WESH

WESH is the NBC affiliate in Orlando, Florida. It is licensed to Daytona Beach, with studio facilities in Winter Park. It transmits its digital signal on VHF channel 11, which redirects to virtual channel 2.1, reflecting its former analog channel assignment, through PSIP. It is currently owned by Hearst Television along with the area's CW affiliate, WKCF. WESH's transmitter is located in Christmas and digital translators in Orange City (at the former analog tower) and Ocala. At the time the tower was built, it was the tallest man-made structure in Florida, at 1,740 feet (530 m). WESH-TV can be seen on Bright House Networks channel 4, channel 2 in outlying areas and Comcast channel 3.

Since the Gainesville market didn't carry a local NBC service, the station also served as the default NBC affiliate for the Gainesville market; this changed on January 1, 2009, when WNBW channel 9, the NBC affiliate for Gainesville, signed on the air (though Cox plan to keep WESH on its lineup). WESH can also be seen on the fringes of the Tampa Bay and Jacksonville markets.

WESH was the first station in Orlando to carry an on-site facility, "SuperDoppler 2", as opposed to relying on National Weather Service radars. It is installed on top of the tower located at the Winter Park broadcast studio. Today it also promotes a VIPIR 3D radar system, taking advantage of the fact that the radars at Melbourne, Tampa, Jacksonville and Miami can all reach Orlando, in addition to "SuperDoppler 2."

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