WJLA-TV
E748962
WJLA-TV is a Washington, D.C.–based television station that serves as the local ABC network affiliate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WJLA-TV canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8661137 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WJLA-TV Context triple: [Norah O'Donnell, employer, WJLA-TV]
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A.
WBAL-TV
WBAL-TV is a Baltimore-based television station that serves as a major local news and NBC network affiliate in Maryland.
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B.
WTTG
WTTG is a Fox-owned television station serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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C.
WPVI-TV
WPVI-TV is a major ABC-owned and operated television station serving the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania media market.
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D.
WJAR-TV
WJAR-TV is a television station serving the Providence, Rhode Island–New Bedford, Massachusetts market, known primarily as the local NBC affiliate.
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E.
WVII-TV
WVII-TV is a television station serving the Bangor, Maine market as the local ABC network affiliate.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WJLA-TV Target entity description: WJLA-TV is a Washington, D.C.–based television station that serves as the local ABC network affiliate.
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A.
WBAL-TV
WBAL-TV is a Baltimore-based television station that serves as a major local news and NBC network affiliate in Maryland.
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B.
WTTG
WTTG is a Fox-owned television station serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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C.
WPVI-TV
WPVI-TV is a major ABC-owned and operated television station serving the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania media market.
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D.
WJAR-TV
WJAR-TV is a television station serving the Providence, Rhode Island–New Bedford, Massachusetts market, known primarily as the local NBC affiliate.
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E.
WVII-TV
WVII-TV is a television station serving the Bangor, Maine market as the local ABC network affiliate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ABC affiliate
ⓘ
television station ⓘ |
| affiliationStatus | primary ABC affiliate ⓘ |
| branding |
7News
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ABC 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastBand | VHF ⓘ |
| broadcastStandard | ATSC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsign | WJLA-TV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsignMeaning | JLA for Joseph L. Allbritton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfLicense | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contentFocus | local news and public affairs in the Washington, D.C. area ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfLicense | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coverageArea |
District of Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| digitalChannel | 7 ⓘ |
| digitalSubchannel |
Charge!
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Comet NERFINISHED ⓘ TBD ⓘ WJLA 24/7 News NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| digitalTransition | completed U.S. analog-to-digital television transition ⓘ |
| distributionPlatform |
cable television
ⓘ
internet streaming ⓘ satellite television ⓘ |
| facilityType | full-power television station ⓘ |
| formerOwner | Allbritton Communications Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfBroadcast | English ⓘ |
| licensedToServe | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| licensee | WJLA-TV, LLC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| market | Washington, D.C. television market ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation | ABC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkOwnedOrAffiliated | ABC-affiliated, not network-owned ⓘ |
| newsBrand | 7News NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Sinclair Broadcast Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryService | commercial television broadcasting ⓘ |
| programmingType |
local news
ⓘ
network programming from ABC ⓘ syndicated entertainment ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves | Washington metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesDMA | Washington, D.C. (Hagerstown) Designated Market Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signalType | over-the-air television signal ⓘ |
| sisterStation |
WDCA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WJLA 24/7 News NERFINISHED ⓘ WUSA (historical news share and market peer) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studioLocation | Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timezoneOfBroadcast | Eastern Time Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transmitterLocation | Tenleytown, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| virtualChannel | 7 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WJLA-TV Description of subject: WJLA-TV is a Washington, D.C.–based television station that serves as the local ABC network affiliate.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.