WJAL

WJAL
Silver Spring, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; ; United States;
City	Silver Spring, Maryland
Channels	Digital: 9 (VHF), shared with WUSA; Virtual: 68;
Programming
Affiliations	68.1: Merit TV; 68.2: Defy;
Ownership
Owner	Entravision Communications; (Entravision Holdings, LLC);
History
First air date	August 1, 1984
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 68 (UHF, 1984–2009); Digital: 16 (UHF, 2005–2009), 39 (UHF, 2009–2017);
Former affiliations	Independent (1984–1995, 1998–2017); The WB (1995–1998); LATV (2017–2018); Heartland (2018); Sonlife (2018–2021); NTD America (2021–2023); ShopHQ (2023–2024);
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	10259
ERP	52 kW
HAAT	235.6 m (773 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°57′1″N 77°4′46″W / 38.95028°N 77.07944°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;

WJAL (channel 68) is a television station licensed to Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, serving the Washington, D.C., area as an affiliate of Merit TV. Owned by Entravision Communications, it is sister to Washington-licensed LATV affiliate WMDO-CD (channel 47). WJAL shares transmitter facilities with CBS affiliate WUSA (channel 9) on Wisconsin Avenue in the Tenleytown section of northwest Washington.