WPVI-TV

WPVI-TV

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
Channels	Digital: 6 (VHF) Virtual: 6
Branding	6 ABC or Channel 6, Action News
Programming
Affiliations	6.1: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	ABC Owned Television Stations (The Walt Disney Company) (WPVI Television (Philadelphia), LLC)
History
Founded	July 18, 1946[1][2]
First air date	September 13, 1947 (76 years ago) (1947-09-13)
Former call signs	WFIL-TV (1947–1971)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 6 (VHF, 1947–2009) Digital: 64 (UHF, 1998–2009)
Former affiliations	DuMont (1947–1948, secondary 1948–1956)
Call sign meaning	Philadelphia and VI for the Roman numeral 6
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	8616
ERP	45 kW
HAAT	342 m (1,122 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°2′39″N 75°14′25″W / 40.04417°N 75.24028°W / 40.04417; -75.24028
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	6abc.com

WPVI-TV (channel 6), branded 6 ABC, is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, serving as the market's ABC outlet. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios on City Avenue in the Wynnefield Heights section of Philadelphia, and a transmitter in the city's Roxborough neighborhood.^[4]