WCZS-LD
{{Short description|Television station in Chamberburg, Pennsylvania}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WCZS-LD
| logo =
| branding =
| digital = 30 (UHF)
| virtual = 35
| subchannels =
| airdate = {{start date and age|1986|8|29}}
| location = Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W40AF (1986–2003)|W35BT (2003-2009)|W07DP-D (2009–2020)}}
| owner = Sonshine Family Television
| licensee = Zebra Media, LLC
| sister_stations = WLYH
| former_affiliations =
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 40 (UHF, 1986–2003), 35 (UHF, 2003–2009)|Digital: 7 (VHF, 2009–2020)}}
| erp = 15 kW
| haat = {{convert|411.7|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = LD
| facility_id = 55283
| coordinates = {{coord|40|2|43|N|77|45|11|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website =
}}
WCZS-LD (channel 35) is a low-power television station in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is owned by Sonshine Family Television.
History
The station, which first signed on the air on August 29, 1986, was a longtime Cornerstone Television station previously licensed to Harrisburg. WCZS-LD (as W07DP-D) was sold to Sonshine Family Television in 2018.{{cite web |last1=Jacobson |first1=Adam |title=A TV Deal That’s A Pocketful of Sonshine |url=https://www.rbr.com/a-tv-deal-thats-a-pocketful-of-sonshine/ |website=Radio and Television Business Report |access-date=December 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212051352/https://www.rbr.com/a-tv-deal-thats-a-pocketful-of-sonshine/ |archive-date=December 12, 2020}} In 2020, the station changed its city of license to Chambersburg and obtained a construction permit to move its transmitter to Clarks Knob, near its new city of license.{{cite web |title=Licensing and Management System |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=55283&applicationId=25076f9174fff4c101751ccc33792222 |website=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=December 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212054114/https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=55283&applicationId=25076f9174fff4c101751ccc33792222 |archive-date=December 12, 2020}}{{cite web |title=WCZS-LD Shippensburg, PA |url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=55283 |website=RabbitEars |access-date=December 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212054534/https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=55283 |archive-date=December 12, 2020}}
The station signed on UHF analog channel 40 on August 29, 1986, as W40AF; and then began broadcasting on channel 35 on December 8, 2003, as W35BT. The station's digital signal was inaugurated on VHF digital channel 7 on August 21, 2009, as W07DP-D; and moved to UHF digital channel 30 in 2020 as WCZS-LD.
Technical information
=Subchannels=
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| class="wikitable"
|+ Subchannels of WCZS-LD[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WCZS-LD#station RabbitEars TV Query for WCZS-LD] ! Channel ! Res. ! Aspect ! Short name ! Programming |
| scope= "row" | 27.14
| rowspan=3|720p || rowspan=9|16:9 || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|WHTM || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|ABC (WHTM-TV) |
|---|
| scope= "row" | 35.1
| Bounce || Bounce TV |
| scope= "row" | 35.2
| CourtTV || Court TV |
| scope= "row" | 35.3
| rowspan=4|480i || Mystery || Ion Mystery |
| scope= "row" | 35.4
| Grit || Grit |
| scope= "row" | 35.5
| H&I || Heroes & Icons |
| scope= "row" | 35.6
| Pocono || Pocono Television |
| scope= "row" | 49.14
| 720p || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|WLYH HD || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|WLYH (Religious) |
| scope= "row" | 49.24
| 480i || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|WLYH SD || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|Radiant TV (WLYH-DT2) |
{{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}}
=Analog-to-digital conversion=
W07DP-D (as W35BT) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 35, on June 12, 2009, the official date on 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,{{cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }} using virtual channel 35.
References
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{{Harrisburg/Lancaster/York TV}}
{{Other Pennsylvania Stations}}
Category:Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Category:Ion Mystery affiliates
Category:Grit (TV network) affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1986