WPCT
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| Branding | Beach TV |
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| Owner | Beach TV Properties, Inc. |
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| History | |
| Founded | July 2, 1986 |
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Former call signs | W46AN (1986–1996) |
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Call sign meaning | W Panama City Television |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| ERP | 160 kW |
| HAAT | 72 m (236 ft) |
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WPCT (channel 46) is a television station in Panama City Beach, Florida, United States, which broadcasts information for local tourists. Owned by Beach TV Properties, Inc., the station maintains transmitter facilities on Warner Avenue (off Front Beach Road) just east of Panama City Beach.
History
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The station was founded on July 2, 1986, and began broadcasting on April 3, 1989. It was originally an independent station before becoming the UPN affiliate for the Panama City market on January 16, 1995. It aired tourist information during the overnight hours and carried some syndicated talk shows, drama series, movies, and off-network sitcoms during the day outside of prime time network programming until 1998, when UPN was dropped in favor of 24-hour tourist info programming.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 46.1 | 720p | 16:9 | BeachTV | Tourist Info |
| 46.2 | 480i | Outside | [Blank] | |
| 46.3 | IonPlus | Ion Plus | ||
| 46.4 | Start | Start TV | ||
| 46.5 | GetTV | Great | ||
| 46.6 | NewMax | Newsmax2 | ||
| 46.7 | Buzzr | Buzzr |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WPCT shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 46, on February 17, 2009, the original target date on 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,[3] using virtual channel 46.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WPCT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WPCT
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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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