WWHO

WWHO
ATSC 3.0 station
	Chillicothe–Columbus, Ohio; United States;
City	Chillicothe, Ohio
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF); Virtual: 53;
Branding	Columbus CW
Programming
Affiliations	53.1: The CW; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group; (WWHO Licensee, LLC);
Sister stations	WSYX, WTTE
History
Founded	October 29, 1984
First air date	August 31, 1987
Former call signs	WWAT (1987–1994)
Former channel numbers	Analog: 53 (UHF, 1987–2009); Digital: 46 (UHF, 2002–2020);
Former affiliations	Independent (1987–1995); The WB (primary 1995–2000, secondary 2000–2006); UPN (secondary 1997–2000, primary 2000–2006); Pax (secondary, 1998–1999);
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	21158
ERP	885 kW
HAAT	286 m (938 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°56′14″N 83°1′16″W / 39.93722°N 83.02111°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	cwcolumbus.com

WWHO (channel 53) is a television station licensed to Chillicothe, Ohio, United States, serving the Columbus area as an affiliate of The CW. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside ABC/Fox affiliate WSYX (channel 6) and operated with WTTE (channel 28). The three stations share studios on Dublin Road, northwest of downtown Columbus; WWHO's transmitter is located in the Franklinton section of the city.

WWHO also served briefly as the default CW affiliate (on cable) for the Zanesville media market from March 2008 through early July 2008, after WHIZ-TV discontinued WBZV, its cable-only CW Plus affiliate. The CW Plus has since been reinstated to the Zanesville cable line-up via a Spectrum-provided cable-only CW Plus feed branded as "Zanesville CW 13" in the market, which has no connections to WHIZ-TV. WWHO served as the de facto over-the-air WB affiliate for the Dayton, Ohio, media market until 1999, when WBDT (then a primary Pax affiliate) joined The WB; which relegated Pax to a secondary affiliation. WWHO also provided UPN service to much of the Dayton market over the air until 2006, when The CW was launched.