WCAU
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Branding | NBC 10 (general) NBC 10 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Count On It. |
| Channels |
Digital: 34 (UHF) Virtual: 10 () |
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NBCUniversal (NBC Telemundo License LLC) |
| Founded | September 1946 |
| First air date | May 23, 1948 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Where Cheer Awaits You (derived from former sister radio station, now WPHT) |
| Sister station(s) |
WWSI Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia |
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| Former affiliations | CBS (1948–1995) |
| Transmitter power | 700 kW |
| Height | 400.1 m (1,313 ft) |
| Facility ID | 63153 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°2′30″N 75°14′11″W / 40.04167°N 75.23639°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
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WCAU Studios
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| Location | 1618-22 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°57′19″N 75°10′27″W / 39.95528°N 75.17417°WCoordinates: 39°57′19″N 75°10′27″W / 39.95528°N 75.17417°W |
| Built | 1931 |
| Architect | Harry Sternfeld; Multiple |
| Architectural style | Modern Movement, Art Deco |
| NRHP Reference # | 83002281 |
| Added to NRHP | January 27, 1983 |
WCAU, channel 10, is an NBC owned-and-operated television station, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal, and operates as part of a television duopoly with Atlantic City, New Jersey-licensed Telemundo owned-and-operated station WWSI (channel 62). Both networks are owned by NBCUniversal, a division of the locally based media firm Comcast. WCAU maintains studios on Monument Road in Bala Cynwyd, along the Philadelphia/Montgomery County line, and its transmitter is based in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.
In 1946, the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin secured a construction permit for channel 10, naming its proposed station WPEN-TV after the newspaper's WPEN radio stations (950 AM, now WKDN, and 98.1 FM, later WCAU-FM and now WOGL). The picture changed dramatically in 1947, when The Philadelphia Record folded. The Bulletin inherited the Record's "goodwill", along with the rights to buy the WCAU radio stations (1210 AM, now WPHT, and the original WCAU-FM (102.9 FM)) from their longtime owners, brothers Isaac and Leon Levy. The Bulletin sold the less-powerful WPEN and WCAU-FM, with the latter being renamed WPEN-FM (it is now WMGK). The Bulletin kept its FM station, renaming it WCAU-FM to match its new AM sister. The newspaper also kept its construction permit for channel 10, renaming it WCAU-TV.
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