WKBS-TV
WKBS-TV, virtual channel 46 (VHF digital channel 6), is a Cornerstone Television owned-and-operated station licensed to Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. The station's transmitter is located in Logan Township.
| Satellite of WPCB-TV, Greensburg/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
| Altoona/Johnstown/ State College, Pennsylvania United States | |
| City | Altoona, Pennsylvania |
| Channels | Digital: 6 (VHF) Virtual: 46 (PSIP) |
| Branding | Cornerstone Network |
| Slogan | Real Answers for Real Life |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 46.1: Cornerstone TV 46.2: Court TV 46.3: Bounce TV 46.4: Ion Television 46.5: Dabl 46.6: Pittsburgh Faith & Family Channel |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Cornerstone Television, Inc. |
| History | |
| Founded | October 9, 1984 |
First air date | November 2, 1985 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 47 (UHF, 1985–2009) Digital: 46 (UHF, until 2019) Virtual: 47 (PSIP, until 2021) |
Call sign meaning | Kaiser Broadcasting System (original call letters of the former Philadelphia station that went dark in 1983) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 13929 |
| ERP | 3.1 kW[1] |
| HAAT | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°34′3.7″N 78°26′25.2″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | www |
WKBS-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.
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 callsign.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46.1 | 480i | 4:3 | WKBS-DT | Cornerstone |
| 46.2 | 16:9 | CourtTV | Court TV | |
| 46.3 | Bounce | Bounce TV | ||
| 46.4 | 4:3 | Ion | Ion Television | |
| 46.5 | Dabl | |||
| 46.6 | 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 in 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.[3][4] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 47.
References
- https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=wkbs
- RabbitEars TV Query for WKBS
- "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- CDBS Print