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
WPCB: Greensburg / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania WKBS: Altoona, Pennsylvania
Branding	Cornerstone Television
Slogan	God Is Here (current), Life Begins at 40 (previous)
Channels	40 / 47 (UHF) analog, 50 / 46 (UHF) digital
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.

[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 WCPB 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.

[edit] External link

• Cornerstone Television
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WPCB
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WKBS

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