WLVT-TV

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WLVT-TV

Allentown / Bethlehem / Easton, Pennsylvania
Branding	PBS 39
Channels	39 (UHF) analog, 62 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation
Founded	September 29, 1965
Call letters meaning	WLehigh Valley (Public) Television or WLehigh Valley Public Tele-communications
Former affiliations	NET (1965-1970)
Website	www.wlvt.org/

WLVT-TV is a PBS television station carried on analog channel 39 and digital channel 62. Serving the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania, the station's studios are located in Allentown.

The station signed on September 29, 1965. Its signal, due to cable television, is now carried in Eastern Pennsylvania, western and parts of southern New Jersey and parts of Delaware and New York. Its studio and transmitter are located on Allentown's South Mountain.

WLVT also broadcasts Scholastic Scrimmage, a popular academic quiz show in which Pennsylvania high schools compete against each other.

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WLVT-TV signed on September 29, 1965 as an NET affiliate. Its digital signal on channel 62 began transmission in 2000.

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Broadcast television in the Philadelphia / Camden / Wilmington market (Nielsen DMA #4)

KYW 3 (CBS) - WPVI 6 (ABC) - W07DC 7 (ABC) - WELL-LP 8 (DS) - WCAU 10 (NBC) - WHYY 12 (PBS) - WPHL 17 (MNTV) (The Tube on DT2) - WNJS 23/WNJT 52 (PBS/NJN) - W25AW 25 (A1) - WFPA-CA 28 (TFR) - WTXF 29 (Fox) - WQAV-LP 34 (AV/Ind) - WYBE 35 (Public) - WLVT 39 (PBS) - W40AZ 40 (Smile) - WMGM 40 (NBC) - WGTW 48 (TBN) - WTVE 51 (Religious) - WPSG 57 (The CW) - WBPH 60 (FamNet) - WPPX 61 (ION) - WWSI 62 (TEL) - WUVP 65 (UVN) - WFMZ 69 (Ind)
Local digital television channels
WMCN 44 (ShopNBC)
Past broadcast stations WKBS 48 (Ind)
Local cable television channels
CN8 - Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia - MCTV 26 (Mercer Co., NJ)
See also Broadcast television in the New York City, Scranton/Wilkes Barre and Susquehanna Valley markets

PBS Member Stations in the state of Pennsylvania

WPSU 3 (Clearfield) - WQED 13 (Pittsburgh) - WITF 33 (Harrisburg) - WLVT 39 (Allentown) - WVIA 44 (Scranton) - WQLN 54 (Erie) Other: WHYY 12 (Wilmington, DE/Philadelphia) - WNJS 23 (Camden, NJ)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and Other stations in Pennsylvania