WPTV-TV

WPTV-TV
Channels
BrandingWPTV
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WFLX, WHDT
History
First air date
August 22, 1954 (1954-08-22)
Former call signs
  • WJNO-TV (1954–1956)
  • WPTV (1956–2010)
Former channel numbers
  • Analog: 5 (VHF, 1954–2009)
  • Digital: 55 (UHF, 2003–2009)
Call sign meaning
West Palm Television
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID59443
ERP50 kW
HAAT386.3 m (1,267 ft)
Transmitter coordinates26°35′21.2″N 80°12′42.8″W / 26.589222°N 80.211889°W / 26.589222; -80.211889 (WPTV-TV)
RepeaterWHDT 5.11 Stuart
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wptv.com

WPTV-TV (channel 5) is a television station in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside WHDT (channel 9), an independent station licensed to Stuart. Scripps also provides certain services to Fox affiliate WFLX (channel 29) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Gray Media. The stations share studios on Banyan Boulevard in downtown West Palm Beach; WPTV-TV's transmitter is located along US 441 southwest of West Palm Beach.

Channel 5 began broadcasting as WJNO-TV on August 22, 1954. It broadcast from a former greenhouse in Palm Beach and was the first VHF television station in the area. The station was sold to John Phipps in 1956, becoming WPTV, and to Scripps in 1961. It moved its studios to West Palm Beach in 1971, relocating to its present site in 2001. An NBC affiliate from the outset, WPTV has spent much of its history as the news ratings leader in the market, though in the 2020s, WPBF has challenged it and surpassed it in some time periods.