WHTM-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WHTM-TV
city = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
station_
station_slogan = Working for You
station_branding = ABC 27 (general)
ABC 27 News (newscasts)
analog = 27 (UHF)
digital = 10 (VHF)
other_chs =

affiliations = ABC
RTN (DT2)
network = ABC
founded =
airdate = June 19, 1953
location = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
callsign_meaning = Harrisburg Times Mirror
(previous owner)
former_callsigns = WTPA (1953-1980)
former_channel_numbers = 71 (1953-1957)
owner = Allbritton Communications Company
licensee = Harrisburg Television, Inc.
effective_radiated_power = 2140 kW (analog)
16.2 kW (digital)
HAAT = 346 m (analog)
311.1 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 72326
coordinates = coord|40|18|57.7|N|76|57|1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.whtm.com/ www.whtm.com]

WHTM-TV channel 27 is the ABC television affiliate serving Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and the Susquehanna Valley. Its transmitter is located near Harrisburg.

History

The station first went on air on June 19, 1953 as an ABC affiliate under the call letters WTPA-TV, under local owners. WTPA-TV originally operated on channel 71, but bought an unbuilt construction permit for channel 27 held by another company and moved there in 1957 as WTPA-TV's channel changed from 71 to 27. The station was sold to Lexington, Kentucky-based Starr Broadcasting Company in 1963. The Times Mirror Company acquired the station in 1980 and changed its calls to WHTM-TV. The station was sold to Smith Broadcasting Company in 1984 and acquired by its current owners Allbritton Communications in 1996.

The station launched its digital signal on VHF channel 10 in 1999.

Transmitter problems

As a result of an ice storm that came through the Harrisburg region on December 15, from December 16, 2007, [cite web |title= Statement from abc27 Station Management|date=December 17, 2007 |url=http://www.whtm.com/news/stories/1207/481180.html| accessdate=2007-12-18 ] through the morning of December 18, [cite web |title=Statement from abc27 Station Management|date=December 18, 2007 |url=http://www.whtm.com/news/stories/1207/481414.html| accessdate=2007-12-18 ] the station was unable to transmit its' signal over the air due to the power loss at its transmitter site. The signal loss affected some cable and satellite subscribers reception of the station as well.

Digital TV

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Personalites

News Anchors/Reporters

*Dennis Owens
*Flora Posteraro
*Alicia Richards
*Valerie Pritchett
*Kevin Henry
*Lisa Scullin
*Al Gnoza
*Ali Lanyon
*Kristin Thorne
*Amy Kehm
*Dennis Buterbaugh
*James Crummel
*Andy Briggs
*Cara Moore
*Seth Charles
*Kendra Nichols
*Chris Cekot
*Gregg Mace
*Josh Reed

Meteorologists

*Chuck Rhodes (see below)
**He served as a minor cast member in the film Lucky Numbers starring John Travolta. Travolta was starring as a cash lacking TV-Forecaster, and Rhodes was his biggest competition in Harrisburg, PA.
*Mick O'Hearn (AMS Certified)
*Rob Dixon
*Eric Finkenbinder
*Brett Thackara

External links

* [http://www.abc27.com/ WHTM-TV Homepage]
*TVQ|WHTM-TV
*BIA|WHTM|TV|TV
*TitanTV|WHTM

References