WCZS-LD

WCZS-LD, virtual channel 35 (UHF digital channel 30), is a low-power religious independent television station that is licensed to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

WCZS-LD
Channels
Ownership
OwnerSonshine Family Television
History
First air date
August 29, 1986 (1986-08-29)
Former call signs
  • W40AF (1986–2003)
  • W35BT (2003-2009)
  • W07DP-D (2009–2020)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 40 (UHF, 1986–2003)
  • 35 (UHF, 2003–2009)
  • Digital:
  • 7 (VHF, 2009-2020)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID55283
ClassLD
ERP15 kW DA
HAAT412 m
Transmitter coordinates40°2′43″N 77°45′11″W[2][3]
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitewww.ctvn.org

History

The station, which first signed on the air on August 29, 1986, was a longtime Cornerstone Television station previously licensed to Harrisburg, WCZS-LD (as W07DP-D) was sold to Sonshine Family Television in 2018.[4] In 2020 the station changed its city of license to Shippensburg and obtained a construction permit to move its transmitter to Clarks Knob, near its new city of license.[2][3]

The station signed on UHF analog channel 40 on August 29, 1986 as W40AF; and then began broadcasting on channel 35 on December 8, 2003 as W35BT. The station's digital signal was inaugurated on VHF digital channel 7 August 21, 2009 as W07DP-D; and moved to UHF digital channel 30 in 2020 as WCZS-LD.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WCZS-LD[5]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
27.14 720p16:9WHTMWHTM Simulcast
35.1 BounceBounce TV
35.2 CourtTVCourt TV
35.3 480iMysteryIon Mystery
35.4 GritGrit
35.5 DeFYDefy
35.6 NewsyScripps News
49.14 720pWLYH HDWLYH Simulcast
49.24 480iWLYH SDRadiant TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

W07DP-D (as W35BT) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 35, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal began on its pre-transition VHF channel 7.[6] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 35.

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for WCZS-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Licensing and Management System". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. "WCZS-LD Shippensburg, PA". RabbitEars. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  4. Jacobson, Adam. "A TV Deal That's A Pocketful of Sonshine". Radio and Television Business Report. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. RabbitEars TV Query for WCZS-LD
  6. "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.
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