WTAE-TV is the ABC affiliated television station for Western Pennsylvania that is licensed to Pittsburgh, broadcasting on UHF channel 51 and identifying via PSIP as channel 4 (its historic analog allocation). It also serves as an ABC affiliate for the Wheeling/Steubenville and Clarksburg/Weston, West Virginia market areas. Its transmitter is located in Buena Vista, Pennsylvania and its studios are located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Wilkinsburg, ...
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WTAE-TV is the ABC affiliated television station for Western Pennsylvania that is licensed to Pittsburgh, broadcasting on UHF channel 51 and identifying via PSIP as channel 4 (its historic analog allocation). It also serves as an ABC affiliate for the Wheeling/Steubenville and Clarksburg/Weston, West Virginia market areas. Its transmitter is located in Buena Vista, Pennsylvania and its studios are located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.
Channel 4, originally allocated to suburban Irwin, Pennsylvania (in Westmoreland County) and was moved to Pittsburgh in 1958. This came about because Pittsburgh mayor David L. Lawrence had petitioned the Federal Communications Commission relentlessly for a fourth VHF channel in the area. This influencing of the soon to be Governor Lawrence along with the ownership groups connections with powerful U.S. Senator from Florida, George Smathers led to a televised and drama filled U.S. House hearings with both Lawrence and Smathers...
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