WPHL-TV

WPHL-TV
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; United States;
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF), shared with WUVP-DT; Virtual: 17;
Branding	PHL17
Programming
Affiliations	17.1: The CW; 17.2: Antenna TV & MyNetworkTV; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group; (Tribune Media Company);
History
First air date	July 17, 1960
Former call signs	WKDN-TV (CP, 1954–1959); WPCA-TV (1959–1962);
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 17 (UHF, 1960–2009); Digital: 54 (UHF, 2002–2009);
Former affiliations	Independent (1960–1962, 1965–1995); Dark (1962–1965); United (1967); ABC/NBC (secondary, 1975–1976 and 1977–1983); The WB (1995–2006); MyNetworkTV (2006–2023, now on DT2);
Call sign meaning	Philadelphia; ("PHL" is also IATA code for Philadelphia International Airport);
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	73879
ERP	645 kW; 1,000 kW (CP);
HAAT	324 m (1,063 ft); 321 m (1,053 ft) (CP);
Transmitter coordinates	40°2′30.9″N 75°14′21.9″W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	phl17.com

WPHL-TV (channel 17) is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, serving as the local outlet for The CW Television Network. The station also maintains a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. Owned and operated by The CW's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, WPHL-TV has studios in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia; it maintains a channel sharing agreement with Vineland, New Jersey–licensed Univision station WUVP-DT (channel 65), under which the two stations transmit using WPHL-TV's spectrum from a tower in the Roxborough antenna farm.

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