WJLA-TV

WJLA-TV

Washington, D.C. United States
Channels	Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 7
Branding	ABC 7; 7 News On Your Side
Programming
Affiliations	7.1: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (ACC Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	Broadcast: WDCO-CD Cable: WJLA 24/7 News
History
First air date	October 3, 1947 (77 years ago) (1947-10-03)
Former call signs	WTVW (1947) WMAL-TV (1947–1977)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 7 (VHF, 1947–2009) Digital: 39 (UHF, 1998-2009)
Former affiliations	CBS (primary 1947–1948, secondary 1948–1949) NTA (secondary, 1956–1961)
Call sign meaning	Joe L. Allbritton (founder of Allbritton Communications, former owner of station)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	1051
ERP	52 kW
HAAT	235.6 m (773 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°57′1″N 77°4′47″W / 38.95028°N 77.07972°W / 38.95028; -77.07972
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	wjla.com

WJLA-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Washington, D.C., affiliated with ABC. It is one of two flagship stations of Sinclair Broadcast Group (alongside dual Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate WBFF [channel 45] in Baltimore), and is also sister to Woodstock, Virginia–licensed low-powered, Class A TBD station WDCO-CD (channel 10) and local cable channel WJLA 24/7 News. WJLA-TV's studios are located on Wilson Boulevard in the Rosslyn section of Arlington, Virginia, and its transmitter is located in the Tenleytown neighborhood of northwest Washington.