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Revision as of 00:29, 17 September 2021
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Programming | |
Affiliations |
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Ownership | |
Owner | Venture Technologies Group |
History | |
First air date | 1989 |
Former call signs | W29AH (1989–June 1995) WTWB-LP (June-December 1995) WBPA-LP (December 1995–2020) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 29 (UHF, 1995–2004) 30 (UHF, 2005–2019) |
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Call sign meaning | WB PennsylvaniA (from stint as WB affiliate) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 10185 |
ERP | 15 kW |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°26′46.2″N 79°57′50.2″W / 40.446167°N 79.963944°W |
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Public license information | LMS |
WBPA-LD, virtual and VHF digital channel 12, is a low-powered television station licensed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is owned by Venture Technologies Group.
History
On January 14, 1988, the Federal Communications Commission granted a construction permit to Channel 29 Associates of Calabasas, California—owned by Venture founder Lawrence Rogow—for a new low-power TV station on channel 29 at Pittsburgh, W29AH. The station began test broadcasts late in 1989, airing programming from the Video Jukebox Network.[2]
After five years of running music videos, channel 29 found a new calling in January 1995, when The WB launched. W29AH was intended to serve as one half of a simulcast with Johnstown's WTWB-TV channel 19, filling the largest missing market gap for the new network.[3] W29AH became WTWB-LP on June 1, 1995, and WBPA-LP on December 15. Channels 19 and 29 became the new UPN affiliate in 1998 when that network's former outlet, WPTT channel 22, switched to The WB (with WTWB-TV becoming WNPA); they briefly were independents due to lawsuits surrounding that station's change.[4][5]
Venture sold channel 19 to the Paramount Stations Group late in 1998, making it a network owned-and-operated station and splitting it from WBPA-LP.[6] For several months, the two continued simulcasting.[7] In the early 2000s, WBPA-LP moved to channel 30.
In 2012, Venture sought to build digital facilities for WBPA-LP on channel 6, utilizing hybrid analog-digital technology to turn it into a "Franken-FM" station with audio on 87.7 MHz. The FCC denied this proposal on technical grounds with the standard that the company proposed for WBPA and a station in Lubbock, Texas.[8]
WBPA-LP was displaced during the repack by Class A station WPTG-CD and applied to move to channel 12 and convert to digital. The station went silent to allow WPTG-CD to move in 2019, but delays from the COVID–19 pandemic, the availability of transmitter installers, and a contracted electrician's foot operation set the reconstruction of WBPA back enough that Venture had to apply for a waiver to avoid automatic license cancellation.[9] The facility was completed in late October, when a license to cover was filed.[10]
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[11] |
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12.1 | 480i | 16:9 | REVN | Rev'n |
12.2 | 4:3 | ACTION | Action Channel | |
12.3 | FAM | The Family Channel | ||
12.4 | ACE | Ace TV | ||
12.5 | RNTV | Right Now TV | ||
12.6 | YTA TV | Youtoo TV | ||
12.7 | AMGTV | AMG TV | ||
12.8 | Fun Roads | Fun Roads TV | ||
12.9 | AllSprt | All Sport | ||
12.10 | WxNatn | Weather Nation TV | ||
12.11 | AmVoice | America Voice | ||
12.12 | NewsNet | News Net TV |
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBPA-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Weiskind, Ron (December 7, 1989). "Johnson agrees to seven-year WPXI contract". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 22. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ Weiskind, Ron (January 19, 1995). "Local stations air new network". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C-3. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ Vancheri, Barbara (August 29, 1997). "TV station revamping programming, call letters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. A-11. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ "'Voyager' warps to new local UPN affiliate". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 17, 1998. p. C-9. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ "Paramount Stations has purchased UPN's Pittsburgh affiliate, WNPA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 10, 1998. p. F-8. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ "Risqué 'Happy Hour' debuts tonight on USA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 3, 1999. p. D-9. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ "Pittsburgh 'Franken-FM' Request Denied". 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ "Request for Silent Authority of an Analog LPTV Station Application (LMS 121649)". September 14, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ "License To Cover for LPTV Station Application (LMS 125159)". October 28, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ "WBPA-LD PITTSBURGH, PA". www.rabbitears.info.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 10185 (WBPA-LD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System