WLW-TV
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Cincinnati, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | WLWT 5 (general) WLWT News 5 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Leading the Way |
| Channels |
Digital: 35 (UHF) (to move to 20 (UHF)) Virtual: 5 () |
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| Owner |
Hearst Television (Ohio-Oklahoma Hearst Television Inc.) |
| First air date | February 9, 1948 |
| Call letters' meaning |
World's Largest Wireless Television (sister to radio station) |
| Former callsigns | W8XCT (experimental, 1946–1948) |
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| Transmitter power | 1000 kW 790 kW (CP) |
| Height | 310.5 m (1,019 ft) 309.2 m (1,014 ft) (CP) |
| Facility ID | 46979 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
39°7′27″N 84°31′18″W / 39.12417°N 84.52167°W 39°7′26.7″N 84°31′18.2″W / 39.124083°N 84.521722°W (CP) |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WLWT, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 35), is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The station is owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation. WLWT's studios and transmitter are located on Young Street in the Mount Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati.
On cable, the station is available in standard definition on Charter Spectrum channel 5 in Ohio and channel 7 in Kentucky, and on Cincinnati Bell channel 5. A high definition feed is carried on Spectrum digital channel 1005 in Ohio and channel 906 in Kentucky, and on Cincinnati Bell channel 505.
WLWT was established by the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation, owners of WLW (700 AM), one of the United States' most powerful radio stations. Crosley Broadcasting was a subsidiary of the Crosley Corporation, which became a subsidiary of the Aviation Corporation (later known as Avco) in 1945. After starting experimental broadcasts in 1946 as W8XCT on channel 1, the station began commercial broadcasts on February 9, 1948 on VHF channel 4, making it Cincinnati's first licensed television station and Ohio's second (after WEWS-TV in Cleveland). The station's studios were housed with WLW in the Crosley Square building, a converted Elks lodge in downtown Cincinnati.
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