WFAA
| WFAA | |
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| Brand | WFAA-TV Channel 8 |
| City of License | Dallas, Texas |
| Market | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas |
| Channel | 8 digital (retransmitted on RF 30.3, mapped to virtual 8.8) Formerly: 8 analog (1949-2009) 9 digital (1998-2009) Subcarrier: 8.2 (News 8 Now) 8.3 (Justice Network) |
| Network Affiliation | Current: ABC
Historic: NBC (1949-1950) |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Company | Tegna Media (Acquisition by Standard General and ensuing sale to Cox Media Group pending; duopoly with KFAA) |
| President | |
| Current Popular Non-Network Shows |
Entertainment Tonight
Inside Edition |
WFAA is the callsign for the ABC affiliate in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas market. It is licensed to Dallas and broadcasts on digital channel 8. It is owned by Tegna Media, the broadcast division of Gannett.
Channel 8 analog signed on in 1949 as NBC affiliate KBTV, until 1950 when the call letters and the affiliate were changed to WFAA-TV and ABC. Around that time, on November 22, 1963, WFAA was the first station to break the news that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated about two blocks north of the television station near Dealey Plaza outside the Texas School Book Depository. The station became the first station in America to broadcast a digital channel back in 1998.
Sister station KFAA/channel 29 is exercising an option to buy out WFAA's transmitter license, which would essentially swap the stations' RF channels.
Digital programming
| Virtual | Physical | Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 8.1 | WFAA-DT | Main WFAA (ABC) |
| 8.2 | 8.2 | WFAA-DT2 | News 8 Now |
| 8.3 | 8.3 | WFAA-DT3 | Justice Network |
Current ABC Prime-Time Schedule (Ch. 8)
| Day | 6:00 | 6:30 | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | News 8 at 6 | Entertainment Tonight | Monday Night Football | News 8 Update | |||||
| Tuesday | News 8 at 6 | Entertainment Tonight | Dancing with the Stars | High Potential | News 8 Update | ||||
| Wednesday | News 8 at 6 | Entertainment Tonight | The Golden Bachelorette | Abbott Elementary | What Would You Do? | News 8 Update | |||
| Thursday | News 8 at 6 | Entertainment Tonight | 9-1-1 | Doctor Odyssey | Grey's Anatomy | News 8 Update | |||
| Friday | News 8 at 6 | Entertainment Tonight | Shark Tank | 20/20 | News 8 Update | ||||
| Saturday | News 8 at 6 | Inside Edition | Saturday Night College Football | News 8 Update | |||||
| Sunday | America's Funniest Home Videos | The Wonderful World of Disney | News 8 Update | ||||||
External Links
- Offical Site of WFAA
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WFAA
