WPGH-TV is the senior partner in the duopoly because of its Fox affiliation and because of its longer establishment. WPNT, virtual channel 22 (UHF digital channel 42), is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Sinclair downsized and converted WPGH-TV's news operation into its centralized News Central production on April 21, 2003. [92] Because WPGH-TV no longer operates its own news department, Pittsburgh isn't available as a local option for Sinclair's streaming service Stirr, defaulting to WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., though neighboring WJAC-TV and WTOV-TV are available as alternate options. The show's success was modest at best, and was canceled after two years. [24] In June 1954, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave WKJF-TV permission to go off the air on July 2 for ninety days pending the outcome of a Senate subcommittee investigation into UHF television. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 42. On May 15, 2012, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Fox agreed to a five-year extension to the network's affiliation agreement with Sinclair's 19 Fox stations, including WPGH-TV, allowing them to continue carrying Fox programming through 2017. Under Meredith ownership, WPGH-TV aired locally produced newscasts anchored by Tom Peterson, Mavis Logan, Tim Sohier and others, with varying degrees of success. In August 2016, WPNT began to re-air WPGH newscasts produced by WPXI. The two stations share studios an The Steelers 2018 Sunday night matchup with the Oakland Raiders, however, was flexed out into the afternoon and will air on Fox, giving WPGH-TV its first all-AFC Steelers matchup.[66]. It focused now on court shows, talk shows, reality shows, and off-network sitcoms along with Fox programming.
It airs Sunday through Friday nights for 45 minutes, followed by a fifteen-minute sports highlight show called Ox on Fox Sports Extra (hosted by Alby Oxenreiter). 53 FCC Okay Due Soon, October Start Is Possible", "Broadcasting December 31, 1973 Page 74 Ownership Action Section", "The New York Times – COMPANY NEWS; Lorimar Cuts TV Deal Price", Sinclair Reups With Fox, Gets WUTB Option, "Sinclair Plans Big Changes for WGN America, Eyes MVPD Offering With Tribune Media Deal", "Sinclair Broadcast Group to buy Tribune Media for $3.9 billion plus debt", "Sinclair Broadcast Group Sets $3.9 Billion Deal to Acquire Tribune Media", "Sinclair Is Said to Be Near a Deal to Buy Tribune Media", "Sinclair Broadcast to buy Tribune Media for $3.9 billion, giving it control over 215 local TV stations", "Sinclair Broadcast nears deal for Tribune Media", "Sinclair Reportedly Near Deal to Buy Tribune Media", "Fox in Talks With Ion Media to Operate Local TV Stations, Source Says", "Analyst: Ion Could Still Get Retrans for Fox Stations - Broadcasting & Cable", "Exclusive! However, as Westinghouse later gave the groups their blessing to use channel 13 for what would become WQED (Westinghouse bought WDTV from struggling DuMont and transformed that station into KDKA-TV instead), WQED was now stuck with two TV licenses but found use in possibly using channel 22 for educational programs it didn't have time to air. Rumors abounded that WPTT-TV would be running HSN programming for most of, if not the entire day, once the sale was completed. Through an affiliation agreement with 11 UPN affiliates owned by CBS (including the three were passed over for an affiliation deal from Tribune-owned former fellow WB affiliates), UPN owned-and-operated station WNPA was named the Pittsburgh affiliate of The CW, and later changed its call letters to WPCW. WRLH-TV, virtual channel 35, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, United States. [47][48][49] WPGH-TV still broadcasts from this location today.
In its early years, the station also cleared CBS, ABC, and NBC programs that KDKA-TV, WTAE-TV, and WIIC-TV passed on. Still, the shows run on WPTT-TV were not exactly low-budget. (That station is now WINP-TV.) [28] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 22. The deal would see between six and ten Fox affiliates owned by Sinclair and Tribune (all in markets with an NFL team) become Fox owned-and-operated stations.
[26]. The CW Television Network is an American English-language free-to-air television network that is operated by The CW Network, LLC, a limited liability joint venture between the CBS Entertainment Group unit of ViacomCBS; and the Studios and Networks division of AT&T's WarnerMedia, the parent company of Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB. In 1996, to coincide with the launch of its news department, WPGH-TV launched a new logo based around the colors of black and gold to match that of the city's local sports teams. The station also changed its call sign to WCWB (for "C, or See, the WB") on the 13th, two days before the switch, to reflect its new affiliation. WNPB 24 (PBS)
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