 WLEV-TV promo card | |
| Channels | |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | NBC (1953−1957) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Steinman / Associated Broadcasters Inc. |
| WEST | |
| History | |
First air date | April 21, 1953 |
Last air date | October 31, 1957 (4 years, 193 days) |
Call sign meaning | Lehigh Valley |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 7.41 kW[1] |
| HAAT | 600 ft (180 m) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°35′55″N 75°25′12″W / 40.59861°N 75.42000°W |
WLEV-TV (channel 51) was a television station in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Owned by Associated Broadcasters Inc. alongside WEST,[2] the station telecast from 1953 to 1957. It was the first station in the Lehigh Valley, which at one point had three local UHF outlets (a fourth was planned but never reached the air). However, the station ultimately suffered from many of the same economic problems that occurred at other early UHF television outlets, and largely due to competition from very high frequency (VHF) stations in Philadelphia, WLEV left the air at the end of October 1957.
- ^ "WLEV-TV" (PDF). Telecasting Yearbook-Marketbook 1956-1957. 1955. p. 198. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Television Stations in Operation as of June 13, 1953" (PDF). Television Digest with Electronics Reports. 9 (24). Washington DC: Radio News Bureau: Special Report section, p.2. June 13, 1953. Retrieved July 12, 2023.