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WwhoWWHO ("UPN Columbus") is the Columbus, Ohio television affiliate for both UPN and The WB television network. The station is licensed to Chillicothe, Ohio, though it operates out of a facility in Columbus with its transmitter located just south of Columbus. WWHO is owned and operated by the LIN Television Corporation. History WWHO began operating in 1987 under owner Wendell Triplet. Originally, the station used the call letters WWAT. The station operated as an independent station for a number of years until the launch of the WB television network. Then owned by Fant Broadcasting and under a Local marketing agreement with NBC, WWHO (then "WB 53") remained a WB affiliate until the Paramount Stations Group (a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures) agreed to acquire the station in 1997. At that time the station took on UPN programming as a secondary UPN affiliate. Not long after, WWHO became a primary UPN affiliate (as "UPN 53" until just recently) and shifted WB programming to nights and weekends. On February 10, 2005, it was announced that Viacom (the successor to the Paramount Stations Goup) was selling WWHO and WNDY-TV (in the Indianapolis market) to the LIN Television Corporation for $85 million. While under the Local marketing agreement in the 1990s, local NBC affiliate WCMH produced a 10 p.m. newscast for WWHO. On February 10, 2005, LIN Television announced its intention to bring 10 p.m. news back to WWHO. WWHO broadcasts at 5,000,000 watts, the maximum allowed by the Federal Communications Commission, covering Columbus and areas south. WWHO-DT (WWHO's digital signal) operates on channel 46. Programming In addition to UPN and WB network programming, WWHO currently broadcasts the nationally syndicated morning news program "The Daily Buzz". External links
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