WBRE-TV

WBRE-TV
Wilkes-Barre–Scranton, Pennsylvania; United States;
City	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Channels	Digital: 11 (VHF); Virtual: 28;
Branding	WBRE 28; Eyewitness News; "28/22 News" (alternate/future branding)"
Programming
Affiliations	28.1: NBC; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group; (Nexstar Media Inc.);
Sister stations	WYOU
History
First air date	January 1, 1953; (71 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 28 (UHF, 1953–2009);
Call sign meaning	Taken from WBRE radio (now WYCK)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	71225
ERP	30 kW
HAAT	471 m (1,545 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°10′58″N 75°52′25″W / 41.18278°N 75.87361°W
Translator(s)	28 (UHF) Waymart
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.pahomepage.com

WBRE-TV (channel 28) is a television station licensed to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States, serving Northeastern Pennsylvania as an affiliate of NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which provides certain services to Scranton-licensed CBS affiliate WYOU (channel 22) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Mission Broadcasting. The two stations share studios on South Franklin Street in downtown Wilkes-Barre, with a news bureau and sales office next to WYOU's former studios on Lackawanna Avenue in downtown Scranton. WBRE-TV's transmitter is located at the Penobscot Knob antenna farm near Mountain Top.

WBRE-TV operates a digital replacement translator on UHF channel 28 that is licensed to Waymart with a transmitter in Forest City. It exists because wind turbines run by NextEra Energy Resources at the Waymart Wind Farm interfere with the transmission of full-power television signals.