WOAY-TV

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WOAY-TV
Oak Hill–Beckley–; Bluefield, West Virginia; ; United States;
City	Oak Hill, West Virginia
Channels	Digital: 31 (UHF); Virtual: 4;
Branding	WOAY 4; NewsWatch 4
Programming
Affiliations	4.1: ABC; 4.2: Dabl;
Ownership
Owner	Thomas and DiBartolomeo families; (Thomas Broadcasting Company);
History
Founded	June 2, 1954
First air date	December 14, 1954 (69 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (VHF, 1954–2009); Digital: 50 (UHF, until 2019); Virtual: 50 (2009–2019);
Former affiliations	DuMont (1954–1956); CBS (primary 1959–1967, per program 1967–1975); UPN (secondary);
Call sign meaning	derived from former sister station WOAY radio
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	66804
ERP	320 kW
HAAT	210.1 m (689 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°57′26″N 81°9′2″W / 37.95722°N 81.15056°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	woay.com

WOAY-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Oak Hill, West Virginia, United States, serving the Bluefield–Beckley–Oak Hill market as an affiliate of ABC. It has been locally owned by the Thomas family since its inception, and its studios and transmitter are co-located on Legends Highway in Scarbro, just outside the Oak Hill city limits (though with an Oak Hill mailing address).

^ "For the record: Actions of the FCC–New TV stations–Grants" (PDF). Broadcasting – Telecasting. June 7, 1954. p. 91.
^ "Facility Technical Data for WOAY-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[1] "For the record: Actions of the FCC–New TV stations–Grants" (PDF). Broadcasting – Telecasting. June 7, 1954. p. 91.

[2] "Facility Technical Data for WOAY-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

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