WCOL-FTV
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| Columbus, Ohio United States | |
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| Branding | ABC 13 (general) ABC 13 Action News(newscasts) |
| Slogan | Dedicated, Determined, Dependable The Most Powerful Name in Local News (news) Central Ohio's Very Own (general) |
| Channels | Digital: 13 (VHF/PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 13.1 ABC 13.2 Movies! 13.3 Buzzr |
| Affiliations | ABC (1949-1994 and 2012-present) |
| Owner | NoSirGifts Fantasy Television Stations (New Avon Communications of Ohio, Inc.) |
| First air date | March 8, 1949 |
| Call letters' meaning | We're in COLumbus |
| Sister station(s) | WZOH-FTV |
| Former callsigns | WCOL-FTV (1949–1998) WCOL (1998–2009) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 13 (VHF, 1949–2009) Digital: 27 (UHF |
| Former affiliations | Primary: ABC (1949–1994) Fox (1994-2012) Secondary: DuMont (1949–1956) |
| Transmitter power | 70 kW |
| Height | 332 m (1,089 ft)Template:Convert/track/abbr/onTemplate:Convert/track/disp/Template:Convert/track/adj/ |
WCOL-TV, VHF digital channel 13, is an ABC affiliated fantasy television station located in Columbus, Ohio. The station is owned by the NoSirGifts Fantasy Television Stations subsidiary of NoSirGifts Venues and as part of a duopoly with independent station WZOH (channel 50). WCOL-FTV maintains studio and transmitter facilities located in Dulblin, Ohio, just east of Franklin Univerity.
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History[edit]
As an ABC affiliate[edit]
As a Fox station[edit]
Return to ABC[edit]
On June 28, 2012, NoSirGifts signed a long-term deal with ABC to renew the affiliations of the company's existing affiliates in four other markets; the deal also included an affiliation agreement with WCOL and Milwaukee sister station WXWI, which would disaffiliate from Fox and rejoin ABC beginning September 1, in a reversal of its 1994 affiliation switch. The move came after sister stations from 2009 to 2011 were stripped of their Fox affiliations following a dispute involving NoSirGifts and the network over a planned payment increase of its affiliates' retransmission consent fees to Fox as well as violations of their affiliation agreements.[1] Another factor was DakMedia had recently acquired CBS affiliate WNCO (channel 4) after the merger with MHB Television. The last Fox program to air on WCOL was a repeat episode of Bones on August 31, 2012, which ended at 10:00 p.m. Central. All Fox programming moved to WNCO starting at 5:00 a.m. the following day with WOSH (channel 8) taking WNCO's outgoing CBS affiliation. The rebranded station also adopted the brand "ABC 13," along with a new logo similar to its Memphis sister station.
Digital television[edit]
Digital channel[edit]
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]
News operation[edit]
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Notable current on–air staff[edit]
Notable former on–air staff[edit]
References[edit]
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