WROC-TV

WROC-TV
Channels
BrandingNews 8
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
June 11, 1949
(75 years ago) (1949-06-11)
Former call signs
  • WHTM (CP, 1948–1949)[1]
  • WHAM-TV (1949–1956)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 6 (VHF, 1949–1954), 5 (VHF, 1954–1962), 8 (VHF, 1962–2009)
  • Digital: 45 (UHF, 2007–2019)
Call sign meaning
"Rochester", also an airport code
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID73964
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT123.2 m (404 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°8′8.3″N 77°35′1.3″W / 43.135639°N 77.583694°W / 43.135639; -77.583694
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.rochesterfirst.com

WROC-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Rochester, New York, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Nexstar Media Group. The station's studios are located on Humboldt Street in downtown Rochester, and its transmitter is located on Pinnacle Hill in Brighton, New York.

Prior to 2021, the WROC studios hosted the master control operations of Nexstar's "virtual triopoly" in the Quad Cities television market of southeastern Iowa and west-central Illinois, which includes fellow CBS affiliate WHBF-TV, CW affiliate KGCW, and Fox-affiliated LMA partner KLJB.[4]

  1. ^ "History Cards for WROC-TV".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ellwanger was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WROC-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ Fybush, Scott (February 16, 2018). "Site of the Week 2/16/18: A CBS Affiliate Road Trip". fybush.com. Retrieved January 31, 2020.