WHOO-FTV

WHOO-FTV

Indianapolis, Indiana United States
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 (1954-03-15)
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.

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

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. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 24.