WSCP-LP
WSCP-LP, VHF analog channel 13, branded on-air as Pennsylvania Channel 13, was a low-powered independent television station licensed to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, United States, which targeted the State College area. The station was owned by Pathway Community Radio, Inc. WSCP-LP's transmitter was located southwest of State College on the Pine Grove Mills Mountain.
Bellefonte/State College, Pennsylvania United States | |
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City | Bellefonte, Pennsylvania |
Channels | Analog: 13 (VHF) Digital: 12 (VHF, never built) |
Branding | Pennsylvania Channel 13 |
Slogan | Television for Central Pennsylvania |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Independent |
Ownership | |
Owner | Pathway Community Radio, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | November 6, 1990 |
Last air date | 2010s |
Former call signs | W13BY (1988–2008) WSCP-CA (2008–2010) DWSCP-CA (2010) WSCP-CA (2010–2011) |
Former affiliations | The Box NBC (translator of WJAC-TV) CTVN (translator of WKBS-TV) |
Call sign meaning | We Serve Central Pennsylvania State College Pennsylvania |
Technical information | |
Class | LP |
ERP | 0.223 kW |
History
The station first began its broadcasting operations in 1990 as W13BY under the original ownership of George W. Kimble, however W13BY was first licensed as a station or had a construction permit on November 30, 1988.[1] At first, it was an affiliate of The Box music video network, and later a translator station of Johnstown NBC affiliate WJAC-TV (Channel 6).
In 2005, the station was purchased by Pathway Community Radio, which retransmitted Pittsburgh's WPCB-TV/Cornerstone Television (via Altoona satellite WKBS-TV) temporarily in a transition period until the station began their own programming schedule.
In 2005, the station became a Class A operation. On May 5, 2008, the station changed its call sign to WSCP-CA. On June 25, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) changed the WSCP-CA calls to DWSCP-CA possibly that the WSCP-CA broadcast license was going to be deleted.[2] About two months later on August 5, 2010, the FCC restored the WSCP-CA call sign.[3] On May 3, 2011, the station requested a change from class A to low-power status, and the station's call sign was changed to WSCP-LP.
References
- http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=23880&Callsign=WSCP-LP
- http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=23880&Callsign=WSCP-LP
- http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=23880&Callsign=WSCP-LP
External links
- WSCP in the FCC's TV station database
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for WSCP
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WSCP-LP
- Archived version of station website