WPPT (TV)

WPPT
Channels
BrandingPBS 39 Extra
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Lehigh Valley Public Media[2]
  • (Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation)
WLVT-TV
History
First air date
June 10, 1990 (34 years ago) (1990-06-10)
Former call signs
WYBE (1990–2018)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 35 (UHF, 1990–2009)
  • Digital: 34 (UHF, 1998–2009), 35 (UHF, 2009–2018)
Call sign meaning
Pennsylvania Public Television[3]
Technical information[4]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID28480
ERP80.6 kW
HAAT332.5 m (1,090.9 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°33′52″N 75°26′24″W / 40.56444°N 75.44000°W / 40.56444; -75.44000
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wppt.tv

WPPT (channel 35) is a PBS member television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned by Lehigh Valley Public Media alongside Allentown-licensed fellow PBS member WLVT-TV (channel 39). As WYBE, the station's transmitter was located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia; in 2018, it entered into a channel sharing agreement with Allentown-based independent station WFMZ-TV (channel 69) and began operating from WFMZ's transmitter on South Mountain near Allentown.

WYBE's main channel was previously carried in the New York City television market on the 66.4 digital subchannel of West Milford, New Jersey–licensed MHz WorldView affiliate WNYJ-TV.

  1. ^ "Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Second Amendment to Channel Sharing Agreement" (PDF). Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference vl-wybetowppt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPPT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.