WHAM-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Rochester, New York, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW.

It is owned by Deerfield Media, which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of Fox affiliate WUHF (channel 31), for the provision of certain services.

The Rochester area stations were replaced with Detroit channels in September 2003 when the microwave relay system that provided these signals was discontinued.

Until January 2009, WHAM-TV was also the ABC affiliate carried in several Central Ontario communities such as Belleville, Cobourg, and Lindsay.

On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel announced its intention to sell off all of its television stations after the company was bought by private equity firms.

On January 30, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted approval of the transaction, and it was consummated two days later.

[13][14] On December 31, 2013, WUHF terminated its eight-year SSA with WROC-TV, and the station was re-located to WHAM-TV's studios.

[15] On July 28, 2021, the FCC issued a Forfeiture Order against Deerfield Media stemming from a lawsuit involving WHAM-TV.

The lawsuit, filed by AT&T, alleged that Deerfield Media failed to negotiate for retransmission consent in good faith for WHAM-TV and other Sinclair-managed stations.

The network distribution staff headed by Ken Werner and Hal Protter agreed to the cable license.

[19] Robinson planned for the channel to launch its own news programming in 2001, but revenue was below expectations, forcing its postponement until 2003.

[20] After the September 11 attacks, the channel replaced an airing of the martial arts movie Mortal Kombat with the family comedy Dennis the Menace.

[22] In mid-2004, Rochester Television Ventures added marketing and communications services to improve the channel's revenues and to fill the void of the loss of smaller advertising agencies.

[27] As of 2007, portions of WHAM-TV's programming (including its weekday noon newscast) is streamed live on its website.