WOWT

WOWT
CityOmaha, Nebraska
Channels
BrandingWOWT 6 Omaha; First Alert 6
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
August 29, 1949 (75 years ago) (1949-08-29)
Former call signs
  • WOW-TV (1949–1975)
  • WOWT-TV (1983–2012)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 6 (VHF, 1949–2009)
  • NBC (1949–1956)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1949–1952)
  • ABC (secondary, 1949–1953 and 1954–1957)
  • CBS (secondary 1955–1956, primary 1956–1986)
Call sign meaning
Woodmen of the World (original owner of WOW radio) + Television
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID65528
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT418 m (1,371 ft)
Transmitter coordinates41°18′40″N 96°1′38″W / 41.31111°N 96.02722°W / 41.31111; -96.02722
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wowt.com

WOWT (channel 6) is a television station in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Gray Television. The station's studios are located at the Kiewit Plaza on Farnam Street near downtown Omaha, and its transmitter is located on a "tower farm" near North 72nd Street and Crown Point Avenue in north-central Omaha.

WOWT is Gray's only Nebraska station that is not part of its Nebraska News & Weather Network which includes sister stations KOLN/KGIN, KSNB-TV, KNEP, and KNOP-TV.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WOWT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.