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Channels | |
Branding | WAWV |
Programming | |
Affiliations | |
Ownership | |
Owner | Mission Broadcasting, Inc. |
Operator | Nexstar Media Group (via JSA/SSA) |
WTWO | |
History | |
First air date | April 3, 1973 |
Former call signs | WIIL-TV (1973–1977) WBAK-TV (1977–2005) WFXW (2005–2011) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 38 (UHF, 1973–2009) Digital: 39 (UHF, 1999–2019) |
ABC (1973–1995) Fox (1995–2011) | |
Call sign meaning | ABC for the Wabash Valley |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 65247 |
ERP | 250 kW |
HAAT | 248 m (814 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°14′33″N 87°23′29″W / 39.24250°N 87.39139°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | www |
WAWV-TV (channel 38) is a television station in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which maintains joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of NBC affiliate WTWO (channel 2), for the provision of certain services. Both stations share studios on US 41/150 in unincorporated Sullivan County (south of Farmersburg), where WAWV-TV's transmitter is also located.