Editing WABC-TV (section)

===As WJZ-TV (1948–1953)===
The station signed on August 10, 1948, as WJZ-TV,<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-08-16-BC.pdf#page=23 "WJZ-TV starts; elaborate inaugural program."] ''[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting – Telecasting]]'', August 16, 1948, pg. 23.</ref> the first of three television stations signed on by ABC during that same year, with [[WENR-TV]] in Chicago and [[WXYZ-TV]] in Detroit being the other two. Channel 7's call letters came from its then-sister radio station, [[WABC (AM)|WJZ]]. In its early years, WJZ-TV was programmed much like an [[independent station]], as the ABC television network was still, for the most part, in its very early stages of development; the ABC-owned stations did air some common programming during this period, especially after the 1949 fall season when the network's prime time schedule began to expand. The station's original transmitter site was located at [[The Pierre]] Hotel at 2 East 61st Street, before moving to the Empire State Building a few years later. The station's original studios were located at 77 West 66th Street, with additional studios at 7 West 66th Street. A tunnel linked ABC studios at 7 West 66th Street to the lobby of the Hotel des Artistes, a block north on West 67th Street. Another studio inside the Hotel des Artistes was used for ''Eyewitness News Conference''.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}