WISH-TV
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Indianapolis, Indiana United States |
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| Branding | WISH-TV (general) 24-Hour News 8 (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
Today, Tomorrow, Always. (primary) There Whenever You're Ready for News (news) |
| Channels |
Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 8 () |
| Translators |
WIIH-CD 17 (UHF) Indianapolis WNDY-TV 23.3 (UHF) Marion |
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| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Indiana Broadcasting, LLC) |
| First air date | July 1, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | Pronounced as wish (as in making a wish) |
| Sister station(s) | WNDY-TV |
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| Transmitter power | 22.8 kW (main signal) 15 kW (fill-in translator) |
| Height | 284 m (main signal) 190.5 m (fill-in translator) |
| Facility ID | 39269 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°53′25.0″N 86°12′20.0″W / 39.890278°N 86.205556°WCoordinates: 39°53′25.0″N 86°12′20.0″W / 39.890278°N 86.205556°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | http://wishtv.com/ |
WISH-TV, virtual channel 8 (VHF digital channel 9), is a CW-affiliated television station located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WNDY-TV (channel 23). The two stations share studio facilities located on North Meridian Street (at the north end of the Television Row section) on the near north side of Indianapolis; WISH-TV maintains transmitter facilities located on Walnut Drive in the Augusta section of the city's northwest side (near Meridian Hills).
On cable, WISH-TV is available on Charter Spectrum channel 3, Comcast Xfinity channel 7 and AT&T U-verse channel 8 in standard definition and Xfinity digital channel 708, and Spectrum and AT&T U-verse channel 1008 in high definition.
The station first signed on the air at 6:00 p.m. on July 1, 1954. Founded by C. Bruce McConnell – owner of radio station WISH/1310 (now WTLC) – it was the third television station to sign on in the Indianapolis market, after WFBM-TV (channel 6, now WRTV), which signed on in May 1949 and Bloomington-licensed WTTV (channel 10, now on channel 4), which signed on six months later in November 1949. WISH-TV originally operated as a primary ABC affiliate with a secondary affiliation with the DuMont Television Network. The station also carried several CBS and NBC programs that WFBM-TV and WTTV respectively declined to carry. WISH-TV originally transmitted its signal from a tower it shared with WISH radio; the following year, the station constructed a 1,000 feet (300 m) transmitter tower, which allowed the station to improve its signal coverage in the market.
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