WKBS-TV
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| HAAT | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°34′3.7″N 78°26′25.2″W / 40.567694°N 78.440333°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WKBS-TV (channel 47) is a
owned and operated by Cornerstone Television. The station's transmitter is located in Logan Township
.
WKBS-TV operates as a full-time
subchannel
lineup.
History
In 1983, Cornerstone Television was granted a
construction permit for channel 47 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, to serve the Johnstown–Altoona market. It bought the transmitter used by the original WKBS-TV (channel 48) in Philadelphia
when that station went dark in 1983, and used this transmitter to put channel 47 on the air November 2, 1985, reusing the WKBS-TV call sign.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is
multiplexed
:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.1 | 480i | 4:3 |
WKBS-DT | Cornerstone |
| 47.2 | 16:9 |
CourtTV | Court TV | |
| 47.3 | Bounce | Bounce TV | ||
| 47.4 | 4:3 | Ion | Ion Television | |
| 47.5 | DABL | Dabl | ||
| 47.6 | 16:9 | Defy | Defy TV | |
| 47.7 | [Blank] | |||
| 47.8 | Scripps News | |||
| 47.9 | 4:3 | PFFC | Pittsburgh Faith & Family Channel |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WKBS-TV shut down its analog signal, over
UHF channel 47, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 46,[4][5] using virtual channel
47.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKBS-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "TV Query Results -- Video Division (FCC) USA".
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WKBS
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ CDBS Print
External links
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