABC and MyNetworkTV programming to Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group in an effective duopoly with WMYA-TV (channel 40) in Anderson, South Carolina. WLOS maintains studios on Technology Drive (near I-26/US 74) in Asheville and a transmitter on Mount Pisgah in Haywood County, North Carolina.
WLOS-TV began broadcasting in September 1954 as the ABC affiliate for Asheville and most of the western Carolinas and the city's second TV station. It was founded by the Skyway Broadcasting Corporation, owner of WLOS radio, and owned by Wometco Enterprises from 1958 to 1987; Sinclair has owned it since 1996. Its local news coverage has historically focused on western North Carolina, in contrast to the other major stations in the market, all of which broadcast from studios in South Carolina.