WNEP
 
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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Branding | WNEP-TV 16 (general) Newswatch 16 (newscasts) WNEP 2 (on DT2) |
| Slogan | The News Station |
| Channels |
Digital: 50 (UHF) Virtual: 16 () |
| Subchannels | 16.1 ABC 16.2 Antenna TV 16.3 Justice Network |
| Translators | see article |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | Dreamcatcher Broadcasting, LLC (Local TV Pennsylvania License, LLC) |
| Operator | Tribune Broadcasting |
| First air date | September 16, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | We're in NorthEast Pennsylvania |
| Former callsigns | WILK-TV (1953–1954) WARM-TV (1954–1957) |
| Former channel number(s) | 34 (UHF analog, 1953–1957) 16 (UHF analog, 1957–2009) 49 (UHF digital, –2009) |
| Transmitter power | 500 kW |
| Height | 517 m |
| Facility ID | 73318 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°10′57.2″N 75°52′13.9″W / 41.182556°N 75.870528°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | wnep |
WNEP-TV, channel 16, is a television station licensed to Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, and is the ABC affiliate for the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre television market. The station is owned by Dreamcatcher Broadcasting, LLC; Tribune Broadcasting (a subsidiary of the Tribune Media Company) operates WNEP under a shared services agreement. The station maintains studio facilities located on Montage Mountain Road in Moosic, and its transmitter is on Penobscot Knob in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania.
There were originally two ABC network affiliates in northeastern Pennsylvania. WILK-TV, operating on channel 34 and owned by WILK radio took to the air from Wilkes-Barre on September 16, 1953. It was followed by Scranton-licensed WARM-TV, broadcasting on channel 16 and owned by future Governor William Scranton along with WARM radio, in February 1954. During the late 1950s, WILK-TV was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.
WILK wanted to get a head start on the other local stations when it signed on in 1953, going on the air at 2 pm rather than the 3 pm sign on that the other stations did. The engineers got the signal ready by noon and decided to take a break. However, at lunch, they turned on the station to inspect their handiwork, only to find the signal was dead. They rushed back and were able to establish the link by 1:50 pm, 10 minutes before sign-on.
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