WBPA-LD

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WBPA-LD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerVenture Technologies Group
History
FoundedJanuary 14, 1988
First air date
September 28, 1989;34 years ago (1989-09-28)
Former call signs
W29AH (1989–June 1995)
WTWB-LP (June-December 1995)
WBPA-LP (December 1995–2020)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
29 (UHF, 1989–2004)
30 (UHF, 2005–2019)
Call sign meaning
WBPennsylvaniA (from stint as WB affiliate)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 10185
ERP 15 kW
Transmitter coordinates 40°26′46.2″N79°57′50.2″W / 40.446167°N 79.963944°W / 40.446167; -79.963944
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WBPA-LD (channel 12) is a low-power television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with Rev'n. The station is owned by Venture Technologies Group.

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History

On January 14, 1988, the Federal Communications Commission granted a construction permit to Channel 29 Associates of Calabasas, California—owned by Venture founder Lawrence Rogow—for a new low-power TV station on channel 29 at Pittsburgh, W29AH. The station began test broadcasts on September 28, 1989, airing programming from the Video Jukebox Network. [2]

After five years of running music videos, channel 29 found a new calling in January 1995, when The WB launched. W29AH was intended to serve as one half of a simulcast with Johnstown's WTWB-TV channel 19, filling the largest missing market gap for the new network. [3] W29AH became WTWB-LP on June 1, 1995, and WBPA-LP on December 15. Channels 19 and 29 became the new UPN affiliate in 1998 when that network's former outlet, WPTT channel 22, switched to The WB (with WTWB-TV becoming WNPA); they briefly were independents due to lawsuits surrounding that station's change. [4] [5]

Venture sold channel 19 to the Paramount Stations Group late in 1998, making it a network owned-and-operated station and splitting it from WBPA-LP. [6] For several months, the two continued simulcasting. [7] In the early 2000s, WBPA-LP moved to channel 30.

In 2012, Venture sought to build digital facilities for WBPA-LP on channel 6, utilizing hybrid analog-digital technology to turn it into a "Franken-FM" station with audio on 87.7 MHz. The FCC denied this proposal on technical grounds with the standard that the company proposed for WBPA and a station in Lubbock, Texas. [8]

WBPA-LP was displaced during the repack by Class A station WPTG-CD and applied to move to channel 12 and convert to digital. The station went silent to allow WPTG-CD to move in 2019, but delays from the COVID-19 pandemic, the availability of transmitter installers, and a contracted electrician's foot operation set the reconstruction of WBPA back enough that Venture had to apply for a waiver to avoid automatic license cancellation. [9] The facility was completed in late October, when a license to cover was filed. [10]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WBPA-LD [11]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
12.1 480i 16:9 REVNMain WBPA-LD programming / Rev'n
12.2 4:3 ACTION The Action Channel
12.3FAM The Family Channel
12.4ACE Ace TV
12.5RNTVRight Now TV
12.6YTA TV YTA TV
12.7AMGTVAMGTV
12.8Fun RoadsFun Roads TV
12.10WxNatn WeatherNation TV
12.11AmVoice Real America's Voice
12.12NewsNet NewsNet

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WBPA-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Weiskind, Ron (December 7, 1989). "Johnson agrees to seven-year WPXI contract". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 22. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
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  8. ↑ "Pittsburgh 'Franken-FM' Request Denied". 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  9. ↑ "Request for Silent Authority of an Analog LPTV Station Application (LMS 121649)". September 14, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  10. ↑ "License To Cover for LPTV Station Application (LMS 125159)". October 28, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  11. ↑ "WBPA-LD PITTSBURGH, PA". www.rabbitears.info.
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