WKBW-TV

WKBW-TV
WKBW-TV's studio and office facility in downtown Buffalo.
CityBuffalo, New York
Channels
Branding7ABC; 7 News
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
November 30, 1958 (1958-11-30)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 7 (VHF, 1958–2009)
  • Digital: 38 (UHF, until 2020)
Call sign meaning
Adopted as sister station to randomly assigned sequential call letters of WKBW (AM). Later backronyms included "Well Known Bible Witness" and "We Know Buffalo's Watching".
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID54176
ERP660 kW
HAAT432 m (1,417 ft)
Transmitter coordinates42°38′15″N 78°37′11″W / 42.63750°N 78.61972°W / 42.63750; -78.61972
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wkbw.com

WKBW-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Buffalo, New York, United States, affiliated with ABC. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, the station maintains studios at 7 Broadcast Plaza in downtown Buffalo and a transmitter on Center Street in Colden.

WKBW-TV is one of a number of local Buffalo television stations that are available over-the-air and on cable television in Canada, particularly in Southern Ontario. For years, it was carried via microwave to cable systems in such areas as Corning and Horseheads; this ended when WENY-TV signed on as the ABC affiliate for the Elmira market.