WOOD-TV

WOOD-TV
Grand Rapids–Kalamazoo–; Battle Creek, Michigan; ; United States;
City	Grand Rapids, Michigan
Channels	Digital: 7 (VHF); Virtual: 8;
Branding	WOOD-TV 8; News 8
Programming
Affiliations	8.1: NBC; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group; (Nexstar Media Inc.);
Sister stations	WOTV, WXSP-CD
History
First air date	August 15, 1949
Former call signs	WLAV-TV (1949–1951); WOTV (1972–1992);
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 7 (VHF, 1949–1953), 8 (VHF, 1953–2009);
Former affiliations	All secondary:; CBS (1949–1960); ABC (1949–1962); DuMont (1949–1955); UPN (1995–1999);
Call sign meaning	Furnwood Broadcasting (calls came from radio sister station, which was funded originally by furniture manufacturers)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	36838
ERP	30 kW
HAAT	288 m (945 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°41′14.7″N 85°30′35″W / 42.687417°N 85.50972°W
Translator(s)	see § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.woodtv.com

WOOD-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for West Michigan. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Battle Creek–licensed dual ABC affiliate/CW owned-and-operated station WOTV (channel 41) and Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate WXSP-CD (channel 15). The three stations share studios on College Avenue Southeast in Grand Rapids; WOOD-TV's transmitter is located southwest of Middleville.

In addition to its main signal, WOOD-TV operates Class A digital translator WOGC-CD (UHF channel 25), licensed to Holland with a transmitter in Zeeland. There is also a digital repeater on channel 34, also licensed to Grand Rapids, with a transmitter in the Wolf Lake section of Egelston Township.