WCHS-TV

WCHS-TV is the ABC affiliate for Charleston and Huntington, West Virginia, the second-largest market (in terms of area) east of the Mississippi River. It is licensed to Charleston and serves 61 counties in central West Virginia, northeastern Kentucky and southern Ohio.

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The station is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, and shares its news operations with FOX affiliate WVAH.

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WCHS was founded in 1954, co-owned with WCHS radio (which is now under separate ownership). It was actually the second television station in Charleston. WKNA-TV had signed on UHF channel 49 as an ABC affiliate in 1953, but went dark in 1955 due to lack of viewership. WCHS-TV joined ABC in 1958, switching affiliations with WHTN-TV, channel 13 in Huntington. It reversed the swap and went back to CBS in 1962.

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In 1986, Capital Cities Communications merged with ABC. Capital Cities had owned the market's longtime leader, NBC affiliate WSAZ-TV. ABC dropped its affiliation with channel 13, which by then had changed its calls to WOWK-TV, and intended to make WSAZ--one of the nation's most dominant stations--an ABC owned-and-operated station. However, NBC would not even consider dropping its affiliation with WSAZ, forcing ABC to move to WCHS instead. WCHS remains an ABC affiliate to this day.

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One of the first televised presidential debates featuring John F. Kennedy took place at WCHS' studios in Charleston. The nationally syndicated produced corner segments were taped at WCHS as well.

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Huntington, West Virginia: Huntington is a city located in West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, with a small part in Wayne County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 51,475 (47,341 in Cabell County, 4,134 in Wayne County). This city was named for Collis P. Hunting...

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