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WJLA-TV
Image:Abc7wjla.PNG
Washington, D.C.
Branding ABC 7
Slogan On Your Side
Channels Analog: 7 (VHF)

Digital: 39 (UHF)
Subchannels (see article)
Affiliations ABC
Owner Allbritton Communications Company
(ACC Licensee, Inc. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and In broadcasting digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same Digital radio or Digital television station WJLA-TV, channel 7 is the ABC television affiliate in Washington D The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property The Allbritton Communications Company is a Washington DC-area owner of television stations-all affiliated with ABC after signing an affiliation )
First air date October 3, 1947
Call letters’ meaning Joseph L. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise Allbritton
(owner of the station)
Former callsigns WTVW (1947)
WMAL-TV (1947-1977)
Former affiliations CBS (1947-1949, secondary from 1948)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height 235 m (analog)
254 m (digital)
Facility ID 1051
Transmitter Coordinates 38°57′1.2″N, 77°4′45.5″W
Website www.wjla.com

WJLA-TV, channel 7, is the ABC television affiliate in Washington, D.C.. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D It is the flagship station of the Allbritton Communications Company, which also operates local cable station News Channel 8. The Allbritton Communications Company is a Washington DC-area owner of television stations-all affiliated with ABC after signing an affiliation News Channel 8 is a regional cable Television network serving Washington D The two stations share broadcast facilities in the Rosslyn section of Arlington, Virginia. WJLA-TV shares a tower with WUSA in the Tenleytown section of Washington. For the former Minneapolis TV station see KARE. WUSA is a television station broadcasting on channel 9 in Washington D Tenleytown is the historic name for a neighborhood in northwest Washington DC.

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History

The District of Columbia's second television station began broadcasting on October 3, 1947 as WTVW, owned by the Washington Star along with WMAL radio (630 AM) and WMAL-FM (107. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Washington Star, previously known as the Washington Star-News and the Washington Evening Star, was WMAL is one of the oldest radio stations in Washington DC The Citadel Broadcasting -owned outlet is a news-talk formatted station broadcasting 3 MHz. , now WRQX). WRQX, "Mix 1073" is a hot adult contemporary Radio station serving the Washington D It was the first Band III VHF station (channels 7-13) in the United States. Band III is the name of a Radio frequency range within the Very high frequency part of the Electromagnetic spectrum. A few months later, the station renamed itself WMAL-TV after its radio sisters.

WMAL radio had been an affiliate of the NBC Blue Network since 1933, and remained with the network after it was spun-off by NBC and evolved into ABC. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The Blue Network was the on-air name of an American radio production and distribution service from 1942 to 1945 which traced its formal origins back to 1927 Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. However, channel 7 started as a CBS station since ABC hadn't gotten into television yet. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. When ABC launched its television network in 1948, WMAL-TV became ABC's third primary affiliate. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It continued to carry some CBS programming until WOIC-TV (later WTOP-TV and now WUSA) signed on in 1949. For the former Minneapolis TV station see KARE. WUSA is a television station broadcasting on channel 9 in Washington D Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

In 1976, Texas businessman Joseph L. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Allbritton, the owner of Washington-based Riggs Bank, purchased the Star along with the WMAL stations. Riggs Bank was a Washington DC -based commercial bank with branches located in the surrounding metropolitan area and offices around the world As a condition of the purchase, Allbritton had to break up the newspaper/broadcast combination, which the Federal Communications Commission was seeking to prohibit under its "one-to-a market" rule. Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation) is a commonly used term that refers to the majority of the media outlets being owned by a small number of WMAL-TV was separated first from its radio sisters when ABC purchased WMAL-AM-FM in March 1977. Upon the radio transfer, channel 7 changed its call letters to the current WJLA-TV, after Allbritton's initials. Allbritton then sold the Star to Time, Inc. in February 1978. Time Inc is a major subsidiary of the media conglomerate Time Warner, the company formed by the 1990

Rumors abounded from the mid-1990s onward that ABC might buy WJLA-TV, thus reuniting it with its former radio sisters. However, ABC sold most of its radio properties, including WMAL and WRQX, to Citadel Broadcasting Corporation in June 2007. For the similarly named television broadcaster see Citadel Communications. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Even so, WJLA is still an ABC affiliate to this day under Allbritton because the company has an exclusive affiliation deal with the network. After WJZ-TV in Baltimore switched to CBS in 1995, WJLA became ABC's longest-tenured affiliate. This article is about the television station in Baltimore Maryland Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995

In December 2007, WJLA began simulcasting WTOP-FM on its "Weather Now" digital sub-channel. WTOP is an all-news formatted broadcast Radio station licensed to Washington D

Ratings

Prior to 2001, WJLA's newscasts had long rated third in the market, behind WUSA and NBC-owned WRC-TV. WRC-TV, channel 4 is the NBC owned and operated Television station in Washington D

The station scored a major coup in 1999, when it hired Maureen Bunyan, former longtime anchorwoman at WUSA. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Maureen Bunyan is an Aruban-American Washington DC -based television journalist. In 2003, Leon Harris, formerly of CNN, joined the station as an anchor. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Leon Harris (born 1961 in Akron Ohio) is an American Newscaster. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner In 2004, WJLA hired Bunyan's former anchor desk partner, Gordon Peterson; they have since been reunited for the 6:00 p. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Gordon Peterson is an American broadcast journalist and Washington D m. news.

These personnel moves, combined with WUSA's recent troubles, have led to a resurgence in the ratings, and it currently leads at 5:00 p. m. It currently has the largest news team in the Washington area. As the flagship station of the Allbritton chain, WJLA provides national news headlines for other Allbritton-owned stations.

Logos and idents

Since 1970, WMAL-TV/WJLA has used a variation of the Circle 7 logo, which has long been associated with ABC affiliates. The Circle 7 logo is one of the most classic and familiar Television station Logos in the United States. From 1970 to 2001, WMAL/WJLA used its own version of the logo, with the "7" modified to accommodate the circle. This version was probably the longest continuously used numeric logo in Washington's television history. The only real modification came in 1998, after it began calling itself ABC 7 on-air and added the ABC logo to the left. In 2001, WJLA adopted the standard version of the Circle 7 logo, which looks strikingly similar to WABC-TV in New York City, re-fueling speculation that ABC would buy the station. WABC-TV, channel 7 is the flagship station of the Walt Disney Company -owned American Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The City of New York Ironically, WJLA-TV is the largest ABC affiliate to use the Circle 7 that is not an ABC owned-and-operated station. In addition, sister station KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas has used the standard Circle 7 since the 1960s, longer than all WJLA versions combined. KATV (referred to as "KATV 7" or "Channel 7 News") is a critically acclaimed affiliate station of ABC serving the Little Rock Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannel Programming
7. 1 / 39. 1 main WJLA-TV/ABC programming
7. 2 / 39. 2 "Weather Now"
7. 3 / 39. 3 Local Point TV

Digital subchannels

WJLA operates two digital subchannels: Local Point TV, a channel which is a local version of current.tv, featuring short five minute video segments created by area residents and Doug Hill's Weather Now, which shows weather radar and displays news headlines. Current TV is an Emmy award winning independent media company led by former U Both subchannels are carried locally by Comcast and Verizon FiOS. Comcast Corporation ( is the largest Cable television company the second largest Internet service provider and (according to the company the fourth largest telephone Verizon FiOS, sometimes simply FiOS which stands for " Fi ber O ptic S ervice", is an Internet telephone and TV service that is presently In late 2008, WJLA will broadcast the Retro Television Network on a digital subchannel[1]. The Retro Television Network (aka RTN is a system of television stations primarily airing classic television programming from the 1950s through the 1980s such as Leave it to

Analog-to-digital conversion

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009 [2], WJLA-TV will move its digital broadcasts back to its present analog channel number, 7. [3]

Key personalities & Staff

Current staff

WJLA-TV Anchors

NewsChannel 8 Anchors

WJLA-TV and NewsChannel 8 Reporters

WJLA-TV and NewsChannel 8 Weather Forecasters

WJLA-TV and NewsChannel 8 Sports Personalities

Former staff

See also

References

  1. ^ WJLA Going Retro with Retro Television Network
  2. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
  3. ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231371&formid=387&fac_num=1051

External links

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