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WFAA is known as entertainment TV channel which is affiliated with ABC and located in Dallas, Texas, United States. The station was established and broadcasted for the first time on Sep 17, 1949. It contains digital and virtual channel eight which is providing its services to Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Initially, it was known as KBTV. The channel works under the management of Tegan Media; however it used different brand names for itself like News 8, WFAA-TV, Channel 8 and News 8 HD. Its secondary studio is situated at the WFAA Communications Center Studios which is placed in Download Dallas at 606 Young Street. WFAA’s first studio was used for newscasting. The channel has an associated with four big networks, i.e., NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox.

The channel’s first application was accepted on 23 October 1944, when Karl Hoblitzella, the owner of Interstate Circuit Theaters (a movie theater chain) applied with the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to get a license and construction permit to operate a TV channel on VHF channel 8. It was believed to be the Southern United States’ first application of license for any of the TV channel.

The channel became on-air for the first time on 17 Sep 1949 at 8 pm as KBTV. It had an opening ceremony of 15 minutes as its first telecast. It broadcasted for one hour in that evening. The station was established and operated by Potter via the Lacy-Potter TV Broadcasting Company; it was controlled by him partially. In Dallas, it was the first channel to license and the 3rd one in the Texas region. Get WFAA Channel 8 Live Streaming here.

Programs by WFAA Channel 8

Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight is known to be the US first-run syndicated entertainment TV newsmagazine show which is produced by telecasted by CBS Television Distribution in all over America.

Wheel of Fortune

It is a Television game show of United States which is produced by Merv Griffin. The program is about a competition between participants who solve word puzzles, as alike to those that were used in Hangman. Thus they win cash or prizes after spinning a giant wheel. This is the reason they named a show Wheel of Fortune in the first place.

Litton’s Weekend Adventure

Litton’s Weekend Adventure is recognized as US syndicated program block which is created by Litton Entertainment. It telecasts in weekends mornings on the channels which are associated with ABC. The block is about lifestyle series and live-action documentary.