WBAL-TV
 
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Baltimore, Maryland United States |
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| Branding |
WBAL-TV 11 (general) WBAL-TV 11 News, 11 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Live. Local. Latebreaking. |
| Channels |
Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 11 () |
| Subchannels | 11.1 NBC 11.2 MeTV |
| Affiliations | NBC (1948–1981, 1995–present) |
| Owner |
Hearst Television (WBAL Hearst Television, Inc.) |
| Founded | May 1946 |
| First air date | March 11, 1948 |
| Call letters' meaning | BALtimore |
| Sister station(s) | WBAL, WIYY |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 11 (VHF, 1948–2009) Digital: 59 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT1: CBS (1981–1995) DT2: NBC WX+ (2005–2009) "WBAL Plus" (2011–2012) |
| Transmitter power | 26.6 kW |
| Height | 299 m (981 ft) |
| Facility ID | 65696 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°20′5″N 76°39′3″W / 39.33472°N 76.65083°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WBAL-TV, channel 11, is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. WBAL-TV is one of three flagship television stations of Hearst Television, and is co-owned with radio stations WBAL (1090 AM) and WIYY (97.9 FM). The three stations share a studio and office facility on Television Hill in the Woodberry section of Baltimore, near the transmitting tower that WBAL-TV shares with WIYY and four other Baltimore television stations.
On cable, the station is carried on Comcast channels 21 (standard definition) and 811 (high definition). In outlying areas of the market, the station is carried on channel 11.
WBAL-TV began operations on March 11, 1948, from its original studios on North Charles Street in Downtown Baltimore. The station's parent, the Hearst Corporation, also owned WBAL radio and two local afternoon newspapers, the Baltimore News-Post and The Baltimore American (which later merged as the The News American in 1965 before shutting down in 1986, as one of the city's later three daily papers). WBAL-TV is one of two Hearst-owned broadcast properties to have been built and signed on by the company (the other being WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh), and the oldest to be continuously owned by Hearst through its various television subsidiaries through the years. At its launch WBAL-TV was an NBC affiliate, owing to its radio sister's long affiliation with the NBC Red Network.
Early programming on channel 11 included Musical Almanac, Look and Cook and Know Baltimore, along with news and sports productions. In the 1950s, the station introduced Romper Room, a children's program produced locally by Bert and Nancy Claster that eventually became a nationally franchised and syndicated program. Another long-running show of the 1950s was the weekday Quiz Club, co-hosted by local personalities Brent Gunts and Jay Grayson.Baltimore Sun local history columnist Jacques Kelly described it at the time of Grayson's death in June 2000, as "pure 1950s live television ... executed on a low budget ... the genial hosts ... ruled the 1 p.m. airwaves".
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