WSPA-TV
CBS affiliate in Spartanburg, South Carolina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WSPA-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, serving Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina as an affiliate of CBS. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Asheville, North Carolina–licensed CW owned-and-operated station WYCW (channel 62). WSPA-TV and WYCW share studios on International Drive (next to the I-26 and I-85 Business/Veterans Parkway interchange) in Spartanburg; through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WSPA-TV's spectrum from an antenna on Hogback Mountain in northeastern Greenville County (southwest of Tryon, North Carolina).
City | Spartanburg, South Carolina |
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Branding | 7 News |
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First air date | April 29, 1956 (67 years ago) (1956-04-29) |
Former call signs | WORD-TV (CP, 1953–1954)[1] |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 66391 |
ERP | 33.5 kW |
HAAT | 674.2 m (2,211.9 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°10′12.7″N 82°17′25.8″W |
Translator(s) | see § Translators |
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Website | www |
WSPA-TV is the only station in the market that is headquartered in Spartanburg, and in turn tends to focus its local news stories on that city, with a secondary emphasis on Greenville and Asheville.[citation needed]