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WTRF-TV, channel 7, is a television station located in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Owned by West Virginia Media Holdings, WTRF is the primary CBS affiliate for the Wheeling-Steubenville, Ohio television market. The station also carries programming from MyNetworkTV and ABC over its digital subchannels (MyNetworkTV on 7.2, ABC on 7.3). WTRF's studios are located on 16th Street in downtown Wheeling, and its transmitter is based in Bridgeport, Ohio.
WTRF-TV is one of four West Virginia-licensed television stations owned by West Virginia Media Holdings; the other outlets are fellow CBS affiliates WOWK-TV in Huntington and WVNS-TV in Lewisburg; and NBC-affiliated WBOY-TV in Clarksburg.
WTRF signed-on for the first time on October 24, 1953. Its call letters came from WTRF radio, which had signed on in 1947 on AM 1290 (now WOMP) and FM 100.5 (now WBGI-FM). Those were sold off in the 1970s to help finance the television station. WTRF was originally an NBC affiliate but also carried some programming from ABC, splitting that network's programming with then-CBS affiliate WSTV-TV (now WTOV-TV). In 1979, WTRF became the area's first station to use videotape rather than film. For its first quarter-century on the air, WTRF-TV was the undisputed leader in the Wheeling/Steubenville market despite being well within reach of the much larger Pittsburgh market. As of 2013, the Wheeling/Steubenville market remains separate from Pittsburgh despite the very close proximity between the two markets as well as significantly overlapping signals between the two markets.
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WTRF-TV, channel 7, is a television station located in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Owned by West Virginia Media Holdings, WTRF is the primary CBS affiliate for the Wheeling-Steubenville, Ohio television market. The station also carries programming from MyNetworkTV and ABC over its digital subchannels (MyNetworkTV on 7.2, ABC on 7.3). WTRF's studios are located on 16th Street in downtown Wheeling, and its transmitter is based in Bridgeport, Ohio.
WTRF-TV is one of four West Virginia-licensed television stations owned by West Virginia Media Holdings; the other outlets are fellow CBS affiliates WOWK-TV in Huntington and WVNS-TV in Lewisburg; and NBC-affiliated WBOY-TV in Clarksburg.
WTRF signed-on for the first time on October 24, 1953. Its call letters came from WTRF radio, which had signed on in 1947 on AM 1290 (now WOMP) and FM 100.5 (now WBGI-FM). Those were sold off in the 1970s to help finance the television station. WTRF was originally an NBC affiliate but also carried some programming from ABC, splitting that network's programming with then-CBS affiliate WSTV-TV (now WTOV-TV). In 1979, WTRF became the area's first station to use videotape rather than film. For its first quarter-century on the air, WTRF-TV was the undisputed leader in the Wheeling/Steubenville market despite being well within reach of the much larger Pittsburgh market. As of 2013, the Wheeling/Steubenville market remains separate from Pittsburgh despite the very close proximity between the two markets as well as significantly overlapping signals between the two markets.