WTAE-TV

WTAE-TV
Channels
BrandingWTAE Channel 4; 4 Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh's Action News 4
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedJuly 25, 1957[1]
First air date
September 14, 1958 (66 years ago) (1958-09-14)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 4 (VHF, 1958–2009)
  • Digital: 51 (UHF, 1999–2018)
Call sign meaning
Former television sibling of WCAE radio (the present day WPGP)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID65681
ERP
HAAT269.2 m (883 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°16′49″N 79°48′10″W / 40.28028°N 79.80278°W / 40.28028; -79.80278
Translator(s)22 (UHF) (4.3) Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wtae.com

WTAE-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with ABC. It has been owned by Hearst Television since the station's inception, making this one of two stations that have been built and signed on by Hearst (alongside company flagship WBAL-TV in Baltimore). WTAE-TV's studios are located on Ardmore Boulevard (PA 8) in the suburb of Wilkinsburg (though with a Pittsburgh mailing address), and its transmitter is located in Buena Vista, Pennsylvania.

  1. ^ FCC History Cards for WTAE-TV
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTAE-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "TV Query Results". Retrieved September 13, 2023.