WOLF-TV
Fox affiliate in Hazleton, Pennsylvania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WOLF-TV (channel 56) is a television station licensed to Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States, serving Northeastern Pennsylvania as an affiliate of the Fox network. It is the flagship property of locally based New Age Media, LLC, and is co-owned with Williamsport-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WQMY (channel 53); New Age also provides certain services to Scranton-licensed CW affiliate WSWB (channel 38) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with MPS Media. All three stations, in turn, are operated under a master service agreement by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The stations share studios on PA 315 in the Fox Hill section of Plains Township; WOLF-TV's transmitter is located at the Penobscot Knob antenna farm near Mountain Top. However, newscasts have originated from the facilities of sister station and CBS affiliate WSBT-TV in South Bend, Indiana, since January 2017.
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City | Hazleton, Pennsylvania |
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Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group via MSA |
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Founded | November 22, 1982 |
First air date | June 6, 1985 (38 years ago) (1985-06-06) |
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Call sign meaning | "Wolf" (the animal) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 73375 |
ERP | 220 kW |
HAAT | 510 m (1,673 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°10′58.2″N 75°52′11.5″W |
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Website | fox56 |