WPCT
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| Panama City Beach, Florida United States | |
|---|---|
| Branding | Beach TV |
| Channels | Digital: 33 (UHF) Virtual: 46 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 46.1 Tourist Info 46.2 Retro TV |
| Affiliations | Tourist Info (1987–1995, 2001–present) |
| Owner | Beach TV Properties |
| First air date | 1987 |
| Call letters' meaning | W Panama City Television |
| Sister station(s) | WPFN-CD |
| Former callsigns | W46AN (1987–1995) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 46 (UHF, 1987–2009) Digital: 47 (UHF, 2009–2018) |
| Former affiliations | UPN (1995–2001) |
| Transmitter power | 160 kW |
| Height | 72 m (236 ft) |
| Facility ID | 4354 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°10′59″N 85°46′42″W / 30.18306°N 85.77833°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information | Profile CDBS |
| Website | Beach TV |
WPCT is an informational television station in Panama City Beach, Florida, broadcasting locally on virtual channel 46 (digital 33) with information for local tourists.
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History[edit]
Founded 1987, the station is owned by Beach TV Properties, Inc. The station was originally the UPN affiliate for the Panama City market, airing tourist information during the overnight hours as well as carrying some syndicated talk shows, drama series, movies, and off-network sitcoms during the entire day outside of prime time network programming until 2001, when UPN was dropped in favor of 24-hour tourist info programming.
Digital television[edit]
Digital channels[edit]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46.1 | 480i | 4:3 | WPCT-DT | Tourist Info |
| 46.2 | Retro TV |
Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]
WPCT shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 46, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 47.[2] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 46.
References[edit]
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WPCT
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
External links[edit]
- Official site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WPCT
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WPCT-TV
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