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| City | Wheeling, West Virginia |
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| Branding | WTRF 7 News |
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| History | |
First air date | October 24, 1953 |
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Call sign meaning | Assigned randomly to the formerly co-owned radio stations in 1947[1] |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 6869 |
| ERP | 25.4 kW |
| HAAT | 293 m (961 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°3′41.3″N 80°45′7.3″W / 40.061472°N 80.752028°W |
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| Website | www |
WTRF-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Wheeling, West Virginia, United States, serving the Wheeling, West Virginia–Steubenville, Ohio market as an affiliate of CBS, MyNetworkTV, and ABC. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group and maintains studios on 16th Street in downtown Wheeling; its transmitter is located in Bridgeport, Ohio.
WTRF-TV was the first station to specifically serve Wheeling and Steubenville, beginning broadcasting in 1953. It was originally an NBC affiliate before switching to CBS in January 1980. In the 2000s, it expanded to add two new subchannel services.
- ^ "Editor's Notebook". The Times-Leader. Martins Ferry–Bellaire, Ohio. October 31, 1947. p. 6. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTRF-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.