WHP-TV

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WHP-TV
Harrisburg / York / Lebanon / Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Branding	21 CBS or CBS 21
Slogan	Your CBS Station in Central Pennsylvania
Channels	21 (UHF) analog, 4 (VHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS MyNetworkTV on DT2
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (sale pending)
Founded	July 4, 1953 (began on channel 55, moved to channel 21 in 1957)
Call letters meaning	W Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Former affiliations	DuMont (secondary 1953-1955)
Transmitter Power	191 kW (analog) 100 kW (digital)
Website	whptv.com

WHP-TV ("CBS 21" or ''21 CBS') is the CBS television affiliate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It also serves other communities in the Susquehanna Valley of south central Pennsylvania including York, Lebanon, and Lancaster as well as parts of northern Maryland. WHP airs programming from MyNetworkTV on its DT2 sub-channel My TV twentyone.2. The station broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 21 and its digital signal on VHF channel 4. Interestingly, rival WGAL started on analog channel 4 but moved due to interference from fellow NBC station WRC-TV. Its transmitter is located near Harrisburg.

The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications, and is sister station to CW affiliate WLYH-TV channel 15 and WHP-AM 580.

Contents 1 History 2 Newscasts 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

The station launched on July 4, 1953 on channel 55 as a dual affiliate of the CBS and DuMont networks. It was originally owned by Commonwealth Communications Services. The station kept the CBS affiliation after DuMont's demise in 1956, and later began to share CBS programming with WLYH-TV channel 15 (now WHP's sister station) and WSBA-TV channel 43 (now WPMT) as part of the Keystone Network. The station moved from channel 55 to channel 21 in 1957.

In 1995, WHP began controlling secondary CBS affiliate WLYH in Lancaster via a local marketing agreement, after a signal upgrade switching its affiliation to UPN. Clear Channel Communications acquired the station in 1998 when that company bought out longtime owner Dame Media.

On July 12, 2006, WHP announced that it would launch a second digital channel that would become an affiliate of MyNetworkTV when that network launched in September 2006.

On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel announced its intention to sell off all of its television stations, including WHP,^[1] after the company was bought out by a private equity firm.

[edit] Newscasts

Weekdays

• WHP CBS 21 Morning News (5:00-7:00 AM)
• WHP CBS 21 News at 5:00PM
• WHP CBS 21 News at 5:30PM
• WHP CBS 21 News at 6:00PM
• WHP CBS 21 News at 11:00PM

Weekends

• WHP CBS 21 News Saturday Morning (8:00-9:00 AM)
• WHP CBS 21 Weekend News (6:00-6:30PM Saturday-Sunday)
• WHP CBS 21 Weekend News at 11:00PM

[edit] References

1. ^ "Clear Channel agrees to sale", The Cincinnati Enquirer, Gannett Company, 2006-11-16. Retrieved on November 17, 2006.

[edit] External links

• WHP-TV Website
• MyNetworkTV Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WHP-TV

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