WVIA-TV
PBS member station in Scranton, Pennsylvania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with KVIA-TV.
WVIA-TV (channel 44) is a PBS member television station licensed to Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, serving Northeastern Pennsylvania. Owned by the Northeast Pennsylvania Educational Television Association, it is sister to NPR member WVIA-FM (89.9). Both stations share studios in Jenkins Township, which shares a post office with Pittston. Through a channel sharing agreement with ABC affiliate WNEP-TV (channel 16), the two stations transmit using WNEP-TV's spectrum from an antenna at Penobscot Knob near Mountain Top.
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City | Scranton, Pennsylvania |
Channels | |
Branding | WVIA |
Programming | |
Affiliations | |
Ownership | |
Owner | Northeast Pennsylvania Educational Television Association |
WVIA-FM | |
History | |
First air date | September 26, 1966 (57 years ago) (1966-09-26) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 44 (UHF, 1966–2009) Digital: 41 (UHF, 2001–2017) 50 (UHF, 2017–2020) |
NET (1966–1970) | |
Call sign meaning | The World Via Television |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 47929 |
ERP | 760 kW |
HAAT | 509.2 m (1,671 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°10′55″N 75°52′16″W |
Translator(s) | See below |
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Public license information | |
Website | www |
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