WHAM-TV
 
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Rochester, New York United States |
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| City | Rochester |
| Branding | 13 WHAM ABC (general) 13 WHAM News (newscasts) (pronounced "wham") Rochester's CW (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Your Breaking News & Weather Authority |
| Channels |
Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 13 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 13.1 ABC 13.2 The CW 13.3 Charge! |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner |
Deerfield Media (Deerfield Media (Rochester) License, LLC) |
| Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| First air date | September 15, 1962 |
| Call letters' meaning | taken from former sister WHAM radio |
| Sister station(s) |
WUHF, WUTV, WNYO-TV, WSTM-TV, WSTQ-LP, WRGB, WCWN |
| Former callsigns | WOKR (1962–2005) |
| Former channel number(s) | 13 (VHF analog, 1962–2009) 59 (UHF digital, 2005–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 10.5 kW |
| Height | 152 m |
| Facility ID | 73371 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°8′7″N 77°35′3″W / 43.13528°N 77.58417°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | 13wham.com |
WHAM-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Rochester, New York. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter on Pinnacle Hill on the border between Rochester and Brighton. The station can also be seen on Charter Spectrum channels 13 and 1200 in standard definition and high definition. Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group (owner of Fox affiliate WUHF) under a local marketing agreement, it has studios on West Henrietta Road (NY 15) in Henrietta (though the mailing address says Rochester).
The station signed-on at 4 in the afternoon on September 15, 1962 as WOKR (for "We're OK Rochester"). Right from the start, it was an ABC affiliate and is the only commercial station in the area that has never changed its affiliation. It originally operated from studios located on South Clinton Avenue in Rochester. In March 1970, it was sold to Flower City Television Corporation. Flower City sold the station to Post Corporation, a media conglomerate based in the Fox Cities region of Wisconsin in 1977. George N. Gillett Jr. purchased the Post Corporation stations in 1984 transferring it into Gillett Holdings, Inc. Hughes Broadcasting Partners (Paul Hughes and Veronis, Suhler & Associates) purchased the station in 1991. Hughes then sold WOKR to Guy Gannett Communications in 1995.
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