WCHS-TV, ABC television affiliate in Charleston, West Virginia, United States
WCHS-TV is a television station in Charleston, West Virginia, affiliated with the ABC network and serving the surrounding region with local news and programming. Its main studios are located on Piedmont Road, with a second news operation based in Huntington.
The station first went on air in 1954 as part of a local media group that also ran radio operations in the Charleston area. Over the following decades it changed network affiliations several times before settling with ABC.
WCHS-TV is a familiar presence in many West Virginia households, particularly for local news and daily weather reports. People in the region often refer to it simply as Channel 8, a name that stuck from the original analog broadcast days.
The station broadcasts over the air and is also available through cable and satellite providers in the region. For those who want to follow local news or weather on the go, the station maintains an online presence with regular updates.
Although the station has broadcast digitally for years, it is still widely known in the area as Channel 8, a reference to its original analog frequency. The Huntington studio, which opened in 2013, allows reporters to cover stories from that city without needing to travel back to the Charleston base.
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