WTVH

WTVH

Syracuse, New York United States
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 5
Branding	CBS 5; CNY Central
Programming
Affiliations	5.1: CBS 5.2: Charge! 5.3: TBD
Ownership
Owner	Granite Broadcasting (WTVH License LLC)
Operator	Sinclair Broadcast Group via LMA
Sister stations	WSTM-TV
History
First air date	December 1, 1948 (75 years ago) (1948-12-01)
Former call signs	WHEN-TV (1948–1976)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 8 (VHF, 1948–1961), 5 (VHF, 1961–2009) Digital: 47 (UHF, 2002–2020)
Former affiliations	All secondary:[1] NBC (1948–1950) ABC (1948–1962) DuMont (1948–1955) United (1967)[2]
Call sign meaning	Television WHEN (former callsign)
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	74151
ERP	109 kW
HAAT	392.6 m (1,288 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°56′41.8″N 76°7′6.2″W / 42.944944°N 76.118389°W / 42.944944; -76.118389
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	cnycentral.com

WTVH (channel 5) is a television station in Syracuse, New York, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is the only station whose broadcast license continues to be owned by Granite Broadcasting, a moribund company (controlled by Greenwich, Connecticut–based hedge fund Silver Point Capital^[4]) that sold most of its remaining assets in 2014 and 2017. Certain services are provided under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of WSTM-TV (channel 3), a dual affiliate of NBC and The CW. The two stations share studios on James Street/NY 290 in the Near Northeast section of Syracuse; WTVH's transmitter is located in the town of Onondaga.