WOLF-TV
  
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Hazleton/Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania United States |
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| City | Hazleton |
| Branding | Fox 56 (general) Fox 56 News CW 38 (on DT2) MyNetworkTV WQMY (on DT3) |
| Channels |
Digital: 45 (UHF) Virtual: 56 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 56.1 Fox 56.2 The CW 56.3 MyNetworkTV |
| Translators | 47 Waymart, 24(ATSC) Clarks Summit |
| Affiliations | Fox (1986–present) |
| Owner | New Age Media, LLC (New Age Media of Pennsylvania License, LLC) |
| Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| First air date | June 3, 1985 |
| Call letters' meaning | WOLF (the animal) |
| Sister station(s) | WQMY, WSWB |
| Former callsigns | WWLF-TV (1985–1998) |
| Former channel number(s) | 38 (UHF analog, 1985–1998) 56 (UHF analog, 1998–2009) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1985–1986) |
| Transmitter power | 420 kW |
| Height | 488 m |
| Facility ID | 73375 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°10′58.2″N 75°52′11.5″W / 41.182833°N 75.869861°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | fox56 |
WOLF-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Northeastern Pennsylvania, New York's Eastern Southern Tier and parts of North Jersey that is licensed to Hazleton. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 45 from a transmitter at the Penobscot Knob antenna farm near Mountain Top. Owned by New Age Media as its flagship station and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, it is the sister to CW affiliate WSWB and MyNetworkTV affiliate WQMY. All three share studios on PA 315 in the Fox Hill section of Plains Township.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted an original construction permit for Hazleton's first full-service television station on September 30, 1982. The new station, given the call letters WERF, was owned by James Oyster and was to broadcast from a tower south of the city. At that location, the station could serve its city of license but not the main cities in the market, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. In April 1983, WERF applied to move its transmitter to the Penobscot Knob antenna farm near Mountaintop where WNEP-TV, WDAU-TV (now WYOU), WBRE-TV, and WVIA-TV also had their transmitters. The application was denied, however.
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