WTNH, channel 8, is the ABC affiliate for the state of Connecticut, licensed to New Haven and serving the Hartford/New Haven television market. WTNH is owned by LIN Television Corporation, and is the sister station to WCTX (channel 59), the Hartford/New Haven market's MyNetworkTV affiliate. The two stations share a studio facility in New Haven, and WTNH's transmitter is located in Hamden, Connecticut.
On May 18, 2007, LIN TV announced that it was exploring strategic alternatives that could result in the sale of the company.
WTNH debuted on June 15, 1948 as WNHC-TV on channel 6. The station was founded by the New Haven Register along with WNHC radio (1340 AM, now WYBC) and WNHC-FM (99.1 MHz., now WPLR). It is Connecticut's oldest television station, and the second-oldest in New England (WBZ-TV in Boston signed on less than a week earlier). It was originally an affiliate of the DuMont Television Network, and claims to have been the first full-time affiliate of that short-lived...
