WCZS-LD (channel 35) is a low-power television station in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is owned by Sonshine Family Television.
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 Chambersburg 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 on August 21, 2009, as W07DP-D; and moved to UHF digital channel 30 in 2020 as WCZS-LD.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27.14 | 720p | 16:9 | WHTM | ABC (WHTM-TV) |
| 35.1 | Bounce | Bounce TV | ||
| 35.2 | CourtTV | Court TV | ||
| 35.3 | 480i | Mystery | Ion Mystery | |
| 35.4 | Grit | Grit | ||
| 35.5 | H&I | Heroes & Icons | ||
| 35.6 | Pocono | Pocono Television | ||
| 49.14 | 720p | WLYH HD | WLYH (Religious) | |
| 49.24 | 480i | WLYH SD | Radiant TV (WLYH-DT2) |
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] using virtual channel 35.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCZS-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b "Licensing and Management System". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
- ^ a b "WCZS-LD Shippensburg, PA". RabbitEars. Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
- ^ Jacobson, Adam. "A TV Deal That's A Pocketful of Sonshine". Radio and Television Business Report. Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WCZS-LD
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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