WPLG

WPLG
CityMiami, Florida
Channels
BrandingLocal 10
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
November 20, 1961 (1961-11-20)
Former call signs
WLBW-TV (1961–1970)
Former channel numbers
  • Analog: 10 (VHF, 1961–2009)
  • Digital: 9 (VHF, 1999–2009)
ABC (1961–2025)
Call sign meaning
in memory of former Washington Post publisher Phillip Leslie Graham
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID53113
ERP156 kW
HAAT309 m (1,014 ft)
Transmitter coordinates25°58′1″N 80°12′42″W / 25.96694°N 80.21167°W / 25.96694; -80.21167
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.local10.com

WPLG (channel 10) is an independent television station in Miami, Florida, United States. It is the sole television property owned by holding company Berkshire Hathaway. WPLG's studios are located on West Hallandale Beach Boulevard in Pembroke Park, and its transmitter is located in Miami Gardens, Florida.

WPLG signed on the air as WLBW-TV on November 20, 1961, as the replacement for WPST-TV, which was forced to shut down by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) following the revelation of bribery undertaken with one of the commissioners to secure that station's license. L. B. Wilson, Inc., was found to be the only bidder for the original channel 10 license not to have engaged in coercive action, and was thus awarded a temporary permit to begin telecasting. While WPST-TV's license was revoked in July 1960, WLBW-TV had to wait for nearly a year to finally sign on using entirely different facilities, but hired multiple former WPST-TV staffers and acquired the ABC affiliation WPST-TV held.

Sold to Post-Newsweek Stations in 1969, WLBW-TV was renamed WPLG the following year in honor of Philip Leslie Graham. Led by on-air talent including Ann Bishop, Dwight Lauderdale, Bryan Norcross, Michael Putney and Calvin Hughes, WPLG's news department emerged in the 1970s as a leader in local television ratings and has maintained that position ever since. WPLG has been owned by Berkshire Hathaway since 2014, when Post-Newsweek (renamed Graham Media Group) divested it, but continues to maintain infrastructure and logistical ties to its previous ownership. After refusing to accept ABC's demands for increased reverse compensation, it disaffiliated from the network in August 2025; ABC moved to a subchannel of WSVN.