The additional channel began on October 15, 2007.
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With the switch to HD came a new set, created by FX Group & new HD graphics, created by Hothaus Creative.Īs part of its 50th anniversary, WPXI announced it would air classic TV programs on a digital subchannel from the Retro Television Network. It has been criticized for technical glitches during the initial week of the new system run. WPXI is the first station in Pittsburgh broadcasting news in high definition. newscast from its new studio in Summer Hill on October 6. The station's tower is to remain in place at the top of the station's current location. The move ended a 50-year tradition at Television Hill in the city's Fineview neighborhood. Over the Labor Day weekend of 2007, WPXI introduced its new studio location in the city's Summer Hill neighborhood near the Parkway North. The local portion of the telethon is still hosted by Bill Cardille.
Those stations still use WPXI's former look.WPXI also has been airing the Jerry Lewis Telethon as the Pittsburgh affiliate of the annual event. Cox changed the stations' on-air appearances to match WPXI's look, despite WPXI changing its own look in 2004. These stations, also NBC affiliates often appear in channel lineups for the same viewers that watch WPXI, either by over-the-air signal or via cable provider, and due to the proximity of the three stations to each other (as well as the common affiliation with NBC), are occasionally marketed together as a result. In 2000, Cox Enterprises purchased WTOV in Steubenville, Ohio and WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Pennsylvania from Sunrise Television. The WIIC calls still reside in Pittsburgh, but on a low-powered independent station airing music videos. Although the station has officially never had the -TV suffix since adopting the WPXI call sign, the station has on occasion been marketed as WPXI-TV. On April 20, 1981, the call sign was changed to WPXI ( Pittsburgh 11, with XI being the Roman numeral sign for 11). About 1975, Channel 11 branded itself as "e11even", then around 1977 used the "11 Alive" moniker. This coincided with much of the period where NBC also struggled in the ratings. Schano also hosted a weekly 30-minute public affairs program called Face to Face.ĭuring much of the 1970s, WIIC trailed in a distant third place in the ratings behind KDKA-TV and WTAE-TV. In 1970, WIIC made Pittsburgh broadcasting history as Eleanor Schano became the first woman to anchor a newscast alone. In 1964, the station was sold to current owner Cox Enterprises (which Cox traded its share in the then new cable system in Toledo, Ohio to the Post-Gazette's parent company, which is based in Toledo) Some of the first original programming to air on WIIC included Studio Wrestling and Chiller Theatre, both hosted by Cardille. It addition to Cardille, five other announcers that were with the station during sign-on in 1957 include Mal Alberts, Bob Cochran, Ed Conway, Len Johnson and Mark Schaefer. It was owned by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and immediately took NBC programming from KDKA-TV.īill Cardille (now a former Channel 11 host and weather forecaster) signed the station on the air. On SeptemChannel 11 signed on as WIIC-TV, the second commercial VHF station in Pittsburgh. Syndicated programming on the station includes The Wendy Williams Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Rachael Ray, Judge Judy, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.Ģ3 ( UHF) Uniontown, PA33 (UHF) New Castle, PA Owned by Cox Media Group, the station has studios in the Summer Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 48 from a transmitter located on the north side of Pittsburgh. WPXI is the NBC-affiliated television station for Western Pennsylvania that is licensed to Pittsburgh.
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