WLOS

WLOS

Asheville, North Carolina Greenville–Spartanburg– Anderson, South Carolina United States
City	Asheville, North Carolina
Channels	Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 13
Branding	ABC 13; News 13 My 40 (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	13.1: ABC 13.2: MyNetworkTV for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (WLOS Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WMYA-TV
History
First air date	September 18, 1954 (69 years ago) (1954-09-18)
Former call signs	WLOS-TV (1954–1984)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 13 (VHF, 1954–2009) Digital: 56 (UHF, 2000–2009)
Former affiliations	DuMont (1954–1956)
Call sign meaning	"Wonderful Land of the Sky"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	56537
ERP	50 kW
HAAT	849.4 m (2,786.7 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°25′32″N 82°45′25″W / 35.42556°N 82.75694°W / 35.42556; -82.75694
Translator(s)	see § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	wlos.com

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.