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WPCB-TV
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- 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 / WKBS-TV | |
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| WPCB: Greensburg / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania WKBS: Altoona, Pennsylvania |
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| Branding | Cornerstone Television |
| Slogan | God Is Here (current), Life Begins at 40 (previous) |
| Channels | Analog: 40 / 47 (UHF) Digital: 50 / 46 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Cornerstone Television |
| Owner | Cornerstone Television |
| Founded | WPCB: April 22, 1979 WKBS: 1986 |
| Call letters meaning | WPCB: Western Pennsylvania Christian Broadcasting (original name of company) |
| Website | www.ctvn.org |
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 1986.
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.
- Cornerstone Television
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WPCB
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WKBS
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KDKA 2 (CBS) - WTAE 4 (ABC, The AccuWeather Channel on DT2) - WPXI 11 (NBC) - WQED 13 (PBS) - WQEX 16 (ShopNBC) - WPCW 19 (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 |
| See also Broadcast television in the Erie, Johnstown, Wheeling, Clarksburg and Youngstown markets |
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Local television stations Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations |
| See also Broadcast television in the Susquehanna Valley and Pittsburgh markets |
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Independent Stations: WYBE 35 (Philadelphia)* - WGCB 49 (Red Lion) - WTVE 51 (Reading) - WBGN-LP 59 (Pittsburgh) - WJAL 68 (Chambersburg/Hagerstown) - WFMZ 69 (Allentown) |
| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and PBS stations in Pennsylvania |
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