WHOO-FTV

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WHOO-FTV
WHOO-FTV Logo.png
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; 70 years ago (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

Digital channel

Analog-to-digital conversion

Programming

News operation

Notable former on-air staff

References

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