TBN TV station in Virginia Beach, Virginia
WTPC-TV (channel 21) is a religious television station licensed to Virginia Beach, Virginia , United States, serving the Hampton Roads area as an owned-and-operated station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The station's transmitter is located in Suffolk, Virginia .
History
The station signed on March 26, 2006, as WHRE. It was originally owned by Copeland Channel 21, LLC , but has always been programmed by TBN. TBN filed to purchase the station outright in May 2010.[2] WHRE added the "-TV" suffix on August 26, 2010. The call letters were changed to WTPC-TV on November 15, 2010.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed :
TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[3]
Analog-to-digital conversion
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,[4] WTPC-TV (as WHRE) did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station . The station shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 21, on February 17, 2009, and "flash-cut " its digital signal into operation to VHF channel 7, using virtual channel 21.[5]
Broadcast television in Hampton Roads and the Outer Banks, including Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Newport News and Elizabeth City
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with
cable television Digital television
WTKR (3.1 CBS , 3.2 Court , 3.3 Bounce , 3.4 HSN , 3.5 QVC )
WSKY-TV (4.1 Ind. , 4.2 Start , 4.3 Movies! , 4.4 Buzzr )
WAVY-TV (10.1 NBC , 10.2 Nest , 10.3 Get , 10.4 LC )
WVEC (13.1 ABC , 13.2 Crime , 13.3 MeTV , 13.4 Quest , 13.5 The365 , 13.6 Outlaw , 13.7 H&I , 13.8 LC )
WTPC-TV (21.1 TBN , 21.2 Merit , 21.3 Inspire , 21.4 Smile , 21.5 Positiv )
WGNT (27.1 CW → Ind. , 27.2 ANT , 27.3 Grit , 27.4 Dabl , 27.5 QVC2 , 27.6 HSN2 )
WTVZ-TV (33.1 MNT , 33.2 Charge , 33.3 Comet , 33.4 TBD )
WVBT (43.1 Fox , 43.2 Cozi → CW , 43.3 REW )
WPXV-TV (49.1 Ion , 49.2 Scripps News , 49.3 Mystery , 49.4 Defy , 49.5 Laff , 49.6 JTV , 49.7 QVC , 49.8 HSN )
Low-power digital Public broadcasting ATSC 3.0 digital Cable television Defunct stations
Other television stations licensed to and serving the Commonwealth of Virginia
Other television stations licensed to and serving the Commonwealth of
Virginia Primary*
WSKY-TV 4 (Ind. , Manteo, NC )
WDCO-CD 10 (TBD , Woodstock )
WFDC-DT 14 (UNI , Arlington )
WKPT-TV 19 (Cozi , Kingsport, TN )
WTPC-TV 21 (TBN , Virginia Beach )
WDVM-TV 25 (Ind. , Hagerstown, MD )
WVAD 25 (Daystar , Hampton )
WYAT-LD 40 (This , Martinsville )
WMDV-LD 44 (Ind. , Danville )
WZDC-CD 44 (TMD , Washington, D.C. )
WDME-CD 48 (JTV , Vienna )
WRID-LD 48 (Daystar , Richmond )
WJAL 68 (NTD , Silver Spring, MD )
WLFG 68 (Rel. , Grundy )
Secondary** (*) – indicates station is in one of Virginia's primary
TV markets (**) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Virginia
Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of North Carolina
ABC CBS Fox NBC The CW MyNetworkTV Ion Television PBS Other
WSKY-TV 4 (Ind. , Manteo/Norfolk, VA )**
WSOC-DT 9.2 (TMD , Charlotte )*
WILM-LD 10 (Ind. , Wilmington )*
WWJS 14 (SBN , Hickory/Charlotte )*
WGGS-TV 16 (Rel. , Greenville, SC )*
WGSR-LD 19 (Ind. , Reidsville )*
WARZ-LD 21 (3ABN , Smithfield )*
WTPC-TV 21 (TBN , Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA )**
WWMB 21 (Dabl , Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC )**
WRAY-TV 30 / WLXI 43 (TCT , Wake Forest /Greensboro )*
WDKT-LD 31 (GEB , Hendersonville )*
WNGT-CD 34 ATSC 3.0 (WHT , Smithfield )*
WMYA-TV 40 ATSC 3.0 (Dabl , Anderson/Greenville/Spartanburg, SC/Asheville )*
WUVC-DT 40 / WTNC-LD 26 (UNI , Fayetteville/Raleigh/Durham )*
WHFL-CD 43 (Worship , Goldsboro )*
WQDH-LD 49 (Azteca , Wilmington )*
WRTD-CD 54 (TMD , Raleigh )*
WFPX-TV 62 (Bounce , Archer Lodge/Raleigh/Durham )*
WAXN-TV 64 ATSC 3.0 (Ind. , Kannapolis/Charlotte )*
(*) – indicates station is in one of North Carolina's primary
TV markets (**) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of North Carolina
Trinity Broadcasting Network
Founders Executives Owned-and-operated stations Community Educational Television Affiliates Family of Networks
TBN
TBN Inspire
POSITiV
Smile
Salsa
Enlace (Latin America, owned by Enlace International & distributed by TBN in the US as Enlace TBN)
Miracle Channel (Canada)
TCI (Italy)
TBN UK (United Kingdom)
TBN Nordic (Scandinavia)
TBN Nejat TV (MENA)
TBN Europe (Europe)
TBN Asia (Asia)
Life TV (Estonia)
TBN España (Spain)
EJTV (Latin America)
TBN Africa (Africa)
bibel TV (Germany)
The Kingdom Sat (Saudi Arabia)
The Healing Channel (MENA)
Boas Novas (Brazil)
Rede Gospel (Brazil)
TBN Pacific (Australia and New Zealand)
Kanal Hayat (Turkey)
TBN Polska (Poland)
TBN FR (France)
TBN UA (Ukraine)
JCTV (Pakistan)
Attractions Subsidiaries
Trilogy Animation
Trilogy Publishing
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