Pittsburgh Metropolitan Edition

Covers Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania

Note:

In listings, Pittsburgh channels are listed first, followed by other channels.
City: Channel: Calls: Affiliation: Home Edition: Notes:
Pittsburgh [2] KDKA CBS Affiliated with KDKA-AM, known to be America's first commercially-operated radio station
Pittsburgh [4] WTAE ABC
Pittsburgh [11] WPXI NBC
Pittsburgh [13] WQED PBS
Pittsburgh [16] WQEX PBS (see below)
Pittsburgh [19] WNPA UPN (1) Licensed in Jeanette
(3) Was WB & WTWB until fall 1997
(4) Added to TVG line-up in early 1/98, but it was listed under Johnstown as "19" (it served Johnstown-Altoona until Fall 1997, when it decided to focus on the Pittsburgh market); was moved to present designations on 1/24/98
Pittsburgh [22] WCWB WB (1) Local Marketing Agreement with [53]
(2) Was UPN & WPTT until January 1998
Pittsburgh [40] WPCB independent (1) Religious
(2) Licensed to Greensburg
(3) To move to channel 16 soon; see below under [16]
Pittsburgh [53] WPGH Fox
Johnstown/Altoona "6" WJAC NBC Johnstown/Altoona
Johnstown/Altoona "8" WWCP Fox Johnstown/Altoona
Johnstown/Altoona "10" WTAJ CBS Johnstown/Altoona
Wheeling/Steubenville "7" WTRF CBS/ABC Wheeling/Steubenville Licensed in Wheeling
Wheeling/Steubenville "9" WTOV NBC Wheeling/Steubenville Licensed in Steubenville
Youngstown "21" WFMJ NBC Youngstown/Erie
Youngstown "27" WKBN CBS Youngstown/Erie
Youngstown "33" WYTV ABC Youngstown/Erie

The following channels are listed in "Channels Listed", but not in main listings:

WBPA (29) Pittsburgh -- UPN (low-power; satellite of [19]; mentioned as a separate channel)
WNEU (63) Pittsburgh -- independent (low-power)

The following channel is also available in region, but is not mentioned in this TVG:

WBGN (59) Pittsburgh -- independent

Note:

[16]: Currently a satellite of [13]. Channel was to have been a new home for WPCB [40], with [40] being a home for Pax TV in Pittsburgh in fall 1998, but the plan has yet to be finalised by the FCC. [16] originally presented programming separate from [13], but became simulcasting [13] in early 1998 when it was anticipated that [16] would be sold to Paxson.


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