WTPC-TV

Last updated
WTPC-TV
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
March 27, 2006(17 years ago) (2006-03-27)
Former call signs
WHRE (2006–August 2010)
WHRE-TV (August−November 2010)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
21 (UHF, 2006–2009)
Call sign meaning
Trinity, Paul Crouch (founder of TBN)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 82574
Class DT
ERP 85 kW
HAAT 310 m (1,017 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 36°48′31.8″N76°30′11.3″W / 36.808833°N 76.503139°W / 36.808833; -76.503139
Links
Public license information
Website www.tbn.org

WTPC-TV (channel 21) is a religious television station licensed to Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States, serving the Hampton Roads area as an owned-and-operated station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The station's transmitter is located in Suffolk, Virginia.

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History

The station signed on March 26, 2006 as WHRE. It was originally owned by Copeland Channel 21, LLC, but has always been programmed by TBN. TBN filed to purchase the station outright in May 2010. [2] WHRE added the -TV suffix on August 26, 2010. The call letters were changed to WTPC-TV on November 15, 2010.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WTPC-TV
Channel Video Aspect Short nameProgramming
21.1 720p 16:9 TBN HDMain TBN programming
21.2inspire TBN Inspire
21.3 480i 4:3 SMILE Smile
21.4Enlace Enlace
21.516:9PosiTiV Positiv

TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009. [3]

Analog-to-digital conversion

WTPC-TV (as WHRE) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 21, on February 17, 2009, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation to VHF channel 7. [4] Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997. [5] The station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station, using PSIP to display WTPC-TV's virtual channel as 21 on digital television receivers.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WTPC-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Trinity turning Tidewater LMA into full ownership". Television Business Report. May 20, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  3. RabbitEars TV Query for WTPC
  4. "List of Digital Full-Power Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  5. "Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115".