Translators W41CF 41 Altoona | Affiliations Independent | |
Branding Pennsylvania Channel 13 Slogan Television for Central Pennsylvania Channels Analog: 13 (VHF)
Digital: to be 12 (VHF) Owner Pathway Community Radio, Inc. | ||
WSCP-LP is an independent low-power television station licensed to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania and targeting the State College area. WSCP-LP is owned by Pathway Community Radio Inc. The station's on-air name is Pennsylvania Channel 13, and the station's transmitter is located southwest of State College on the Pine Grove Mills Mountain.
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History
The station first began its broadcasting operations in 1990 as W13BY under the original ownership of George W. Kimble, however W13BY was first licensed as a station or had a construction permit on November 30, 1988. At first, it was an affiliate of The Box music video network, and later a translator station of Johnstown NBC affiliate WJAC-TV (Channel 6).
In 2005, the station was purchased by Pathway Community Radio, which retransmitted Pittsburgh's WPCB-TV/Cornerstone Television (via Altoona satellite WKBS) temporarily in a transition period until the station began their own programming schedule.
In 2005, the station became a Class A operation. On May 5, 2008, the station received their permanent calls of WSCP-CA. On June 25, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission change the WSCP-CA calls to DWSCP-CA possibly that the WSCP-CA broadcast lincense was going to be deleted. About two months later on August 5, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission restored DWSCP-CA call letters back to the WSCP-CA calls. On May 3, 2011, the station requested a change from class A to low-power status, and the station's call sign was changed to WSCP-LP.