WOLO-TV
 
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Columbia, South Carolina United States |
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| Branding | ABC Columbia (general) ABC Columbia News (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
Live from Main and Gervais Experience. |
| Channels |
Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 25 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner |
Bahakel Communications (South Carolina Broadcasting Partners) |
| First air date | May 1, 1953 |
| Former callsigns | WCOS-TV (1953–1956) WCCA-TV (1961–1964) |
| Former channel number(s) | 25 (UHF analog, 1953–1956, 1961–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
NBC (April–November 1953) CBS (secondary, April–September 1953) ABC (secondary, April–November 1953) |
| Transmitter power | 43.7 kW |
| Height | 529 m |
| Facility ID | 60963 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°6′58″N 80°45′51″W / 34.11611°N 80.76417°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.abccolumbia.com |
WOLO-TV, virtual channel 25 (VHF digital channel 8), is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. The station is owned by Bahakel Communications. WOLO maintains offices located on Shakespeare Road in Arcadia Lakes (though it uses a Columbia address); its news department operates from a separate studio facility at Gervais (US 1/US 378) and Main Streets (across from the South Carolina State House) in Downtown Columbia; its transmitter is located on Rush Road in unincorporated southwestern Kershaw County. On cable, the station is available on Charter Spectrum channel 5 and in high definition on digital channel 1105.
The station first signed on the air on May 1, 1953 as WCOS-TV; founded by Columbia Radio, owners of WCOS radio (1400 AM and 97.9 FM, now 97.5), it was the first television station to sign on in South Carolina. The station was originally a primary NBC affiliate and a secondary affiliate of CBS and ABC. The station's original facilities were located in a Quonset hut near the station's current studio location, in what was then unincorporated Richland County (Arcadia Lakes did not become an incorporated community until 1959).
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