WSAZ-TV
 
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Huntington - Charleston, West Virginia United States |
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| City | Huntington, West Virginia |
| Branding | WSAZ NewsChannel 3 ME WSAZ 3.2 (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Severe Weather and Breaking News: It Matters |
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Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 3 () |
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| Translators | 16 W16CE Charleston |
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Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | November 15, 1949 |
| Sister station(s) | WQCW |
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| Transmitter power | 724 kW |
| Height | 363.7 m |
| Facility ID | 36912 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°30′36″N 82°13′10″W / 38.51000°N 82.21944°WCoordinates: 38°30′36″N 82°13′10″W / 38.51000°N 82.21944°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WSAZ-TV, channel 3, is a television station located in Huntington, West Virginia, USA. Owned by Gray Television as part of a duopoly with CW affiliate WQCW, the station is the NBC affiliate for the Huntington-Charleston market, the second-largest television market (in terms of geographical area) east of the Mississippi River; the station serves 61 counties that cover central West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and southeastern Ohio. WSAZ-TV operates both studios in both Huntington and Charleston, and its transmitter is located near Milton, West Virginia.
WSAZ-TV's programming can also be seen in the Kanawha Valley on translator W16CE (channel 16) in Charleston. This station is carried on the Suddenlink Communications cable system in the eastern part of the market.
The oldest television station in West Virginia, WSAZ-TV began regular broadcasting November 15, 1949, on VHF channel 5. The station was originally owned by the Huntington Herald-Dispatch along with WSAZ radio (930 AM, now WRVC), and carried programming from all four networks at the time (NBC, CBS, ABC, and DuMont). However, it was a primary NBC affiliate due to WSAZ radio's long affiliation with NBC Radio. When WCHS-TV (channel 8) signed-on from Charleston in 1954, it took over the CBS affiliation and the two television stations shared ABC programming until WHTN-TV (channel 13, now WOWK-TV) signed-on from Huntington a year later. In 1955, WSAZ-TV dropped DuMont after the network shut down. It is the only commercial station in the market that has never changed its primary affiliation.
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