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| Indianapolis, Indiana United States | |
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| City of license | Noblesville, Indiana |
| Branding | ABC 24 (general) ABC 24 Eyewitness News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Indiana's News Channel (general) On Your Side (newscasts) |
| Channels | Digital: 45 (UHF) Virtual: 24 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 24.1 ABC 24.2 local weather |
| Affiliations | ABC (2012-present) |
| Owner | ATE Media Corporation (Indiana Media, LTD) |
| First air date | March 15, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | HOOsier |
| Sister station(s) | WICW-FTV |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 24 (UHF, 1954–2009) |
| Former affiliations | Primary: CBS (1954-2004) NBC (2004–2012) Secondary: DuMont (1954–1955) |
| Transmitter power | 989 kW |
| Height | 474 m |
WHOO-FTV, virtual channel 24 (UHF digital channel 45), is an ABC-affiliated fantasy television station located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. WHOO is the co-flagship station (with WMRI in Fort Wayne) of Indiana-based ATE Media Corporation, as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WICW-FTV (channel 69).
Both stations share studio facilities located on West Market Street in Downtown Indianapolis; WHOO maintains transmitter facilities located in Carmel. On cable, the station is available on Comcast Xfinity and Bright House Networks channel 8, and AT&T Uverse channel 24 in standard definition and in high definition on Bright House Networks digital channel 1008, and Xfinity and AT&T U-verse channel 1024.
Contents
History
The station first signed on the air on March 15, 1954; WHOO is the market's oldest continuously operating UHF television station.
Digital television
Digital channel
Analog-to-digital conversion
WHOO-FTV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 24, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 45.[1] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 24.
Programming
News operation
Notable former on-air staff
References
- ↑ DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds (PDF). Retrieved on 2012-03-24.
