WPLG

WPLG

ATSC 3.0 station
Miami–Fort Lauderdale, Florida United States
City	Miami, Florida
Channels	Digital: 10 (VHF) Virtual: 10
Branding	Local 10
Programming
Affiliations	10.1: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Berkshire Hathaway (WPLG, Inc.)
History
First air date	November 20, 1961 (62 years ago) (1961-11-20)[a]
Former call signs	WLBW-TV (1961–1970)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 10 (VHF, 1961–2009) Digital: 9 (VHF, 1999–2009)
Call sign meaning	in memory of former Washington Post publisher Phillip Leslie Graham
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	53113
ERP	156 kW
HAAT	309 m (1,014 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	25°58′1″N 80°12′42″W / 25.96694°N 80.21167°W / 25.96694; -80.21167
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.local10.com

WPLG (channel 10) is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States, affiliated with ABC. The station is owned by Berkshire Hathaway as its sole broadcast property. WPLG's studios are located on West Hallandale Beach Boulevard in Pembroke Park, and its transmitter is located in Miami Gardens, Florida.

WPLG signed on the air as WLBW-TV on November 20, 1961, as the replacement for WPST-TV, which was forced off the air by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) following the revelation of bribery undertaken with one of the commissioners to secure that station's license. L. B. Wilson, Inc., was found to be the only bidder for the original channel 10 license not to have engaged in coercive action, and was thus awarded a temporary permit to begin telecasting. While WPST-TV's license was revoked in July 1960, WLBW-TV had to wait for nearly a year to finally sign on using entirely different facilities, but hired multiple former WPST-TV staffers and picked up the ABC affiliation WPST-TV held. Sold to Post-Newsweek Stations in 1969, WLBW-TV was renamed WPLG the following year in honor of Philip Leslie Graham. Led by on-air talent including Ann Bishop, Dwight Lauderdale, Bryan Norcross, Michael Putney and Calvin Hughes, WPLG's news department emerged in the 1970s as a leader in local television ratings and has maintained that position ever since. WPLG has been owned by Berkshire Hathaway since 2014, when Post-Newsweek (renamed Graham Media Group) divested it, but continues to maintain infrastructure and logistical ties to its previous ownership.

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