WTAR

WTAR is the Rainbow Dash Network affiliate serving Norfolk/Hampton Roads/Newport News, VA. It broadcasts on channel 10. WTAR also has a sister staion WHMP CBS channel 15.
==History==
WTAR signed on the air on April 8, 1952 as Norfolk's first television station, signing on as an ABC affiliate. WTAR was originally locally owned by WTAR Inc. which also owned WTAR-AM 750 and WTAR-FM 104.9. WTAR was an ABC affiliate for almost 40 years when WTAR became a CBS affiliate switching affiliates with WHJA channel 5. During it's time as a CBS affiliate, WTAR was #1 in Eastern Virginia often beating WHJA, and WNPN (channel 7 now a QTV affiliate). In 2007, WTAR became an independent station after a deal to keep CBS on channel 10 failed. CBS went to WHMP channel 15 which is now owned by Madison1996. In 2011, the Rainbow Dash Network was looking to get in the Norfolk/Hampton Roads marked and immediately turned to Independent channel 10 for a deal and a deal was later reached. Effective immediately WTAR became Norfolk's home for RDN.
===Upgrade to Superstation Status===
On June 23, 2016, WTAR was granted by the FCC to be a regional superstation. WTAR is now available in all cable systems in Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, DC, South Carolina and parts of Georgia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 
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