WZAW-LD
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Wausau, Wisconsin United States |
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| Branding | WZAW Fox WZAW News |
| Slogan | The News You Can Trust |
| Channels |
Digital: 33 (UHF) & WSAW-DT 7.3 (VHF) Virtual: 33 (PSIP) & WSAW-DT 7.3 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 33.1 Fox (720p 16:9) 33.2 MeTV (480i 4:3) 33.3 Movies! (480i 4:3) |
| Translators | 7.3 (UHF) W42DH-D3 Sayner/Vilas County, WI |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| Founded | May 27, 2015 |
| First air date | July 1, 2015 |
| Call letters' meaning | disambiguation of WSAW ("Z" added in honor of former News Director Mark Zelich) |
| Sister station(s) | WSAW-TV, WEAU, WMTV, WBAY-TV, WLUC-TV |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW 72 kW (WSAW-DT3) |
| Height | 326 m 373 m (WSAW-DT3) |
| Class | LD |
| Facility ID | 183262 6867 (WSAW-DT3) |
| Transmitter coordinates |
45°3′22.1″N 89°27′53.5″W / 45.056139°N 89.464861°W 44°55′14.2″N 89°41′28.7″W / 44.920611°N 89.691306°W (WSAW-DT3) |
| Website | www |
WZAW-LD is the low-powered, Fox-affiliated television station for Central Wisconsin's Northern Highland that is licensed to Wausau. It broadcasts a 720p high definition digital signal on UHF channel 33 (or virtual channel 33.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter, northeast of Nutterville, in unincorporated Marathon County. Owned by Gray Television, the station is sister to CBS affiliate WSAW-TV and the two outlets share studios on Grand Avenue/U.S. 51 in Wausau.
Since WZAW transmits at low-power, its signal does not reach Rhinelander or other areas to the north and east (such as Eagle River and Crandon), which would have caused complications, especially for Fox's broadcasts of NFL games, including games of the Green Bay Packers. Therefore, the station is simulcast on WSAW's third digital subchannel in HD to increase its over-the-air broadcasting radius, along with WSAW's Sayner translator, W42DH-D3, which also maps to PSIP channel 7.3.
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