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Branding | WTAE Channel 4; 4 Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh's Action News 4 |
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Founded | July 25, 1957[1] |
First air date | September 14, 1958 |
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Call sign meaning | Former television sibling of WCAE radio (the present day WPGP) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 65681 |
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HAAT | 269.2 m (883 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°16′49″N 79°48′10″W / 40.28028°N 79.80278°W |
Translator(s) | 22 (UHF) (4.3) Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood |
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Website | www |
WTAE-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with ABC. It has been owned by Hearst Television since the station's inception, making this one of two stations that have been built and signed on by Hearst (alongside company flagship WBAL-TV in Baltimore). WTAE-TV's studios are located on Ardmore Boulevard (PA 8) in the suburb of Wilkinsburg (though with a Pittsburgh mailing address), and its transmitter is located in Buena Vista, Pennsylvania.