WPCB-TV

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WPCB-TV / WKBS-TV
WPCB: Greensburg/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WKBS: Altoona, Pennsylvania
Branding Cornerstone Television
Slogan God Is Here
Channels Analog:
WPCB: 40 (UHF)
WKBS: 47 (UHF)

Digital:
WPCB: 50 (UHF)
WKBS: 46 (UHF)
Affiliations Cornerstone Television
Owner Cornerstone Television, Inc.
First air date WPCB: April 15, 1979
WKBS: 1985
Call letters’ meaning WPCB:
Western
Pennsylvania
Christian
Broadcasting
(original name of company)
Transmitter Power WPCB:
4900 kW (analog)
362 kW (digital)
WKBS:
1510 kW (analog)
50 kW (digital)
Height WPCB:
299 m (analog)
264 m (digital)
WKBS:
308 m (analog)
309 m (digital)
Facility ID WPCB: 13924
WKBS: 13929
Transmitter Coordinates WPCB:
40°23′33.1″N, 79°46′53.6″W
WKBS:
40°34′11″N, 78°26′24″W
Website 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.

[edit] 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.[1]

As such, WPCB remains a commercial licensee without commercials and continues to run Christian programming 24/7, including sermons, music and children's programming, crusades, magazine shows, talk, and variety shows.

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Broadcast television in the Pittsburgh market  (Nielsen DMA #22)

KDKA 2 (CBS) - WTAE 4 (ABC, The AccuWeather Channel on DT2) - WPXI 11 (NBC, NBC Weather Plus on DT2, Retro Television Network on DT3) - WQED 13 (PBS) - WQEX 16 (ShopNBC) - WPCW 19 / WBPA-LP 30 (The CW) - WPMY 22 (MNTV) - WNPB 24 (PBS/WVPB) - WIIC 29 (NOYZ) - WBYD 35 (Ind) - WGPT 36 (PBS/MPT) - WPCB 40 (CSTV) - WLLS 49 (A1) - WPGH 53 (Fox) - WBGN 59 (Ind) - W63AU 63 (Ind) - WPTG 69 (Ind)

Local cable television channels
FSN Pittsburgh - PCNC
See also Broadcast television in the Erie, Johnstown, Wheeling, Clarksburg and Youngstown markets
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Broadcast television in the Johnstown / Altoona / State College market (Nielsen DMA #99)

Local television stations
WPSU 3 (PBS) - WJAC 6 (NBC) - WWCP 8 (FOX) - WTAJ 10 (CBS) - WSCP-CA 13 (Ind) - WPCW 19 (The CW)1 - WATM 23 (ABC) - WHVL 29 (MNTV) - W36BE 36 / W39BE 39 (ABC) - WKBS 47 (CSTV) - WLLS 49 (A1)
1 Technically a Pittsburgh market station. See article.
Local cable television channels
WIUP 20 (Ind)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location
Pittsburgh: KDKA 2 (CBS) - WTAE 4 (ABC, The AccuWeather Channel on DT2) - WPXI 11 (NBC) - WPMY 22 (MNTV) - WPGH 53 (FOX)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre: WNEP 16 (ABC) - WSWB 38 (The CW)
Harrisburg: WLYH 15 (The CW)
New York City: WPIX 11 (The CW)
See also Broadcast television in the Susquehanna Valley and Pittsburgh markets
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Other Television Stations in the state of Pennsylvania
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and PBS stations in Pennsylvania


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