branding wish tv 8 general 24 hour news 8 newscasts slogan today tomorrow always channels digital 17 vhf virtual 8 psip subchannels 8.1 simulcast of wish tv the cw 8.2 17.1 gettv 8.3 justice network affiliations the cw as a wish tv translator owner media general sale to nexstar broadcasting group pending indiana broadcasting llc first air date january 29 1988 1988 01 29 call letters meaning visual disambiguation of former w11bv translator calls with look alike characters h from wish tv calls sister station s wish tv wndy tv former callsigns w11bv 1988 1995 wiih lp 1995 2002 wiih ca 2002 2009 wiih ld 2009 2011 former channel number s analog 11 uhf 1988 2002 17 uhf 2002 2011 former affiliations primary independent 1988 2003 univision 2003 2008 weather forecast service 2009 2011 cbs via wish tv 2011 2014 secondary cbs via wish tv 1988 2003 & 2009 2011 transmitter power 0.3 kw height 144 m class dc facility id 167765 transmitter coordinates 39 53 25 n 86 12 20 w 39.89028 n 86.20556 w 39.89028 ; 86.20556 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website wishtv.com wiih cd virtual channel 17 vhf digital channel 8 is a low powered television station located in indianapolis indiana united states . the station is owned by media general and is operated as a sister station to cw affiliate wish tv channel 8 and mynetworktv affiliate wndy tv channel 23 . wiih cd currently serves as a translator station to wish tv . all three stations share studio facilities located on north meridian street at the north end of television row in northwestern indianapolis ; wiih cd maintains transmitter facilities located on walnut drive also on the city s northwest side near meridian hills . contents 1 history 1.1 early history 1.2 as a wish tv translator 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 references 4 external links history edit early history edit the station first signed on the air on january 29 1988 as w11bv broadcasting on vhf channel 11 . its original owner white river corporation sold the station to indiana broadcasting corporation the subsidiary of lin broadcasting corporation predecessor to lin media that held the license for wish tv on december 21 1992 . 1 the station changed its call letters to wiih lp in 1995 . in 2002 wiih moved its allocation to uhf channel 17 and received approval from the federal communications commission to reclassify its license to class a status modifying its calls to wiih ca in the process . in 2003 the station became the market s univision affiliate branding as univision indiana . soon afterward wish tv began producing a nightly spanish language newscast for wiih ca titled wiih noticias which was cancelled in 2008 . on may 18 2007 lin tv announced that it was exploring strategic alternatives that could result in the sale of the company . 2 on september 15 2008 lin and time warner cable entered into an impasse during negotiations for new retransmission consent deals for some of the group s television stations . bright house networks a major cable provider for indianapolis negotiates carriage contracts through time warner cable . lin tv requested compensation for carriage in a manner similar to cable networks as other broadcast station owners began to seek compensation from pay television providers for their programming . the agreement with bright house expired on october 2 . 3 by 12 35 a.m. on october 3 time warner cable and bright house networks substituted wiih wish and mynetworktv affiliate wndy tv channel 23 as well as lin s other television stations around the country with other cable channels in markets where the group owns or manages stations and both providers maintain systems . locally wish and wndy were restored 23 days later on october 26 after lin reached a groupwide carriage agreement with twc bright house however wiih ca was excluded from the deal . by 2008 indianapolis had grown to become the 57th largest media market based on the local hispanic population in the united states . 4 on january 1 2009 the station dropped univision programming after lin failed to renew its contract with the network which expired the day before on december 31 2008 and adopted a weather focused programming format branded as lws local weather station . as a result two other pay television providers in the indianapolis market comcast and at & t u verse secured carriage agreements with univision to receive its programming from the network s national feed ; however bright house decided not to pursue a contract with the network at that time . 4 as a wish tv translator edit on january 29 2010 lin tv filed an application to the fcc to operate a fill in translator station for wish tv using wiih ld s uhf channel 17 signal 5 to serve areas of indianapolis that experienced problems receiving the wish tv signal after the transition . the commission granted a construction permit to build transmitter facilities for this purpose on june 16 2010 . 6 the transmitter was relocated to the tower site used by wish tv on 7619 walnut drive though the city of indianapolis lists the address as 2500 westlane road 7 in northwestern indianapolis and was installed on the tower at 144 metres 472 ft above average terrain . the fcc cancelled wiih ca s analog license on january 13 2011 when wiih ld was converted into a fill in translator of wish tv 8 lws programming remained on digital subchannel 8.2 on wish tv and was moved to that same mapped subchannel on both wiih cd with the translator conversion . in september 2011 lin media filed an application to the fcc to upgrade the wiih ld license to class a status . after the move was approved by the fcc wiih s call letters were modified to wiih cd . on march 21 2014 media general announced that it would merge with lin media in a 1.6 billion deal . 9 the merger was completed on december 19 . 10 digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 11 8.1 1080i 16 9 wish hd simulcast of wish tv the cw 8.2 17.1 480i 4 3 gettv gettv 8.3 justnet justice network analog to digital conversion edit wiih ca terminated its analog signal on september 9 2009 and flash cut its digital signal into operation on vhf channel 8 the former analog and current virtual channel allocation of wish tv which it vacated upon the june 12 digital television transition . references edit http licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs pubacc prod app det.pl application id 175810 . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved december 24 2014 . external link in title help http www.lintv.com index.php option com content & task view & id 298 & itemid 114 http indiana.mybrighthouse.com products and pricing digital cable programming programming status.aspx a b http www.indystar.com article 20081229 local18 812290361 http licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs forms prod prefill and display.pl application id 1354342 & service ld & form id 346 & facility id 39269 http licensing.fcc.gov prod cdbs pubacc auth files 1364690.pdf imagis http imaps.indygov.org newimagis database inquiry http licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin prod cdbs forms prod getimportletter exh.cgi import letter id 23788 media general to buy wish tv parent in deal worth 1.6 b . indianapolis business journal . associated press . march 21 2014 . retrieved march 22 2014 . media general completes merger with lin media press release media general retrieved 19 december 2014 rabbitears tv query for wiih external links edit wishtv.com wish tv official website query the fcc s tv station database for wiih listing 1030817 . antenna structure registration database . u.s. federal communications commission . v t e television stations in central indiana including indianapolis english stations wttv wttk 4.1 29.1 cbs 4.2 29.2 independent 4.3 29.3 comet wrtv 6.1 abc 6.2 htsn 6.3 laff 6.4 escape wish tv wiih cd 8.1 the cw 8.2 get tv 8.3 justice network wthr 13.1 nbc 13.2 cozi tv 13.3 metv wfyi 20.1 pbs 20.3 create indiana channel classic arts showcase wndy tv 23.1 mntv 23.2 bounce tv 23.3 wish tv walv cd 46.1 metv wbxi cd 47.1 local wx wipx lp 51 silent wxin 59.1 fox 59.2 antenna tv 59.3 this tv wipx tv 63.1 ion 63.2 qubo 63.3 ion life 63.4 ion shop 63.5 qvc 63.6 hsn spanish stations wdni cd 19.1 telemundo wfyi 20.2 v me wclj tv 42.4 enlace religious whmb tv 40.1 lesea 40.2 wht wclj tv 42.1 tbn 42.2 tcc 42.3 juce tv 42.5 soac wdti 69.1 ds outlying areas martinsville wrep ld 15 a1 terre haute wudz ld 28.1 buzzr 28.2 tcn 28.3 sonlife 28.4 lc 28.5 qvc 28.6 qvc bloomington wtiu 30.1 pbs 30.2 world 30.3 create 30.4 v me wclj tv 42.1 tbn 42.2 tcc 42.3 juce tv 42.4 enlace 42.5 soac muncie wipb 49.1 pbs 49.2 create indiana channel 49.3 weather wbst fm audio simulcast marion wiwu cd 51.1 tln cornerstone wht wsot ld 27.1 the walk nrb tln cable channels wcty tv 16 gov. access fox sports indiana cn81 comcast network defunct muncie wmun lp 26 tbn indianapolis wkog lp 31 wkgk lp 50 religious brookston wajn lp 43 ind. adjacent areas central illinois chicago cincinnati dayton evansville fort wayne lafayette louisville south bend terre haute v t e other television stations in the state of indiana america one affiliates wrep ld 15 martinsville wrlw cd 17 salem wjts cd 18 jasper independent stations w06bd 6 princeton wwjs cd 9 clarksville waaa lp 49 westville spanish language television stations wdni cd 19 telemundo indianapolis wmys ld2 69.2 telemundo south bend other chicago market stations wodn lp 13 dw portage other indianapolis market stations wiih cd 17 local weather station walv cd 50 cozi tv wipx 63 ion see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in indiana see also religious and spanish tv stations v t e media general inc. corporate directors j. stewart bryan iii cob marshall n. morton o. reid ashe jr. john a. schauss diana f. cantor charles a. davis thompson l. rankin rodney a. smolla walter e. williams coleman wortham iii h. graham woodlief jr. james a. zimmerman kirk read stephen y. dickinson george l. mahoney lou anne j. nabhan john a. schauss james f. woodward abc network affiliates ktka tv 1 wate tv wbay tv 2 whtm tv wjbf wjhl dt2 wlaj 1 wkrn tv wotv wric tv wten wcdc tv wtnh wytv 1 cbs network affiliates kelo tv kclo tv kdlo tv kplo tv kimt 2 klfy tv koin krqe kbim tv krez tv wane tv wbtw whlt wiat wivb tv wjhl tv wjtv wkbn tv wkrg tv wlfi tv 2 wlns tv wncn wnct tv wpri tv wrbl wspa tv wthi tv 2 cw network affiliates khon tv knva 1 ktka tv 1 kwbq krwb tv 1 kxtu ld wbdt 1 wcbd dt2 wfna whlt wish tv wjtv wlaj dt2 1 wnct dt2 wnlo wwlp dt2 wfxq cd wycw fox network affiliates kasa tv khon tv khaw tv kaii tv ktmj cd kxrm tv wnac tv 1 wthi dt2 wvbt wxxa tv 1 wyfx ld mynetworktv affiliates kasy tv 1 kbvo kelo tv kdlo tv kplo tv kimt kron tv wbtw wctx wnac dt2 1 wndy tv wsav dt2 wthi dt2 2 wtta wxsp cd wytv dt2 1 nbc network affiliates ksnt ksnw ksnc ksng ksnk ksnl ld kwqc tv 2 kxan tv wavy tv wcbd tv wcmh tv wdtn wfla tv wood tv wsav tv wsls tv 2 wwlp wfxq cd acquisitions lin media new vision television park communications spartan communications young broadcasting other assets professional communications systems lin digital sale of company pending to nexstar broadcasting group . 1 media general operates this station