WKBS-TV

WKBS-TV
CityAltoona, Pennsylvania
Channels
BrandingCornerstone Network
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerCornerstone Television, Inc.
History
FoundedOctober 9, 1984
First air date
November 2, 1985 (38 years ago) (1985-11-02)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 47 (UHF, 1985–2009)
  • Digital: 46 (UHF, 2002–2019)
  • Virtual: 46 (January–February 2021)[citation needed]
Call sign meaning
Kaiser Broadcasting System (original call letters of the former Philadelphia station that went dark in 1983)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID13929
ERP3.1 kW[2]
HAAT305 m (1,001 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°34′3.7″N 78°26′25.2″W / 40.567694°N 78.440333°W / 40.567694; -78.440333
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.ctvn.org

WKBS-TV (channel 47) is a religious television station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States, owned and operated by Cornerstone Television. The station's transmitter is located in Logan Township.

WKBS-TV operates as a full-time satellite of Cornerstone's flagship station, Greensburg-licensed WPCB-TV (channel 40), whose studios are located in Wall, Pennsylvania. WKBS-TV covers areas of West-Central Pennsylvania that receive a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from WPCB-TV, although there is significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. WKBS-TV is a straight simulcast of WPCB-TV; on-air references to WKBS-TV are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming. Besides the transmitter, WKBS-TV does not maintain any physical presence in Altoona, and unlike its parent station, it does not broadcast in high definition and has a different subchannel lineup.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKBS-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "TV Query Results -- Video Division (FCC) USA".