WPCB-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WPCB-TV / WKBS-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = God Is Here
station_branding = Cornerstone Television
analog =
WPCB: 40 (UHF)
WKBS: 47 (UHF)
digital =
WPCB: 50 (UHF)
WKBS: 46 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = Cornerstone Television|
network =
founded =
airdate = WPCB: April 15, 1979
WKBS: 1985
location = WPCB: Greensburg/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WKBS: Altoona, Pennsylvania
callsign_meaning = WPCB:
Western
Pennsylvania
Christian
Broadcasting
(original name of company)
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = nowrap|Cornerstone Television, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = WPCB:
4900 kW (analog)
362 kW (digital)
WKBS:
1510 kW (analog)
50 kW (digital)
HAAT = WPCB:
299 m (analog)
264 m (digital)
WKBS:
308 m (analog)
309 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = WPCB: 13924
WKBS: 13929
coordinates = WPCB:
coord|40|23|33.1|N|79|46|53.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
WKBS:
coord|40|34|11|N|78|26|24|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WKBS-TV
homepage = [http://www.ctvn.org/ www.ctvn.org]
:"The call sign WKBS-TV was formerly used for an independent station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; for that station, please see WKBS-TV (Philadelphia)."WPCB-TV is a Christian television station in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA DMA. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 40 and its digital signal on UHF channel 50. It is licensed to Greensburg with studios and transmitter in Wall and is the home of Cornerstone Television, which originates most of its programs from the station. WPCB-TV programming is also seen on satellite station WKBS-TV, channel 47 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, which signed on the air in 1985.

History

Founded by Rev. Russ Bixler, WPCB went on the air on Easter Sunday, 1979. The station has always aired only religious programs. It almost moved to channel 16, which is occupied by WQEX, with Paxson Communications buying channel 40 and converting it to a Pax TV affiliate. However, the religious shows proposed for air on the station were not deemed educational, breaching a requirement in WQEX's license as an educational station. Although the FCC reversed its position, Cornerstone withdrew its application and the sale was cancelled, keeping WPCB on channel 40. [http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20000120wqed1.asp]

As such, WPCB remains a commercial licensee and continues to run Christian programming 24/7, including sermons, music and children's programming, crusades, magazine shows, talk, and variety shows.

Analog-to-digital conversion

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009, http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-138A2.pdf] WPCB & WKBS will remain on their respective, pre-transition channel numbers (46 and 50). [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231572&formid=387&fac_num=39746 CDBS Print ] ] [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101257551&formid=387&fac_num=13929 CDBS Print ] ] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display virtual channels for both stations corresponding to their present analog channel numbers.

References

External links

* [http://www.ctvn.org/ Cornerstone Television]
*TVQ|WPCB
*TVQ|WKBS
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