 On June 29, 2009, WABC filed an application with the FCC to increase power from 11.69 kW to 27 kW.On January 31, 2010, the FCC granted a special temporary authority (STA) for the station to increase power to 26.9 kW.In May 2013, WABC-TV and Philadelphia sister station WPVI-TV became the first two ABC-owned stations to offer live, web-based streaming of programming to authenticated subscribers of participating cable and satellite television providers as provided through the relaunched "Watch ABC" mobile apps.