Since 1954, WCHS-TV8, an ABC Television Network affiliate, has been serving the Charleston-Huntington television market. The market is ranked 65 in size (population) in the United States. We reach over 1.2 million people and over 34 counties spanning three states. Geographically, Charleston-Huntington is the second largest TV market east of the Mississippi River. With 1 hour driving time between its two major metropolitan areas and approximately 4 hours travel time to traverse its borders, Charleston-Huntington includes an area of diverse social and economic characteristics. From the coal fields of eastern Kentucky, to the rolling farmland of southern Ohio, and the mountainous timberland regions of central West Virginia, the Charleston-Huntington TV market includes many different lifestyles.

WCHS-TV8 is part of the Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs, or provides sales services to 112 television stations in 61 geographically diverse markets. Sinclair's television group includes FOX, MNT, CW, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Azteca affiliates and reaches approximately 30% of all U.S. television households. Sinclair, either directly or through its Ventures subsidiary, makes equity investments in strategic companies. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. was founded in 1986, went public in 1995 and is traded on the Nasdaq Exchange under the ticker symbol SBGI.

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