| WGCB-TV | |
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| Red Lion, Pennsylvania | |
| Branding | Keystone Inspiration Network |
| Channels | Digital: 30 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | independent |
| Owner | Red Lion Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| First air date | April 28, 1979 |
| Call letters’ meaning | World for God, Christ and the Bible |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 49 (1979-2009) |
| Transmitter Power | 500 kW |
| Height | 174.2 m |
| Facility ID | 55350 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 39°54′18″N 76°35′0″W / 39.905°N 76.583333°W |
| Website | www.wgcbtv.com |
WGCB-TV is a television station serving the Harrisburg/Lancaster/York (Susquehanna Valley) region of Pennsylvania, United States. Broadcasting a digital signal on UHF channel 30, it is an independent station producing mainly Christian programs. Its studio and transmission facilities are located in Red Lion.
Previously, the channel 49 frequency in the Susquehanna Valley region was occupied by WNOW-TV, which was located in York and was originally affiliated with the DuMont Television Network (and later the NTA Film Network).[1]. It could not compete with WGAL-TV and eventually went off the air. [1]
On November 27, 1964, the WGCB radio stations, both AM and FM carried a 15-minute religious broadcast that would spawn a monumental case that ended with Supreme Court of the United States approval of the Fairness Doctrine. The Court ruled that the FCC could enforce the Fairness Doctrine, which prohibits broadcasters from using their monopoly on a broadcast frequency to monopolize discussion on controversial issues.
John Harden Norris, an engineer for Sinclair Oil and Refining Company in Claymont, Delaware, left his position and joined his father in establishing Red Lion Broadcasting. In 1950, WGCB-AM - the call letters stand for "the World for God, Christ and the Bible" - went on the air, followed by WGCB-FM in 1958, one of the first FM stations in the US. In 1962, they added WINB short-wave broadcasts, and in 1979, WGCB-TV. At the time, Norris was the only individual in the US to operate AM, FM, short-wave, and TV in one location, and under one ownership.
Norris died September 28, 2008 at the age of 82. The FCC granted a change in control for WGCB on November 5, 2008 to Estate of John H. Norris, Anna L. Plourde-Norris, Executrix.
DirecTV ceased carriage of WGCB on January 1, 2009.
The shortwave station, WINB, originally "World In Need of the Bible" is now "World Inter National Broadcasters". It is the oldest commercial shortwave station on the air in the United States, although in 1995, the original transmitter failed, and it took until 1997 to resume full-power broadcasts. [2]
The other radio stations no longer belong to Red Lion Broadcasting. WGCB-AM became WGLD-AM 1440, an ESPN affiliate, and WGBC-FM became "Oldies 96.1" WSOX-FM, a Cumulus station.
On Monday, August 17, 2009 WGCB-TV began a new lineup of classic shows and sitcoms in the evening. The Cosby Show, My Three Sons, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Little House on the Prairie, McHale's Navy, Hogan's Heroes, and Matlock are some of the new classic shows and sitcoms that WCGB-TV began broadcasting from 3 until 10 at night.
Digital television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Channel | Programming |
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| 49.1 | Main WGCB-TV programming |
| 49.2 | My Family TV |
References
- ^ "Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films", Boxoffice: 13, November 10, 1956, http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_111056-1
External links
- WGCB website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WGCB-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WGCB-TV
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