WCAE
TV station in St. John, Indiana (1967–1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Pittsburgh radio station known as WCAE from 1922 to 1961, see WPGP.
WCAE was a PBS member station on channel 50 at St. John, Indiana, owned by the Lake Central School Corporation. It was the first television station to serve Northwest Indiana and the Calumet Region. The station began experiencing financial and personnel turmoil in the late 1970s; when the early 1980s recession hit the region hard, public support fell, and the school board closed the station in 1983. The license was reactivated in 1987, after more than four years of silence, as WYIN on channel 56.
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Owner | Lake Central School Corporation |
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First air date | September 26, 1967 (56 years ago) (1967-09-26)[1] |
Last air date | March 31, 1983 (41 years ago) (1983-03-31)[lower-alpha 1] |
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ERP | 2,372 kW[2] |
HAAT | 417 ft (127 m) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°39′28″N 87°30′28″W |
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