WOWK-TV

WOWK-TV is a television station in Huntington, West Virginia. Broadcasting on channel 13, it is the CBS affiliate for the Charleston–Huntington market, the second largest television market (in terms of area) east of the Mississippi River. It is owned by West Virginia Media Holdings and serves 61 counties in central West Virginia, northeastern Kentucky and southern Ohio.

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Television - Huntington, West Virginia - CBS - Charleston - Mississippi River - West Virginia Media Holdings - Kentucky - Ohio

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The station went on air on October 2, 1955 as WHTN-TV (for HunTingtoN), an ABC affiliate. It swapped affiliations with WCHS-TV and became a CBS station for the first time in 1958. It went back to ABC in 1962 and stayed with that network for 24 years. In 1975, it changed its call letters to WOWK to reflect the three states it served--Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. In 1986, WOWK changed affiliations again, returning to CBS.

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October 2 - 1955 - ABC - WCHS-TV - 1958 - 1962 - 1975 - 1986

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The station was headquarted at the Radio Center Building in Huntington from its inception until 1984, when WOWK moved to its current location at 555 Fifth Avenue.

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WOWK had been owned by Gateway Communications, until its sale to West Virginia Media Holdings. The station's newscasts have long rated third in the market, behind WSAZ-TV and WCHS.

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West Virginia Media Holdings - WSAZ-TV

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