WCAU
NBC TV station in Philadelphia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WCAU (channel 10) is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, serving as the market's NBC outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Mount Laurel, New Jersey–licensed Telemundo outlet WWSI (channel 62); it is also sister to regional sports network NBC Sports Philadelphia.
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Branding | NBC 10 |
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Founded | September 1946 |
First air date | May 23, 1948 (76 years ago) (1948-05-23) |
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Call sign meaning | Taken from WCAU radio, randomly assigned |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 63153 |
ERP | 745 kW |
HAAT | 399.8 m (1,311.7 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°2′30.1″N 75°14′10.1″W |
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Website | www |
WCAU and WWSI share studios in the Comcast Technology Center on Arch Street in Center City, with some operations remaining at their former main studio at the corner of City Avenue and Monument Road in Bala Cynwyd. Through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WCAU's spectrum from a tower in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.