WCHS-TV, the Glossary
WCHS-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, United States, serving the Charleston–Huntington market as an affiliate of ABC and Fox.[1]
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57 relations: Adelphia Communications Corporation, American Broadcasting Company, Antenna TV, Aspect ratio (image), Beckley, West Virginia, CBS, CBS Evening News, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Charleston, West Virginia, Charter Communications, Columbus, Ohio, Crested Butte, Colorado, Cunningham Broadcasting, Dayton, Ohio, Digital television transition in the United States, Dish Network, Display resolution, Eyewitness News, Federal Communications Commission, Fox Broadcasting Company, Heritage Media, High-definition television, Huntington, West Virginia, Hurricane, West Virginia, Interstate 64 in West Virginia, Limited liability company, Local marketing agreement, Media market, Multiplex (television), News America Marketing, News Corporation, Nielsen Media Research, NTA Film Network, Parkersburg, West Virginia, Scott Depot, West Virginia, Shell corporation, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Suddenlink Communications, Television station, The CW, The Jay Leno Show, TheCoolTV, Time Warner Cable, True Crime Network, Ultra high frequency, Very high frequency, Virtual channel, Watt, WCHS (AM), WKNA-TV, ... Expand index (7 more) »
- 1954 establishments in West Virginia
- Television stations in the Charleston–Huntington market
Adelphia Communications Corporation
Adelphia Communications Corporation was an American cable television company with headquarters in Coudersport, Pennsylvania.
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American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.
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Antenna TV
Antenna TV is an American digital television network owned by Nexstar Media Group.
Aspect ratio (image)
The aspect ratio of an image is the ratio of its width to its height.
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Beckley, West Virginia
Beckley is a city in and the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
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CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
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CBS Evening News
The CBS Evening News is the flagship evening television news program of CBS News, the news division of the CBS television network in the United States.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Linn County, Iowa, United States.
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Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia and the county seat of Kanawha County.
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Charter Communications
Charter Communications, Inc., is an American telecommunications and mass media company with services branded as Spectrum.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.
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Crested Butte, Colorado
Crested Butte is a home rule municipality located in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.
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Cunningham Broadcasting
Cunningham Broadcasting Corporation is an owner of broadcast television stations in the United States. WCHS-TV and Cunningham Broadcasting are Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is a city in Montgomery and Greene counties and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.
Digital television transition in the United States
The digital transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of terrestrial television programming.
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Dish Network
DISH Network L.L.C. (an acronym for "Digital Sky Highway"), a subsidiary of EchoStar, provides multichannel television and satellite television via DISH Network, mobile phone service via DISH Wireless (Boost Mobile), as well as over-the-top IPTV services via Sling TV.
Display resolution
The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor, or other display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.
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Eyewitness News
Eyewitness News is a style of television presentation that emphasizes visual elements and action videos, instead of the older,"man-on-camera" style of newscast.
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Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by the Fox Entertainment division of Fox Corporation, headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan.
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Heritage Media Corporation (NYSE: HTG) was a media company which owned television and radio stations across the United States, as well as in-store and direct marketing companies. WCHS-TV and Heritage Media are Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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High-definition television
High-definition television (HDTV) describes a television or video system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies.
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Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
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Hurricane, West Virginia
Hurricane is a city in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.
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Interstate 64 in West Virginia
Interstate 64 (I-64) is an Interstate Highway in the US state of West Virginia.
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Limited liability company
A limited liability company (LLC) is the United States-specific form of a private limited company.
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Local marketing agreement
In North American broadcasting, a local marketing agreement (LMA), or local management agreement, is a contract in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another party.
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A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media such as newspapers and internet content.
Multiplex (television)
A multiplex or mux, also known as a bouquet, is a grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium, particularly terrestrial broadcasting.
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News America Marketing
News America Marketing, often referred to as just News America, was a marketing business previously owned by News Corp.
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News Corporation
The original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City.
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Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers.
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NTA Film Network
The NTA Film Network was an early American television network founded by Ely Landau in 1956 that operated on a part-time basis, broadcasting films and several first-run television programs from major Hollywood studios.
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Parkersburg, West Virginia
Parkersburg is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, West Virginia, United States.
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Scott Depot, West Virginia
Scott Depot is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.
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Shell corporation
A shell corporation is a company or corporation with no significant assets or operations often formed to obtain financing before beginning business.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair, Inc., doing business as Sinclair Broadcast Group, is a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate that is controlled by the descendants of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith.
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Suddenlink Communications
Suddenlink was an American telecommunications subsidiary of Altice USA trading in cable television, broadband, IP telephony, home security, and advertising.
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Television station
A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously.
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The CW
The CW Television Network (commonly referred to as the CW or simply CW) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is controlled by Nexstar Media Group through a 75-percent ownership interest.
The Jay Leno Show
The Jay Leno Show is an American prime time talk show hosted by Jay Leno that was broadcast by NBC from September 14, 2009 to February 9, 2010.
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TheCoolTV
TheCoolTV was a digital broadcast television network and online music video "jukebox" streaming service owned by Cool Music Network, LLC of Lawrence, Kansas.
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable, Inc. (TWC) was an American cable television company.
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True Crime Network
True Crime Network (formerly Justice Network) is an American digital multicast television network that is operated by True Crime Network, LLC, a limited liability company, which is owned by Tegna Inc. The network specializes in true crime, investigation and forensic science documentary programming aimed at adults – with a skew toward women – between the ages of 25 and 54.
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Ultra high frequency
Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one tenth of a meter (one decimeter).
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Very high frequency
Very high frequency (VHF) is the ITU designation for the range of radio frequency electromagnetic waves (radio waves) from 30 to 300 megahertz (MHz), with corresponding wavelengths of ten meters to one meter.
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Virtual channel
In most telecommunications organizations, a virtual channel is a method of remapping the program number as used in H.222 Program Association Tables and Program Mapping Tables to a channel number that can be entered as digits on a receiver's remote control.
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Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.
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WCHS (AM)
WCHS (580 kHz) is a news/talk/sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, serving Southern West Virginia and Southwestern West Virginia.
WKNA-TV
WKNA-TV was a television station in Charleston, West Virginia, United States, which broadcast on UHF channel 49 from 1953 to 1955. WCHS-TV and WKNA-TV are television stations in the Charleston–Huntington market.
WOWK-TV
WOWK-TV (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, United States, serving the Charleston–Huntington market as an affiliate of CBS. WCHS-TV and WOWK-TV are television stations in the Charleston–Huntington market.
WQCW
WQCW (channel 30), branded on air as Tri-State's CW, is a television station licensed to Portsmouth, Ohio, United States, serving as the CW affiliate for the Charleston–Huntington, West Virginia market. WCHS-TV and WQCW are television stations in the Charleston–Huntington market.
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WSAZ-TV
WSAZ-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, United States, affiliated with NBC. WCHS-TV and WSAZ-TV are television stations in the Charleston–Huntington market.
WVAH-TV
WVAH-TV (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, United States, serving the Charleston–Huntington market as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Catchy Comedy. WCHS-TV and WVAH-TV are Charge! (TV network) affiliates, Sinclair Broadcast Group, TBD (TV network) affiliates and television stations in the Charleston–Huntington market.
16:9 aspect ratio
16:9 is a widescreen aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9 units.
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480i
480i is the video mode used for standard-definition digital video in the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Western Sahara, and most of the Americas (with the exception of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay).
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720p
720p (720 lines progressive) is a progressive HD signal format with 720 horizontal lines/1280 columns and an aspect ratio (AR) of 16:9, normally known as widescreen HD (1.78:1).
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See also
1954 establishments in West Virginia
Television stations in the Charleston–Huntington market
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCHS-TV
Also known as ABC 8 Charleston, ABC Charleston, West Virginia, WCHS DT, WCHS TV, WCHS TV/DT, WCHS-DT, WCHS-DT2.
, WOWK-TV, WQCW, WSAZ-TV, WVAH-TV, 16:9 aspect ratio, 480i, 720p.