WCZS-LD
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| Shippensburg, Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 35 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sonshine Family Television |
| History | |
First air date | August 29, 1986 |
Former call signs | W40AF (1986–2003) W35BT (2003-2009) W07DP-D (2009–2020) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 35 (UHF, 1986–2009) Digital: 7 (VHF, 2009-2020) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 55283 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15 kW DA |
| HAAT | 412 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°2′43″N 77°45′11″W / 40.04528°N 77.75306°W[1][2] |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | www.ctvn.org |
WCZS-LD, virtual channel 35 (UHF digital channel 30), is a low-powered religious independent television station that is licensed to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. A longtime Cornerstone Television station previously licensed to Harrisburg, WCZS-LD (as W07DP-D) was sold to Sonshine Family Television in 2018.[3] In 2020 the station changed its city of license to Shippensburg and obtained a construction permit to move its transmitter to Clarks Knob, near its new city of license.[1][2]
The station signed on UHF analog channel 35 on August 29, 1986 as W40AF; then on December 8, 2003 as W35BT; on August 21, 2009 as W07DP-D; and on 2020 as WCZS-LD.
Digital television[]
Digital channels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27.14 | 720p | 16:9 | WHTM | WHTM Simulcast |
| 35.1 | TBD | TBD | ||
| 35.2 | CourtTV | Court TV | ||
| 35.3 | 480i | Mystery | Ion Mystery | |
| 35.4 | Grit | Grit | ||
| 35.5 | Bounce | Defy | ||
| 49.14 | 720p | WLYH | Lighthouse TV | |
| 49.24 | 480i | WLYH-2 | Lighthouse TV |
Analog-to-digital conversion[]
W07DP-D (as W35BT) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 35, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal began on its pre-transition VHF channel 7.[5] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 35.
References[]
- ^ a b "Licensing and Management System". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ a b "WCZS-LD Shippensburg, PA". RabbitEars. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Jacobson, Adam. "A TV Deal That's A Pocketful of Sonshine". Radio and Television Business Report. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WCZS-LD
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
External links[]
- Cornerstone TeleVision official site
- Facility details for Facility ID 55283 (WCZS-LD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
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