KYW-TV, virtual channel 3 (digital channel 26), is the CBS owned and operated station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. KYW-TV shares a studio facility with its sister CW station WPSG (channel 57) just north of Center City Philadelphia and its transmitter is located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.
The channel 3 facility in Philadelphia is one of the world's oldest television stations. It began in 1932 as W3XE, an experimental station...
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KYW-TV, virtual channel 3 (digital channel 26), is the CBS owned and operated station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. KYW-TV shares a studio facility with its sister CW station WPSG (channel 57) just north of Center City Philadelphia and its transmitter is located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.
The channel 3 facility in Philadelphia is one of the world's oldest television stations. It began in 1932 as W3XE, an experimental station owned by the Philco Corporation, a local company known for manufacturing early radio and television sets. Philco engineers created much of the station's equipment, including cameras. In 1941, it began sharing programs with W2XBS (later WNBT and now WNBC-TV) in New York City, becoming NBC's second television affiliate, and creating a link between the station and the network that would last for 54 years.
On July 1, 1941, W3XE received a commercial license -- the third in the United States, and the first outside New York City -- as WPTZ-TV. The...
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