WBYD-CD

WBYD-CD

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[a] United States
Channels	Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 39
Programming
Affiliations	39.1: ShopHQ for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Bridge Media Networks (Bridge News LLC)
History
Founded	July 25, 1990[1]
First air date	December 1, 1993; 30 years ago (1993-12-01)
Former call signs	W35AZ (1990–2001) WONT-LP (2001–2002) WBYD-CA (2002–2015)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 35 (UHF, 1993–2015) Digital: 39 (UHF, 2015–2020)
Former affiliations	Network One (1993–1997) ACN (1997–2001) Shop at Home (2001–2002) Dark (2002–May 2015) HSN (May–August 2015) Jewelry TV (2015–2023, now on CD7) NewsNet (2023–2024)
Call sign meaning	"Bid", a reference to the auction-type programming that used to air on the station
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	68395
Class	CD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	226.2 m (742 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°26′23″N 79°43′10″W / 40.43972°N 79.71944°W / 40.43972; -79.71944
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	pittsburgh.newsnetmedia.com

WBYD-CD (channel 39) is a low-power, Class A television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with the home shopping network ShopHQ. Owned by Bridge Media Networks, it broadcasts from the WQED's antenna tower in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh. Until 2015, the station was licensed to Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is famous for televising a live auction for two years from 2001 to 2002. The station is not carried on any local cable TV system or DBS provider in the Pittsburgh area.

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