KDKA-TV

KDKA-TV
Channels
BrandingKDKA-TV; KDKA News; CBS News Pittsburgh
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WPKD-TV
History
First air date
January 11, 1949
(75 years ago)
 (1949-01-11)
Former call signs
WDTV (1949–1955)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 3 (VHF, 1949–1952), 2 (VHF, 1952–2009)
  • DuMont (1949–1956)
  • NBC (secondary, 1949–1957)
  • ABC (secondary, 1949–1958)
Call sign meaning
derived from KDKA radio
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID25454
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT311 m (1,020 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°29′38″N 80°1′9″W / 40.49389°N 80.01917°W / 40.49389; -80.01917
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/

KDKA-TV (channel 2), also known as CBS Pittsburgh, is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, serving as the market's CBS outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside Jeannette-licensed WPKD-TV (channel 19), an independent station. The two stations share studios at the Gateway Center in Downtown Pittsburgh; KDKA-TV's transmitter is located in the city's Perry North neighborhood. KDKA-TV, along with sister station KYW-TV in Philadelphia, are the only CBS-affiliated television stations east of the Mississippi River with "K" call signs.

KDKA-TV is available on cable in parts of the JohnstownAltoona, WheelingSteubenville and Youngstown areas, as well as several other out-of-market cable systems in northwestern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, northeastern and east-central Ohio, and north-central West Virginia. The farthest south KDKA-TV is carried on cable is in Beverly, West Virginia.[2]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KDKA-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "TV Listings Guide and TV Schedule, Where to Watch TV Shows - Zap2it". Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2013.