WKOW-TV
Overview
American Broadcasting Company
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-affiliated television station
Television station
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for Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
. The station broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
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digital signal on UHF channel 26 (PSIP virtual channel
Virtual channel
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27) from a transmitter in the city's Middleton Junction section; the station is also available on Charter Cable
Charter Communications
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systems in the Madison market (SD channel 7 and HD channel 607). Owned and operated by Quincy Newspapers
Quincy Newspapers
Quincy Newspapers, Inc. is a family-owned media company that originated in the newspapers of Quincy, Illinois. The company's history can be traced back to 1835, when the Bounty Land Register was one of only four newspapers in all of Illinois. Over the next century, a number of mergers followed...
, WKOW has studios on Tokay Boulevard on Madison's west side. Programming on WKOW includes the ABC lineup, local news, and syndicated programming including The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show is an American syndicated television talk show, hosted by Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon and teaching professor at Columbia University who became famous for his appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show from 2004 until 2009....
, Ellen
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show)
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, Live with Regis and Kelly
Live with Regis and Kelly
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and The Doctors
The Doctors (2008 TV series)
The Doctors is an American syndicated talk show airing daily in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Sweden and Finland. It debuted on September 8, 2008. The hour-long daytime program is produced by Phil McGraw and his son Jay McGraw and is distributed domestically and globally by CBS Television...
.
The station launched on June 30, 1953 as WKOW-TV, an affiliate of CBS
CBS
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television and sister station to WKOW Radio (AM 1070, now WTSO
WTSO
WTSO is a radio station in the Madison, Wisconsin area. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications and airs a sports radio format...
and FM 104.1, now WZEE
WZEE
WZEE is "Z104," a radio station owned by Clear Channel Communications in Madison, Wisconsin. Z104 broadcasts a Top 40/CHR music format, and has been airing the format since 1974. WZEE airs a Hip-Hop/Urban Contemporary format on its HD Radio subchannel...
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