WTPC-TV

WTPC-TV
Virginia Beach, Virginia; United States;
Channels	Digital: 7 (VHF); Virtual: 21;
Programming
Affiliations	21.1: TBN; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Trinity Broadcasting Network; (Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc.);
History
First air date	March 27, 2006 (18 years ago)
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
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	82574
ERP	85 kW
HAAT	310 m (1,017 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°48′31.8″N 76°30′11.3″W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
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 signal is multiplexed:

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Subchannels of WTPC-TV
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
21.1	720p	16:9	TBN HD	Main TBN programming
21.2	720p	16:9	Merit	Merit Street Media
21.3	480i	4:3	Inspire	TBN Inspire
21.4		16:9	SMILE	Smile
21.5		16:9	POSITIV	Positiv

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

Analog-to-digital conversion

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,^[4] WTPC-TV (as WHRE) did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. The station 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, using virtual channel 21.^[5]