WABC-TV

WABC-TV

New York, New York United States
Channels	Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 7
Branding	ABC 7 or Channel 7; Channel 7 Eyewitness News
Programming
Affiliations	7.1: ABC 7.2: Localish 7.3: This TV 7.4: HSN[1]
Ownership
Owner	ABC Owned Television Stations (WABC Television (New York), LLC)
History
Founded	April 1947 (77 years ago) (1947-04)[2]
First air date	August 10, 1948 (75 years ago) (1948-08-10)
Former call signs	WJZ-TV (1948–1953)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 7 (VHF, 1948–2009) Digital: 45 (UHF, 1999–2009)
Former affiliations	DT2: ABC News Now (2004–2005) ABC Plus (2005–2009) Live Well Network (2009–2020) DT3: AccuWx (2006–2015) LWN (SD 2015) Laff (2015–2021)
Call sign meaning	American Broadcasting Company
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	1328
ERP	34 kW
HAAT	405 m (1,329 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°44′54.4″N 73°59′8.4″W / 40.748444°N 73.985667°W / 40.748444; -73.985667
Links
Public license information	Profile LMS
Website	abc7ny.com

WABC-TV (channel 7) is the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) owned television station in New York City. The station is in Lincoln Square in Manhattan, next to ABC's headquarters. Its transmitter is on top of the Empire State Building. The station is well-known for its Eyewitness News version. The station began broadcasting on August 10, 1948 as WJZ-TV, the first of three ABC stations to begin that year (WENR-TV in Chicago and WXYZ-TV in Detroit were the other two).^[3]

1. ↑ Cite error: The named reference rei was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
2. ↑ "FCC handles its hottest FM-TV case." Broadcasting – Telecasting. April 21, 1947, pg. 18.
3. ↑ "WJZ-TV starts; elaborate inaugural program." Broadcasting – Telecasting, August 16, 1948, pg. 23.