WHIO-TV, virtual channel

Virtual channel

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 7, is the CBS

CBS

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-affiliated television station

Television station

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 licensed to Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

, serving that state's Miami Valley

Miami Valley

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 area. It broadcasts a high definition

High-definition television

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 digital signal on UHF channel 41 from its transmitter on Germantown Street in western Dayton.

The station is owned by Cox Media Group

Cox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920...

 and its studios are co-located with sister properties the Dayton Daily News

Dayton Daily News

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and Cox's Miami Valley radio stations

Cox Radio

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 in the Cox Media Center building near downtown Dayton.

Syndicated shows on WHIO-TV include Live! with Kelly, Dr. Phil

Dr. Phil (TV series)

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, The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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, Wheel of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)

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, and Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight

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WHIO-TV signed on February 23, 1949, on channel 13.