Radio and television Philadelphia

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original wcau studio @ 1622 chestnut street.


rock stations wmmr , wysp had historically been intense rivals. however, in 2011, wysp switched sports talk wip-fm, broadcasts philadelphia eagles games. wmmr s preston , steve show has been area s top-rated morning show since howard stern left broadcast radio satellite-based sirius radio.


four urban stations (wusl ( power 99 ), wphi ( hot 107.9 ), wdas , wrnb ( old school 100.3 )) popular choices on fm dial. wbeb city s adult contemporary station, while wtdy-fm ( wired 96.5 ) major rhythmic top 40 station.


in 1930s, experimental station w3xe, owned philco, became first television station in philadelphia; became nbc s first affiliate in 1939, , later became kyw-tv (cbs). wcau-tv, wpvi-tv, whyy-tv, wphl-tv, , wtxf-tv had been founded 1970s. in 1952, wfil (now wpvi) premiered television show bandstand, later became nationally broadcast american bandstand hosted dick clark. today, in many large metropolitan areas, each of commercial networks has affiliate, , call letters have been replaced in promotional use corporate ids: cbs3, 6abc, nbc10, fox29, telefutura28, telemundo62, univision65, plus phl 17 , cw philly 57. region served public broadcasting stations wybe-tv (philadelphia), whyy-tv (wilmington, delaware , philadelphia), wlvt-tv (lehigh valley), , njtv (new jersey). in september 2007, philadelphia approved public-access television cable tv channel.


until september 2014, philadelphia media market in united states owned-and-operated stations of 5 english-language major broadcast networks (nbc – wcau, cbs – kyw-tv, abc – wpvi-tv, fox – wtxf-tv , cw – wpsg); 3 of major spanish-language networks (univision, unimas , telemundo) have o&os serving market (respectively, wuvp-dt, wfpa-cd , wwsi).


the city nation s fourth-largest consumer in media market, ranked nielsen media research, on 2.9 million tv homes.








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