WFAA

Also known as WFAA-TV, WFAA-TV Channel 8

WFAA (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Owned by Nexstar Media Group (based in nearby Irving), it is sister to KDAF (channel 33), an owned-and-operated station of The CW, and independent station KFAA-TV (channel 29), which provides a full-market high definition simulcast of WFAA's main channel on its UHF physical channel assigned to channel 8.8, due to long-term issues involving WFAA's digital VHF signal.

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Official website: www.wfaa.com

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inception: 1949-09-17

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History
Early history
Belo ownership and ABC affiliation
Gannett/Tegna ownership
Aborted sale to Cox Media Group
Nexstar ownership
Radio
WFAA (AM)
WFAA-FM
Subchannel history
WFAA-DT2
Programming
Local programming
Sports programming
Past program preemptions and deferrals
News operation
News department history
Notable current on-air staff
Notable former on-air staff
Community outreach
Controversy
Jimmy Kimmel monologue cut-off
Technical information
Subchannels
Analog-to-digital conversion
References
External links

WFAA and KFAA-TV share studio facilities and business offices at the WFAA Communications Center Studios on Young Street in downtown Dallas (next to the offices of WFAA's former sister newspaper under the ownership of former parent company Belo, The Dallas Morning News). WFAA's transmitter is located in Cedar Hill, Texas.