WOLF-TV

WOLF-TV
	Hazleton–Wilkes-Barre–; Scranton, Pennsylvania; ; United States;
City	Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF); Virtual: 56;
Branding	Fox 56; CW 38 (56.2); MyTV WQMY (56.3);
Programming
Affiliations	56.1: Fox; 56.2: The CW; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group; (WOLF Licensee, LLC);
Sister stations	WQMY, WSWB
History
Founded	November 22, 1982
First air date	June 6, 1985
Former call signs	WERF (1982–1984); WWLF-TV (1984–1998);
Former channel numbers	Analog: 56 (UHF, 1985–2009); Digital: 45 (UHF, 2001–2019);
Former affiliations	Independent (1985–1986)
Call sign meaning	"Wolf" (the animal)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	73375
ERP	220 kW
HAAT	510 m (1,673 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°10′58.2″N 75°52′11.5″W / 41.182833°N 75.869861°W
Translator(s)	27 (UHF) Waymart; 24 (UHF) Clarks Summit;
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	fox56.com

WOLF-TV (channel 56) is a television station licensed to Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States, serving Northeastern Pennsylvania as an affiliate of the Fox network. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Williamsport-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WQMY (channel 53); Sinclair also provides certain services to Scranton-licensed CW affiliate WSWB (channel 38) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with MPS Media. The three stations share studios on PA 315 in the Fox Hill section of Plains Township; WOLF-TV's transmitter is located at the Penobscot Knob antenna farm near Mountain Top. However, newscasts have originated from the facilities of sister station and CBS affiliate WSBT-TV in South Bend, Indiana, since January 2017.