WMAR-TV
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| Branding | WMAR 2 |
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| WPXW-TV, WWPX-TV | |
| History | |
| Founded | May 16, 1946 |
First air date | October 30, 1947 |
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Call sign meaning | Maryland |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 59442 |
| ERP | 830 kW |
| HAAT | 307 m (1,007 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°20′5″N 76°39′2″W / 39.33472°N 76.65056°W |
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| Website | www |
WMAR-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. The station's studios and offices are located on York Road (Maryland Route 45) in Towson north of the Baltimore City–Baltimore County border. Its transmitter and antenna, which is on a landmark three-pronged candelabra broadcast tower, is located on Television Hill in the Woodberry neighborhood of Baltimore.
WMAR-TV's fifth subchannel broadcasts Scripps-owned Ion Television. It is sister to WPXW-TV in Manassas, Virginia, which serves the Washington, D.C., area, and satellite station WWPX-TV in Martinsburg, West Virginia.