WPHL-TV

WPHL-TV

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF), shared with WUVP-DT Virtual: 17
Branding	PHL17, PHL17 CW
Programming
Affiliations	17.1: The CW[1] 17.2: Antenna TV/MyTV for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (Tribune Media Company[2])
History
First air date	July 17, 1960 (64 years ago) (1960-07-17)
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) The WB (1995–2006) MyNetworkTV (2006–2023)
Call sign meaning	Philadelphia
Technical information[3]
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 / 40.041917°N 75.239417°W / 40.041917; -75.239417
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. 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.