WWCP-TV

WWCP-TV

Johnstown–Altoona– State College, Pennsylvania United States
City	Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Channels	Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8
Branding	Fox 8
Programming
Affiliations	8.1: Fox 8.2: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Cunningham Broadcasting (Johnstown (WWCP-TV) Licensee, Inc.)
Operator	Sinclair Broadcast Group via TBA
Sister stations	WATM-TV, WJAC-TV
History
First air date	October 13, 1986 (38 years ago) (1986-10-13)
Former call signs	WTHX (CP, 1984–1986)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 8 (VHF, 1986–2009) Digital: 29 (UHF, 2003–2009) Translator: 59 W59AI State College
Call sign meaning	"Wonderful West-Central Pennsylvania"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	20295
ERP	9.3 kW[2]
HAAT	368 m (1,207 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°10′51.7″N 79°9′5.4″W / 40.181028°N 79.151500°W / 40.181028; -79.151500
Translator(s)	WATM-TV 23.2 Altoona
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.fox8tv.com

WWCP-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Johnstown–Altoona–State College market. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, which provides certain services to Altoona-licensed ABC affiliate WATM-TV (channel 23) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Palm Television, L.P. Both stations, in turn, are operated under a time brokerage agreement (TBA) by Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of Johnstown-licensed dual NBC/CW+ affiliate WJAC-TV (channel 6).

WWCP-TV and WATM-TV share studios on Lulay Street in the borough of Geistown, and also operate advertising sales offices in Altoona (on East Walton Avenue/PA 764) and State College (on West Beaver Avenue/PA 26); master control and some internal operations are based at WJAC-TV's facilities on Old Hickory Lane in Upper Yoder Township. WWCP-TV's transmitter is located along US 30/Lincoln Highway, in Ligonier Township, near the Somerset County line.

Since WWCP-TV's signal is not viewable in State College, the station is simulcast in high definition on WATM-TV's second digital subchannel (23.2) from its transmitter on Lookout Avenue, in Logan Township, along the Cambria County line.