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60-761: WDCA (channel 20), branded Fox 5 Plus , is a television station in Washington, D.C. , serving as the local outlet for the MyNetworkTV programming service. It is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations alongside Fox outlet WTTG (channel 5). WDCA and WTTG share studios on Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, Maryland , and are broadcast on the same multiplex from a tower on River Road nearby. WDCA began broadcasting as an independent station in April 1966. It

120-538: A barter in some cases. Wynnewood, Pennsylvania Wynnewood is a suburban unincorporated community , located west of Philadelphia , straddling Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Haverford Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania , United States. The community was named in 1691 for Dr. Thomas Wynne , William Penn's physician and the first Speaker of

180-483: A 30-minute 7 p.m. newscast on Sundays. In February 2022, WDCA began simulcasting an hour of programming on weekdays from Fox Weather . Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany , was the first regular television service in the world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow ,

240-796: A choice between Lower Merion High School and Harriton High School . Other schools, private and parochial, include all-boys The Haverford School , all-girls Baldwin , and Agnes Irwin schools, coeducational Friends Central School — are within the Wynnewood postal district — and private, Catholic, Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in nearby Bryn Mawr, Waldron Mercy and Merion Mercy academies in nearby Merion. Saint Margaret's Elementary School in nearby Narberth also serves Wynnewood's Catholic elementary school community. There are other private schools such as Episcopal Academy ( Newtown Square ), as well as Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy (Bryn Mawr) and

300-604: A federal appeals court temporarily blocked the purchase and ordered Taft not to operate the station, though the FCC rejected WATCH's motion. At issue was an infrequently enforced and commonly waived FCC policy restricting the number of TV stations that one group could own in the top 50 markets. The FCC officially dropped the policy in November 1979 after the WDCA-TV sale, its only attempt to enforce it in 13 years. The appeals court upheld

360-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in

420-410: A new 8 p.m. prime time newscast. WTTG and WDCA relocated from Friendship Heights along Wisconsin Avenue to new studios in Bethesda, Maryland , in 2021. In July 1995, WDCA experimented with a half-hour nightly 10 p.m. newscast, UPN 20 News at 10 , to compete with WTTG's long-running prime time newscast. The newscast was produced by regional cable news channel NewsChannel 8 . The newscast

480-682: A public affairs program hosted by Ralph "Petey" Greene , civil-rights activist and native Washingtonian. Superior Tube originally agreed to sell WDCA-TV to the Tribune Company for $ 12 million in January 1978. However, when ratings results for January and early February turned up major increases in viewership for channel 20, Superior Tube raised its asking price, and Tribune backed out of the sale in early March. Another broadcast station owner, Taft Broadcasting , then struck an agreement to purchase WDCA-TV for $ 13.5 million. The deal took more than

540-546: A regional superstation, with a cable footprint stretching as far north as southern Pennsylvania and as far south as Charlotte, North Carolina . However, channel 20 continued to lag far behind WTTG, which was the nation's highest-rated independent station during 1984. Per Paul Harris in Variety , the station attracted "some undistinguished ratings" outside of its children's and sports programming. To that end, in September 1986,

600-732: A schedule emphasizing sports programming. It was the third independent station in Washington—after WTTG and WOOK-TV (channel 14)—and the area's third UHF outlet following WOOK-TV and WETA-TV (channel 26). After a decade, Vince McMahon 's Capitol Wrestling Corporation promotion moved from channel 5 to channel 20. The station's sports programming ranged from the Virginia Sailors of the Atlantic Coast Football League to local high school football. Some games, particularly hockey, were tape delayed for

660-629: A sports station, airing 10 games of the Washington Caps of the American Basketball Association in the 1969–70 season and serving as the originating station for Baltimore Bullets basketball even though the team had not yet moved to Washington. In 1977, the station signed a five-year deal for full live coverage of mostly away games for the nascent Washington Capitals , replacing WTOP-TV (channel 9); that station's sporadic and often tape-delayed and edited coverage

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720-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations

780-471: A verdant setting. The ZIP Code for Wynnewood is 19096. Wynnewood is mostly residential with its shopping centers located in various clusters. The largest shopping center in Wynnewood is the 257,000 sq ft (23,876 m ) Wynnewood Shopping Center opened in 1949. In 1954 its first anchor stores opened, John Wanamaker and luxury retailer Bonwit Teller . Over time it seen anchors come and go such as Old Navy, and Borders. The Wanamaker's building

840-413: A year to close, in part because of objections raised over children's programming by a group known as WATCH (Washington Association for Television and Children). Due to inflation, a strong market for TV stations, and the length of time the deal took to approve, Taft raised its price to $ 15.5 million. Even though the FCC approved a contingent license renewal and the transfer of the license in mid-August 1979,

900-496: Is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,

960-631: Is a non-denominational college on Montgomery Avenue in Haverford. St. Charles Borromeo Seminary is across the street from parts of Saint Joseph's University's campus. The Japanese Language School of Philadelphia (JLSP, フィラデルフィア日本語補習授業校 Firaderufia Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō ), a supplementary Japanese school , holds its classes at the Friends Central School (FCS) in Wynnewood and in Lower Merion Township . The area

1020-624: Is always (with Bryn Mawr and Paoli) on the list of the nation's top community hospitals. Saunders House, a rehabilitation facility, can be found on Lankenau's premises, as is a large and busy medical office building that is home to many of the private practices of the hospital's attending physicians. Most of Wynnewood's public school children attend the Merion, Penn Wynne, or Penn Valley elementary schools, part of Lower Merion School District headquartered in Ardmore ; Bala Cynwyd Middle School; and have

1080-470: Is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around

1140-469: Is covered by The Main Line Times . The well-regarded 1962 dramatic film David and Lisa was filmed in part at and around the Wynnewood train station. Also located in the community is Shortridge Memorial Park, a small park in a creek valley with stone bridges under which Indian Creek flows. The Indian Creek district has been ecologically revitalized and restored. Wynnewood residents are active in

1200-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually

1260-622: The Fox Television Stations subsidiary of News Corporation for $ 5.5 billion; the deal was finalized on July 31, 2001. As part of its acquisition of United Television, Fox had purchased KBHK-TV in San Francisco, a city in which Fox did not own its affiliate—but there was a CBS owned-and-operated station. Similarly, Viacom now owned UPN stations in Houston ( KTXH ) and Washington, D.C. (WDCA), markets where it did not own

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1320-627: The Market-Frankford Line for service to Center City and Northeast Philadelphia. Wynnewood is located along Lancaster Avenue (U.S. Route 30) and is also easily accessible from nearby Interstate Routes 76 (the Schuylkill Expressway east and west) and 476 (the Philadelphia bypass nicknamed the "Blue Route", traveling south and north between Chester and Interstate 95 in the south and Plymouth Meeting, Germantown, and

1380-601: The Pennsylvania General Assembly . Wynnewood is one of many neighborhoods on the historic Philadelphia Main Line , and is the home of institutions such as Lankenau Medical Center , St. Charles Borromeo Seminary , Palmer Theological Seminary , All Saints' Episcopal Church , and Friends' Central School . Wynnewood is neither an incorporated area nor a census-designated place . As of 2010 census, there were 13,572 people and 5,436 households residing in

1440-405: The broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station

1500-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has

1560-555: The CBS affiliate but where there was a Fox owned-and-operated station. It also needed to reduce its national coverage to come under FCC ownership limits. As a result, Fox traded KBHK-TV to Viacom in exchange for KTXH and WDCA, resulting in three new duopolies , including new Fox duopolies in Houston and Washington. The FCC approved the deal in August 2001 on the condition that Viacom sell one of its San Francisco radio stations. Fox consolidated

1620-445: The FCC announced that WDCA was a winner in the 2016-17 spectrum reallocation auction and in return received $ 119 million for the frequency. WDCA ceased broadcasting its own signal over channel 35 on July 18, 2018, continuing to broadcast on WTTG's multiplex. On April 17, 2017, Fox announced that WDCA would be re-branded as "Fox 5 Plus" on July 17, to provide better name recognition with and aligning it as an extension of WTTG, including

1680-795: The Solomon Schechter School (Wynnewood), which are both Jewish-affiliated schools. Finally, there is a French International School which has two locations—the lower school near the Bala Cynwyd Library and the upper school on City Avenue, still in Bala Cynwyd. Saint Joseph's University is close by with parts of its campus in Merion, Bala Cynwyd and West Philadelphia; Villanova University , straddling Lancaster Avenue, and Rosemont College , on Montgomery, are also nearby, as are Cabrini College and Eastern University , both in nearby Saint David's. Haverford College

1740-647: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in

1800-739: The Viking Inn, both on Lancaster Avenue, have disappeared and not been replaced, although less expensive fare is widely available. Opposite the Wynnewood Shopping Center is the Wynnewood train station. Built in the 1870s, the vintage regional rail (SEPTA) train station (MP 7.5) was designed by Wilson Brothers and Company for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Towns on the lower "Main Line" adjacent to Wynnewood include Overbrook , Merion , Narberth , Ardmore , Haverford , and Bryn Mawr . The SEPTA Route 105 bus runs along

1860-539: The channel by May 1953. WGMS won the permit in 1954, but it returned it in 1956, with company president N. Robert Rogers having "regretfully concluded" that the station would not be viable. On November 19, 1962, Capital Broadcasting Company applied to build a new television station on channel 20 in Washington, D.C. By May, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had received a second application, from Automated Electronics, Inc. of Dallas , which proposed to install

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1920-603: The community was $ 51,543. About 0.8% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.7% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over. Residents of Wynnewood cooperate with those of adjacent Ardmore in many ways, one of which is the ArdWood Civic Association. South Ardmore Park is partly in Wynnewood, and partly in Ardmore. This park is the site of a free or low-cost summer camp, sporting activities, walking paths, and

1980-427: The community. In 2000, the population density was 3,882 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the community was 92.9% White, 3.2% Asian, 2.5% African American, 0.40% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races. 1.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The median income for a household in the community was $ 86,861, and the median income for a family was $ 111,683. The per capita income for

2040-589: The debt associated with the purchase. The Paramount Stations Group acquired WDCA and other stations in two parts between 1989 and 1991, bringing much-needed stability. WDCA was one of several Paramount-owned stations to be charter outlets for the United Paramount Network ( UPN ) in 1995; in 2001, after UPN was acquired by CBS , Fox took possession of the station in a trade and merged its operations with WTTG. When UPN merged into The CW in 2006, bypassing all of Fox's UPN and independent stations in

2100-463: The east-west Pennsylvania Turnpike in the north). Wynnewood is also home to one the principal three teaching hospitals that serve Philadelphia's Main Line. Along with the eponymous Bryn Mawr and Paoli Memorial hospitals, Lankenau Hospital, on Lancaster Avenue (Route 30) in Wynnewood near the Overbrook border, has traditionally been affiliated with either Jefferson or Drexel colleges of medicine and

2160-496: The end of 1988, Salomon Brothers reached an agreement in principle in January 1989 for Paramount Pictures to acquire options to purchase the investment firm's majority stake. This deal was replaced in September with an outright purchase of 79 percent of TVX for $ 110 million. In 1991, Paramount acquired the remainder of TVX, forming the Paramount Stations Group . The deal gave Paramount a strategic entrance into

2220-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of

2280-499: The inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often the term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content

2340-693: The length of Lancaster Avenue on the Main Line, and the SEPTA Route 44 bus supplements the trains for service between nearby Ardmore and Narberth and Center City Philadelphia. South Wynnewood is served by the SEPTA Norristown High-Speed Line (former Route 100),which runs from the Montgomery County seat of Norristown through the central and eastern Main Line to 69th Street Transportation Center and connections to

2400-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at

2460-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on

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2520-561: The networks' respective programming to create a new "fifth" network called The CW . In unveiling the merged network, while WB and UPN affiliates owned by WB minority stakeholder Tribune Broadcasting (including WBDC-TV in Washington) and by CBS Television Stations were announced as charter outlets, none of the Fox-owned UPN stations—many of which were competitors to these stations—were chosen. Fox also immediately moved to strip

2580-419: The process, the station became part of Fox's MyNetworkTV service. The station was rebranded as Fox 5 Plus, an expansion of WTTG, in 2017, and it airs several WTTG-produced prime time newscasts. The first interest around channel 20 came in the early 1950s, shortly after the assignment of ultra high frequency (UHF) channels nationwide. Three Washington radio stations— WWDC , WGMS , and WEAM —had applied for

2640-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be

2700-418: The sale in 1981, primarily because of the mootness of the case in light of the repeal, though it criticized the FCC's handling of the case. In January 1980, Grant left channel 20 after nearly 14 years as general manager in order to file an application to build a new station on the unused channel 14. By this time, channel 20 had firmly established itself as the second independent in the market. It had also become

2760-544: The sole purpose of adding commercial breaks. Grant boasted that the station was turning a profit within 18 months, having projected not to do so in at least three years. In 1968, Grant reached an agreement to sell channel 20 to the Superior Tube Company, a metal tube manufacturer based in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania ; Grant would remain as general manager. Prior to finalizing the agreement with Superior Tube, it

2820-513: The station conducted a schedule overhaul with increased sports programming and more movies. The change touched every part of the station except the call letters, and management had even contemplated changing those. Tony Vinciquerra , who later became the president of Fox Networks Group , served as WDCA-TV's general sales manager from 1985 to 1986. Taft put its broadcast group up for sale in August 1986 due to agitation by investor Robert Bass ; while it asked $ 500 million for five independent stations,

2880-490: The station in nearby Arlington, Virginia . Capital Broadcasting comprised six stockholders including Milton Grant , a high-profile personality on WTTG (channel 5) from 1956 to 1961 as host of The Milt Grant Show , a teen dance hour. As part of his transition from an on-air personality to a media executive, Grant began going by Milton instead of Milt. Capital Broadcasting was granted the construction permit on August 13, 1963. WDCA-TV began broadcasting on April 20, 1966, with

2940-657: The stations of UPN branding. The next month, News Corporation then announced the creation of its own secondary network, MyNetworkTV , to serve its own outgoing UPN stations as well as those that had not been selected for The CW. WDCA shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 20, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 35, using virtual channel 20. On April 4, 2017,

3000-609: The television stations market. The original Viacom purchased the group as part of its acquisition of Paramount Pictures in 1993. WDCA became an affiliate of the United Paramount Network (UPN) upon its launch in January 1995. From 1995 to 1997, annual revenues rose from $ 17 million to $ 45 million. In 2000, Viacom purchased CBS . On August 12 of that year, United Television —the United in UPN—sold its UPN stations to

3060-497: The two stations' operations at WTTG's studios in Washington's Friendship Heights neighborhood, and it also dismissed WDCA's general manager, placing both stations under WTTG's management. On January 24, 2006, the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner and CBS Corporation (which had been created as a result of the split of Viacom at the start of the year) announced that the two companies would shut down The WB and UPN and combine

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3120-415: The winning bidder— TVX Broadcast Group of Norfolk, Virginia —only paid $ 240 million, and Taft estimated its after-tax loss for the sale at $ 45 to $ 50 million. TVX implemented budget cuts, laying off about 15 percent of the staff at the acquisitions; in Washington, 11 employees were immediately laid off—of a planned reduction of 18 personnel—and the production of local children's and public affairs programming

3180-399: The world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines

3240-743: Was also the Washington-area affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles television network. In the 1970s and 1980s, WDCA-TV also featured a variety of other local programs. For children, the station featured "Captain 20", a children's show host created in 1969 but played by Dick Dyszel from 1972 to 1987; Dyszel also doubled as "Gore De Vol", host of the station's late night horror movies. The Captain 20 Club , wrapped around afternoon cartoons ranging from Bugs Bunny to Ultraman , also included regular monkey races. From 1972 until his death in 1984, channel 20 also broadcast Petey Greene's Washington ,

3300-408: Was called "revolting" by The Washington Post . WDCA entered into a similar deal with the relocated Washington Bullets the same year, also replacing WTOP-TV. The station began splitting coverage of both teams with cable channel Home Team Sports (now Monumental Sports Network ) in 1984, an arrangement that continued until both teams moved their over-the-air games to WBDC-TV (channel 50) in 1995. It

3360-494: Was canceled. Among the employees TVX laid off was Dyszel. The Taft stations purchase left TVX highly leveraged and highly vulnerable. TVX's bankers, Salomon Brothers , provided the financing for the acquisition and in return held more than 60 percent of the company. The company was to pay Salomon Brothers $ 200 million on January 1, 1988, but missed the first payment deadline, having been unable to lure investors to its junk bonds even before Black Monday . While TVX recapitalized by

3420-560: Was discontinued in the summer of 1996. WDCA began airing an 8 p.m. prime time newscast, Fox 5 News on the Plus , on July 17, 2017, as a half-hour broadcast on weekdays and a full hour on weekends. News updates would also air throughout the day. A 9 p.m. half-hour was added in 2018 as part of a series of news expansions across the Fox Television Stations group. The station also has an hour-long 7 p.m. newscast on Saturdays and

3480-777: Was divided into a Genuardi's supermarket and a Bed Bath and Beyond. Current anchors as of late 2023 are Old Navy, DSW, and Giant. Other shopping venues in the suburb include Wynnewood Square and the Whole Foods Shopping Center (named for a market there), both on East Lancaster Avenue. As Wynnewood is primarily a residential community, its residents visit other districts of the Main Line, such as Ardmore or Narberth , for shopping. Along with its tree-shaded streets and mature old stone homes, Wynnewood has also been known historically for its car dealerships, which line Lancaster Avenue from South Wynnewood to Argyle Road. Gracious, old-fashioned restaurants, Stouffer's and

3540-738: Was founded by the Capital Broadcasting Company, whose president was Washington broadcaster Milton Grant ; Grant sold the station in 1969 to the Superior Tube Company of Pennsylvania but remained general manager until January 1980, leaving to start a career in broadcast station ownership. Channel 20 served as Washington's second-rated independent behind WTTG for decades and as a longtime home for local sports coverage and children's programming. After being owned by Taft Broadcasting from 1979 to 1987, WDCA and four other Taft-owned independent stations were sold to TVX Broadcast Group , which soon fell into financial difficulties because of

3600-526: Was reported that the station was in negotiations to be purchased by Bishop Industries, the parent company of Hazel Bishop cosmetics. Despite its claims that WDCA-TV had become profitable sooner than projected, Capital Broadcasting had lost "substantial sums" on channel 20. Grant and his partners no longer had the money to continue running the station. That finding was key in the FCC approving the $ 2.2 million sale in May 1969. Channel 20 continued to promote itself as

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