WSAZ-TV

WSAZ-TV

ATSC 3.0 station
Huntington–Charleston, West Virginia United States
City	Huntington, West Virginia
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF) Virtual: 3
Branding	WSAZ NewsChannel 3 MeTV Charleston–Huntington (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	3.1: NBC 3.2: MeTV/MyNetworkTV for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WQCW
History
First air date	November 15, 1949 (74 years ago) (1949-11-15)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 5 (VHF, 1949–1952), 3 (VHF, 1952–2009) Digital: 23 (UHF, 2002–2020)
Former affiliations	All secondary: CBS (1949–1954) ABC (1949–1955) DuMont (1949–1956)
Call sign meaning	derived from former radio sister, now WRVC
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	36912
ERP	800 kW
HAAT	385.7 m (1,265 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°30′36.3″N 82°13′9.5″W / 38.510083°N 82.219306°W / 38.510083; -82.219306
Translator(s)	W27EF-D 27 (UHF) Charleston
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wsaz.com

WSAZ-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, United States, affiliated with NBC. It serves the Charleston–Huntington market, the second-largest television market (in terms of geographical area) east of the Mississippi River; the station's coverage area includes 31 counties in central West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and southeastern Ohio. WSAZ-TV is owned by Gray Television alongside Portsmouth, Ohio–licensed CW affiliate WQCW (channel 30). The two stations share studios on 5th Avenue in Huntington, with an additional studio and newsroom on Columbia Avenue in Charleston. WSAZ-TV's transmitter is located on Barker Ridge near Milton, West Virginia.