WCZS-LD

WCZS-LD, virtual channel 35 (UHF digital channel 30), is a low-powered religious independent television station that is licensed to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. A longtime Cornerstone Television station previously licensed to Harrisburg, WCZS-LD (as W07DP-D) was sold to Sonshine Family Television in 2018.[3] 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.[1][2]

WCZS-LD
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
ChannelsDigital: 30 (UHF)
Virtual: 35 (PSIP)
SloganGod Is Here
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:
35 (UHF, 1986–2009)
Digital:
7 (VHF, 2009-2020)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID55283
ClassLD
ERP1 kW DA
15 KW DA (CP)
HAAT246 m
412 m (CP)
Transmitter coordinates40°5′49″N 77°12′17″W
40°2′43″N 77°45′11″W (CP)[1][2]
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitewww.ctvn.org

The station signed on UHF analog channel 35 on August 29, 1986 as W40AF; then on December 8, 2003 as W35BT; on August 21, 2009 as W07DP-D; and on 2020 as WCZS-LD.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[4]
35.1480i4:3CTVNCornerstone
35.2720p16:9CourtTVCourt TV
35.3MysteryCourt TV Mystery
35.4480iGritGrit
35.5BounceBounce

Analog-to-digital conversion

W07DP-D (as W35BT) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 35, on June 12, 2009, the official date in 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.[5] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 35.

References
  1. "Licensing and Management System". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. "WCZS-LD Shippensburg, PA". RabbitEars. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. RabbitEars TV Query for WCZS-LD
  5. "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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