WESH

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WESH (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, serving the Orlando area as an affiliate of NBC. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside Clermont-licensed CW affiliate WKCF (channel 18). The two stations share studios on North Wymore Road in Eatonville; WESH's primary transmitter is located on Brown Road near Christmas, Florida, with additional transmitters in Orange City and Ocala. WESH began broadcasting on June 11, 1956. The original permittee was W. Wright Esch, former owner of a Daytona Beach radio station. In its first year of operation, it was an independent station with a signal that mostly served the Daytona Beach area from facilities in the nearby town of Holly Hill. In 1957, the station began broadcasting at higher power from a tower near Orange City, becoming receivable in Orlando, and affiliated with NBC. After adding Orlando to its coverage area, it opened a second studio in the Orlando suburb of Winter Park. Cowles Communications...

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