Three weeks after the FCC's July 18 vote to have the deal reviewed by an administrative law judge amid "serious concerns" about Sinclair's forthrightness in its applications to sell certain conflict properties, on August 9, 2018, Tribune announced it would terminate the Sinclair deal, intending to seek other M&A opportunities. [38], News broadcasts on WHP remained mainly in pillarboxed 4:3 standard definition until April 14, 2012, when WHP-TV became the fourth (and last) television station in the Central Pennsylvania market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition and the third to broadcast both in-studio segments and field reports in the format. On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television station group to Providence Equity Partners' Newport Television. WHP is listed in the World's largest and most authoritative dictionary database of abbreviations and acronyms WHP is listed in the World's largest and most authoritative dictionary database of abbreviations and acronyms Welcome to the DD-WRT Wiki. Until the 1995 re-call of WGPR-TV in Detroit as the second iteration of WWJ-TV (channel 62) after its purchase by CBS, it was the only commercial UHF television station in the United States to feature a three-letter callsign. Owner WHP-TV and WLYH continued as the market's only CBS affiliates, with approximately 75 percent signal overlap. Register Start a Wiki. WSEE, Erie TV Stations Wikia is a FANDOM TV Community. On July 29, 2013, Allbritton Communications announced that it would sell its seven television stations, including WHTM-TV, to Sinclair. WHP-TV moved from channel 55 to UHF channel 21 in 1961. [15], On May 8, 2017, Sinclair entered into an agreement to acquire Chicago-based Tribune Media – which has owned WPMT since 1996 – for $3.9 billion, plus the assumption of $2.7 billion in debt held by Tribune. WPCW, Pittsburgh In addition to its main studios, WHP operates a bureau in York. WHVL-LD, Altoona/Johnstown WITF 33 (PBS) 1 1953–1957 2 1957–1961 3 1961–1965 4 1966–1971 5 1971–1975 6 1976–1988 7 1988–1990 8 1990–1994 9 1994–2001 10 2001–2009 11 2009–present Add a photo to this gallery The station broadcasts from its studios on the corner of Victor and brush streets in the city of highland Park, with its transmitter located near Burt road and Capitol Avenue in Wetherby section of Detroit, shared with radio stations WMUZ-FM and WCHB. [citation needed]. On May 8, 2017, Sinclair entered into an agreement to acquire Chicago-based Tribune Media – which has owned WPMT since 1996 – for $3.9 billion, plus the assumption of $2.7 billion in debt held by Tribune. WHP-TV later began to share CBS programming with WLYH-TV (channel 15) in Lebanon and WSBA-TV (channel 43) in York as part of the Keystone Network. The Susquehanna Radio Corporation sold WSBA to Mohawk Broadcasting in 1983 and relaunched it as independent station WPMT (now a Fox affiliate). CBS 21 (general)CBS 21 News (newscasts)My TV Central PA (DT2)The CW Central PA (DT3) The CW: WDCW, WHP-DT3 MyNetworkTV: WDCA, WHP-DT2 Radio. WHP-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 21, is a CBS - affiliated television station licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States and serving the Susquehanna Valley region (Harrisburg– Lancaster – Lebanon – York). The station's digital signal is multiplexed: On February 22, 2006, News Corporation announced the launch of a new network called MyNetworkTV. Both stations also stopped the arrangement in which one station ran whatever CBS shows the other declined to air, though they continued to duplicate most network shows, and continued to have separate newscasts and syndicated programs. WHP-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 21, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States and serving the Susquehanna Valley region (Harrisburg–Lancaster–Lebanon–York). Looking for online definition of WHP or what WHP stands for? In this case, the Harrisburg–Lancaster–York market, despite being the 43rd-largest market at the time the purchase was announced, has only six full-power stations, which are too few to permit a legal duopoly. Recently Changed Pages. 21.1: WHP-HD21.2: MyNetworkTV21.3: The CW21.4: Court TV Mystery21.5: Bounce TV21.6: This TV21.7: Dabl The subchannel became available on Comcast's digital tier while Philadelphia's WPHL-TV (which had been serving as the area's de facto WB affiliate) remained on the basic tier after becoming a MyNetworkTV affiliate. DT3 are a Darwin based hip hop trio that combined their three large personalities over catchy beats, versatile rhyming and energetic live performances. 21 As part of the deal, Sinclair was planning to sell the license assets of WHP-TV to Deerfield Media, but would continue to operate the station through shared services and joint sales agreements. WLYH and WHP-TV merged their operations under this agreement, and on December 16, 1995, WHP-TV became the sole CBS affiliate for South Central Pennsylvania with WLYH converting into an exclusive UPN affiliate (it had carried the network as a secondary affiliation for 11 months prior starting at UPN's launch). United States Census Bureau. Despite the presence of WHP-TV, CBS-owned KYW-TV in Philadelphia serves as an alternate CBS affiliate for South Central Pennsylvania, as it is carried on Xfinity systems in the market. WHP-TV's studios are located on North 6th Street in the Uptown section of Harrisburg, with the building bisected by the city line for Harrisburg and Susquehanna Township; the station shares transmitter facilities with Lancaster-licensed Comet affiliate WXBU (channel 15, owned by Sinclair partner company Howard Stirk Holdings) on a ridge north of Linglestown Road in Susquehanna Township (it is co-located with WITF-TV and is distinguishable as the unlit red and white tower; WITF's tower is unpainted and flashes strobes at all times). This is a list of network affiliates of the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. [7] The group deal with Sinclair was completed on December 3, 2012. WHP-TV, virtual channel 21 (UHF digital channel 32), is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States and serving the Susquehanna Valley region (Harrisburg–Lancaster–Lebanon–York). You can help Logopedia by uploading it here. WHP's transmitter is located on a ridge north of Linglestown Road in Susquehanna Township (it is co-located with WITF-TV and is distinguishable as the unlit red and white tower; WITF's tower is unpainted and flashes strobes at all times). On July 29, 2013, Allbritton Communications announced that it would sell its seven television stations, including WHTM-TV, to Sinclair. DT3. WHP, Harrisburg The termination of the Sinclair sale agreement places uncertainty for the future of Standard Media's purchases of WPMT and the other six Tribune- and Sinclair-operated stations included in that deal, which were predicated on the closure of the Sinclair–Tribune merger.[26][27][28][29][30][31]. WEEO-FM, 103.7 - talk radio format; Notable people. In 1990, WNNE was purchased by Heritage Media, which converted the station into a semi-satellite of Burlington, Vermont NBC station WPTZ. The station first signed on the air on July 4, 1953. Logo Timeline Wiki. Explore Wikis; Community Central; Start a Wiki; Search This wiki This wiki All wikis | Sign In Don't have an account? WSEE-DT2, Erie Station logo branded as "21 CBS" until 2009. This is due to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) duopoly regulations that not only disallow common ownership of two of the four highest-rated stations in a single market, but also require a market to be left with eight unique owners after a duopoly is formed. Sinclair was precluded from acquiring WPMT directly, as both it and WHP rank among the four highest-rated stations in the Harrisburg–Lancaster–Lebanon–York market in total day viewership, and there are too few independently owned full-power stations in the Susquehanna Valley area to permit legal duopolies in any event. Network owned-and-operated stations and major PBS stations are highlighted The Susquehanna Radio Corporation sold WSBA to Mohawk Broadcasting in 1983 and relaunched it as independent station WPMT (now a Fox affiliate). Owned by South Sound Broadcasting, Sinclair programs this station, as a simulcast of KOMO (AM). Slogan Category:Harrisburg,Pennsylvania | Logo Timeline Wiki | Fandom. [10] On March 20, 2014, as part of a restructuring of the Sinclair-Allbritton deal to address the noted ownership conflicts, Sinclair announced that it would terminate the sale of WHP-TV to Deerfield Media and instead sell the station to another third-party buyer, with whom Sinclair would not to enter into any operational or financial agreements and would assume the rights to the LMA with WLYH. On April 24, 2018, in an amendment to the Tribune acquisition through which it proposed the sale of certain stations to both independent and affiliated third-party companies to curry the DOJ's approval, Sinclair announced that it would sell WPMT and eight other stations – Sinclair-operated KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City, WRLH-TV in Richmond, WOLF-TV (along with LMA partners WSWB and WQMY) in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, KDSM-TV in Des Moines and WXLV-TV in Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point, and Tribune-owned WXMI in Grand Rapids – to Standard Media Group (an independent broadcast holding company formed by private equity firm Standard General to assume ownership of and absolve ownership conflicts involving the aforementioned stations) for $441.1 million. In 1963, it began airing separate local programming during off-network hours, while WLYH and WSBA-TV continued to simulcast for virtually the entire broadcast day. On May 2, 2017, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that it would launch a multiplatform children's programming block on linear television and online platforms. WHP This article or section lacks a former logo at the moment. WHP-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 21, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States and serving the Susquehanna Valley region (Harrisburg–Lancaster–Lebanon–York). WHPS-CD, virtual channel 15 and digital UHF channel 15, is a low-power radio station based in highland Park, Michigan, USA. Other Languages: Deutsch; Español; Français; Italiano; Português; Svenska; 简体中文 ; Русский; Polski . Wikis. Toby Shaw, news presenter; References. WLYH's news department was shut down after being taken over by WHP, which began producing a primetime newscast at 10 p.m. for WLYH in September 1996; it was canceled in September 2003 due to low ratings. WXBU 15 (Comet) Analog:55 (UHF, 1953–1961)21 (UHF, 1961–2009)Digital:4 (VHF, 2003–2009) Tribune also filed a breach of contract lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court, alleging that Sinclair engaged in protracted negotiations with the FCC and the DOJ over regulatory issues, refused to sell stations in markets where it already had properties, and proposed divestitures to parties with ties to Sinclair executive chair David D. Smith that were rejected or highly subject to rejection to maintain control over stations it was required to sell. WHP 21 (CBS) WHP-TVball: Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York: CBSball (DT1) MyNetworkTVcube (DT2) CWball (DT3) KOKH-TVball: Oklahoma City: Foxball: KOCBball: CWball: WBMA-LDball: Birmingham (Alabama) ABCball: WTTOball: Homewood-Birmingham (Alabama) CWball: WABMball: Birmingham (Alabama) MyNetworkTVcube: WTVZ-TVball: Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News: WXLV-TVball: Winston … It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. WLYH and WSBA-TV ran about three-quarters of the CBS schedule, compared to separately programmed and owned WHP. KDKA, Pittsburgh 1 KRNT-TV 1.1 1955–1964 1.2 1964–1967 1.3 1967–1970 1.4 1970–1974 2 KCCI 2.1 1974–1979 2.2 1979–1991 2.2.1 1979–1984 2.2.2 1984–1987 2.2.3 1987–1991 2.3 1991–1995 2.4 1995–present 2.4.1 1995–2000 2.4.2 2000–present Add a photo to this gallery Add a … [citation needed]. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". Add new page. In addition, WHTM and WHP are respectively the second and third highest-rated stations in the market. The staff has earned numerous awards, including an Emmy Award in 2010 among other recognitions for its news team. [37] WHP revived that newscast in January 2009, which competes with WPMT's longer-established 10 p.m. WHP-TV moved from channel 55 to UHF channel 21 in 1961. This arrangement was necessary in the days before cable television, since the Harrisburg/Lancaster/York market is very mountainous and UHF signals do not travel very far in rugged terrain. He is now receiving between 1 - 1.5 liters of oxygen via nasal cannula. That's it. The LMA with WLYH-TV was included in the Newport–Sinclair deal despite Nexstar owning the license to the latter station. Newport Television and Sinclair ownership, Out-of-market cable and satellite coverage, Newport Television and Sinclair ownership, Out-of-market cable and satellite coverage. If it takes too long to wean, he may be discharged on a small amount of oxygen and weaned at home. [32][33] On July 12, WHP announced that it would launch a new second digital subchannel to serve as the area's MyNetworkTV affiliate when that network launched on September 5. United States Census Bureau. Check out today's TV schedule for Court TV (WPHL-DT3) Philadelphia, PA and take a look at what is scheduled for the next 2 weeks. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (derived from former sister station WHP radio) WHP-TV and WLYH continued as the market's only CBS affiliates, with approximately 75 percent signal overlap. The station lost DuMont when that network folded in 1956. WHP-DT3 21.3 WHP-DT2 21.2 WITF-TV 33 WHTM-TV 27.2 WLYH 49 WXBU 15 48 Louisville: Kentucky: WHAS-TV 11 WLKY 32 WAVE 3 WDRB 41 WBKI 58 WBKI 58.3 WKPC-TV 15 WKMJ-TV 68 WDRB 41.3 49 Greensboro–High Point–Winston-Salem: North Carolina: WXLV-TV 45 WFMY-TV 2 WXII-TV 12 WGHP 8 WCWG 20 WMYV 48 WUNL-TV 26 WGPX-TV 16 50 New Orleans: Louisiana: WGNO 26 WWL-TV 4 … Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia; its transmitter is located on the Roxborough tower farm. July 4, 1953 1 WSBA-TV 1.1 1952-1957 1.2 1957-1961 1.3 1961-1965 1.4 1965-1971 1.5 1971-1978 1.6 1978-1983 2 WPMT 2.1 1983-1990 2.2 1990-1995 2.3 1995-1997 2.4 1997-2007 2.5 2007-2009 2.6 2009-2013 2.7 2013-2020 2.8 2020-present This article or section lacks a former logo at the moment. Despite the presence of WHP-TV, CBS-owned KYW-TV in Philadelphia serves as an alternate CBS affiliate for South Central Pennsylvania, as it is carried on Xfinity systems in the market. Former Channel Number(s) CBS CBS/MyNetworkTV/CW affiliate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Television station in Pennsylvania, United States, WHP-TV 11pm News Segment, November 5, 2003, How to Add TV Channels Without a Rescan - Lock in Weak Stations. WLYH and WHP-TV merged their operations under this agreement, and on December 16, 1995, WHP-TV became the sole CBS affiliate for South Central Pennsylvania with WLYH converting into an exclusive UPN affiliate (it had carried the network as a secondary affiliation for 11 months prior starting at UPN's launch). On July 19, 2012, Newport Television sold WHP-TV and five other stations to the Sinclair Broadcast Group as part of a group deal to sell 22 of its 27 stations to Sinclair, Nexstar Broadcasting Group and Cox Media Group. The station also provides weather forecasts for local radio stations WSOX (96.1), WLAN-FM (96.9), WQLV (98.9 FM), and WLAN (1390 AM). WPMT 43 (FOX) Tribune also filed a breach of contract lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court, alleging that Sinclair engaged in protracted negotiations with the FCC and the DOJ over regulatory issues, refused to sell stations in markets where it already had properties, and proposed divestitures to parties with ties to Sinclair executive chair David D. Smith that were rejected or highly subject to rejection to maintain control over stations it was required to sell. On February 1, 2016, the simulcast of "The CW Central PA" moved to WHP 21.3. [4][5] The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group Syndicated programming on WHP includes Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Dr. Phil and The 700 Club. [16][17][18][19][20] On April 24, 2018, in an amendment to the Tribune acquisition through which it proposed the sale of certain stations to both independent and affiliated third-party companies to curry the DOJ's approval, Sinclair announced that it would sell WPMT and eight other stations – Sinclair-operated KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City, WRLH-TV in Richmond, WOLF-TV (along with LMA partners WSWB and WQMY) in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, KDSM-TV in Des Moines and WXLV-TV in Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point, and Tribune-owned WXMI in Grand Rapids – to Standard Media Group (an independent broadcast holding company formed by private equity firm Standard General to assume ownership of and absolve ownership conflicts involving the aforementioned stations) for $441.1 million. WLYH 49 (Ind), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (derived from former sister station WHP radio). Call Letter Meaning(s) KidsClickwas a daily children'sprogramming blockdistributed bySinclair Broadcast Group, which premiered on July 1, 2017. The unusual situation of one market having two separately-owned and programmed CBS affiliates that air most of the same network programming continued until the fall of 1995, when Commonwealth sold channel 21 to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), which subsequently entered into a local marketing agreement with WLYH's then-owner Gateway Communications. The station first signed on the air on July 4, 1953. KXNW, virtual channel 34 (UHF digital channel 25), is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, United States, serving Northwest Arkansas (including Fayetteville) and the Arkansas River Valley (including Fort Smith). Location On March 20, 2014, as part of a restructuring of the Sinclair-Allbritton deal to address the noted ownership conflicts, Sinclair announced that it would terminate the sale of WHP-TV to Deerfield Media and instead sell the station to another third-party buyer, with whom Sinclair would not to enter into any operational or financial agreements and would assume the rights to the LMA with WLYH. WTHQ-TV is a commercial-free television station located in Buffalo, New York, and it is affiliated with Canadian cable channel Treehouse TV. This arrangement was necessary in the days before cable television since the Harrisburg/Lancaster/York market is very mountainous and UHF signals do not travel very far in rugged terrain. We have created a browser extension. The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. Subchannels WYOU, Hazelton/Pittston/Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, WHP-DT2, Harrisburg Nexstar Media Group WPHL-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 17, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. In 1975, the station relocated from its original studio facility on Locust Street to its current location on North 6th Street. Owned-and-operated stations are in bold. Sinclair was precluded from acquiring WPMT directly, as both it and WHP rank among the four highest-rated stations in the Harrisburg–Lancaster–Lebanon–York market in total day viewership, and there are too few independently owned full-power stations in the Susquehanna Valley area to permit legal duopolies in any event. WPNT, Pittsburgh Television channels and stations established in 1953, https://tvstations.fandom.com/wiki/WHP?oldid=16089. ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". All three stations pre-empted moderate amounts of CBS programming, but any shows preempted by WLYH and WSBA-TV ran on WHP while shows preempted by WHP would run on WLYH and WSBA-TV. He is now being cared for by the pulmonary doctors here on the floor with the goal of weaning him off oxygen before discharge. It is also the only station in the market that does not have a 4:30 a.m. newscast. Unlike most CBS affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone, the station did not air a midday newscast on weekdays until September 2019 when it debuted a noon newscast before The Young and the Restless. WHP-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 21, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The unusual situation of one market having two separately-owned and programmed CBS affiliates that air most of the same network programming continued until the fall of 1995, when Commonwealth sold channel 21 to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), which subsequently entered into a local marketing agreement (LMA) with WLYH's then-owner Gateway Communications. On May 29, 2014, Sinclair informed the FCC that it had not yet found a buyer for WHP and that it would also consider reselling WHTM to the third-party buyer, while keeping WHP and the LMA for WLYH; on June 23, the company announced that WHTM would be sold to Media General for $83.4 million. WSWB, Hazelton/Pittston/Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, WGAL 8 (NBC) The LMA with WLYH-TV was included in the Newport–Sinclair deal despite Nexstar owning the license to the latter station.