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.
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.
wkbs, independent, station, philadelphia, pennsylvania, that, operated, channel, from, 1965, until, 1983, philadelphia, confused, with, korean, broadcasting, system, channel, religious, television, station, altoona, pennsylvania, united, states, owned, operate. For the independent station in Philadelphia Pennsylvania that operated on channel 48 from 1965 until 1983 see WKBS TV Philadelphia Not to be confused with the Korean Broadcasting System WKBS TV channel 47 is a religious television station in Altoona Pennsylvania United States owned and operated by Cornerstone Television The station s transmitter is located in Logan Township WKBS TVSatellite of WPCB TV Greensburg Pittsburgh PennsylvaniaAltoona Johnstown State College PennsylvaniaUnited StatesCityAltoona PennsylvaniaChannelsDigital 6 VHF Virtual 47BrandingCornerstone NetworkProgrammingAffiliations47 1 Cornerstone TVfor others see SubchannelsOwnershipOwnerCornerstone Television Inc HistoryFoundedOctober 9 1984First air dateNovember 2 1985 38 years ago 1985 11 02 Former channel number s Analog 47 UHF 1985 2009 Digital 46 UHF 2002 2019 Virtual 46 January February 2021 citation needed Call sign meaningKaiser Broadcasting System original call letters of the former Philadelphia station that went dark in 1983 Technical information 1 Licensing authorityFCCFacility ID13929ERP3 1 kW 2 HAAT305 m 1 001 ft Transmitter coordinates40 34 3 7 N 78 26 25 2 W 40 567694 N 78 440333 W 40 567694 78 440333LinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSWebsitewww wbr ctvn wbr orgWKBS TV operates as a full time satellite of Cornerstone s flagship station Greensburg licensed WPCB TV channel 40 whose studios are located in Wall Pennsylvania WKBS TV covers areas of West Central Pennsylvania that receive a marginal to non existent over the air signal from WPCB TV although there is significant overlap between the two stations contours otherwise WKBS TV is a straight simulcast of WPCB TV on air references to WKBS TV are limited to Federal Communications Commission FCC mandated hourly station identifications during programming Besides the transmitter WKBS TV does not maintain any physical presence in Altoona and unlike its parent station it does not broadcast in high definition and has a different subchannel lineup Contents 1 History 2 Technical information 2 1 Subchannels 2 2 Analog to digital conversion 3 References 4 External linksHistory editIn 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 editSubchannels edit The station s digital signal is multiplexed Subchannels of WKBS TV 3 Channel Res Aspect Short name Programming47 1 480i 4 3 WKBS DT Cornerstone47 2 16 9 CourtTV Court TV47 3 Bounce Bounce TV47 4 4 3 Ion Ion Television47 5 DABL Dabl47 6 16 9 Defy Defy TV47 7 Blank 47 8 Scripps News47 9 4 3 PFFC Pittsburgh Faith amp Family ChannelAnalog to digital conversion edit 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 edit 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 PrintExternal links editOfficial website nbsp nbsp This article about a television station in Pennsylvania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WKBS TV amp oldid 1213286681, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
