WHTM-TV (Harrisburg, PA)
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WHTM-TV (channel 27) is a television station licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Susquehanna Valley region as an affiliate of ABC. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios on North 6th Street in Harrisburg (although with a Hoffman Street address). Through a channel sharing agreement with Red Lion–licensed religious independent station WLYH (channel 49), the two stations transmit using WHTM-TV's spectrum from an antenna on a ridge north of I-81 along the Cumberland–Perry county line. Source
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| Scope | Local |
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
| Media Market | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York |
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| Broadcast Affiliation | ABC |
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