WIIH-CD
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Indianapolis, Indiana United States |
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| Branding | WISH-TV 8 (general) 24-Hour News 8 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Today, Tomorrow, Always |
| Channels |
Digital: 17 (VHF) Virtual: 8 () |
| Subchannels | 8.1 Simulcast of WISH-TV/The CW 8.2/17.1 GetTV 8.3 Justice Network |
| Affiliations | The CW (as a WISH-TV translator) |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | January 29, 1988 |
| Call letters' meaning | Visual disambiguation of former W11BV translator calls with look-alike characters, H from WISH-TV calls |
| Sister station(s) | WISH-TV, WNDY-TV |
| Former callsigns | W11BV (1988–1995) WIIH-LP (1995–2002) WIIH-CA (2002–2009) WIIH-LD (2009–2011) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 11 (UHF, 1988–2002) 17 (UHF, 2002–2011) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: Independent (1988–2003) Univision (2003–2008) Weather forecast service (2009–2011) CBS via WISH-TV (2011-2014) Secondary: CBS via WISH-TV (1988-2003 & 2009-2011) |
| Transmitter power | 0.3 kW |
| Height | 144 m |
| Class | DC |
| Facility ID | 167765 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°53′25″N 86°12′20″W / 39.89028°N 86.20556°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | wishtv.com |
WIIH-CD, virtual channel 17 (VHF digital channel 8), is a low-powered television station located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and is operated as a sister station to CW affiliate WISH-TV (channel 8) and MyNetworkTV affiliate WNDY-TV (channel 23). WIIH-CD currently serves as a translator station to WISH-TV. All three stations share studio facilities located on North Meridian Street (at the north end of Television Row) in northwestern Indianapolis; WIIH-CD maintains transmitter facilities located on Walnut Drive, also on the city's northwest side (near Meridian Hills).
The station first signed on the air on January 29, 1988 as W11BV, broadcasting on VHF channel 11. Its original owner, White River Corporation, sold the station to Indiana Broadcasting Corporation, the subsidiary of LIN Broadcasting Corporation (predecessor to LIN Media) that held the license for WISH-TV, on December 21, 1992. The station changed its call letters to WIIH-LP in 1995. In 2002, WIIH moved its allocation to UHF channel 17 and received approval from the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify its license to Class A status, modifying its calls to WIIH-CA in the process. In 2003, the station became the market's Univision affiliate, branding as "Univision Indiana". Soon afterward, WISH-TV began producing a nightly Spanish-language newscast for WIIH-CA (titled WIIH Noticias), which was cancelled in 2008. On May 18, 2007, LIN TV announced that it was exploring strategic alternatives that could result in the sale of the company.
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