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 (74 years ago) (1949-08-15)
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)[citation needed]
Technical information[1]
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 / 42.687417; -85.50972
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/CW affiliate 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.