WOSC-CD
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WOSC-CD
| location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| country = United States
| analog =
| digital = 26 (UHF)
| virtual = 61
| affiliations = see {{Section link||Subchannels}}
| founded = July 2, 1987
| airdate = {{start date and age|1997|07|09}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|JB0702NQ (1987–1992)|W61CC (1992–2012)|WOSC-LP (2012–2014)}}
| former_channel_numbers = Analog: 61 (UHF, 1997–2011)
| owner = The Videohouse, Inc.
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|ValueVision (via W63AU, 1997–1999)|Silent (1999, 2023–2024)|America's Store (1999–2004)|HSN (2004–2022)|Catchy Comedy (2022–2023)
Rewind TV (2024)}}
| erp = 30 kW
| haat = {{convert|179.3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 66636
| class = CD
| coordinates = {{coord|40|26|46|N|79|57|50|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
}}
WOSC-CD (channel 61) is a low-power, Class A television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Owned by The Videohouse, Inc., it primarily broadcasts national digital multicast networks.
The station went on the air as W61CC in 1997. By 1999, it was airing the America's Store home shopping service.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109903808/gwen-ifill-leaves-nbc-to-join-pbs-news-s/|date=August 21, 1999|page=C-9|first=Rob|last=Owen|title=Gwen Ifill leaves NBC to join PBS news shows|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=September 20, 2022}} The station switched to airing HSN in 2004 when America's Store moved to WQEX (channel 16).{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109903884/shopping-network-to-lease-qex/|date=April 7, 2004|page=C-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109903945/ C-6]|first=Rob|last=Owen|title=Shopping Network to lease 'QEX|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=September 20, 2022}}
Local programming
As of the first quarter of 2020, WOSC-CD cut away from national programming for five hours each week, primarily on Sunday, to meet its local programming requirements as a Class A station. Most of their local programming was Saint Simon & Jude Parish services, which aired from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. WOSC also aired Cappelli & Company from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saint Simon & Jude Parish would then continue from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.{{Cite web |title=TV Station WOSC-CD – FCC Public Inspection File |url=https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/wosc-cd/Class%20A%20TV%20Continuing%20Eligibility/fc73d3d4-48be-0d24-4f64-dd605ab53aac |access-date=August 6, 2022 |website=publicfiles.fcc.gov}}
On July 12, 2022, WOSC-CD added an over-the-air broadcast variant of One America News Network known as OAN Plus to its list of digital subchannels.{{Cite web |first=George|last=Winslow |date=July 13, 2022 |title=OAN Expands OTA Distribution |url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/oan-expands-ota-distribution |access-date=September 27, 2022 |website=TVTechnology |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=OAN Further Expands its Broadcast Over-the-Air Reach with a launch in the Pittsburgh DMA |url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/oan-further-expands-its-broadcast-over-the-air-reach-with-a-launch-in-the-pittsburgh-dma-1031580906 |access-date=September 27, 2022 |website=markets.businessinsider.com |language=en}}
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
class="wikitable"
|+ Subchannels of WOSC-CD{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WOSC|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WOSC|website=RabbitEars.info|accessdate=June 22, 2024}} ! scope = "col" | Channel ! scope = "col" | Res. ! scope = "col" | Aspect ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |
scope = "row" | 61.1
| rowspan="12" | 480i || rowspan="12"| 16:9 || WOSC-CD || MeTV Toons |
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scope = "row" | 61.2
| BINGETV || Binge TV |
scope = "row" | 61.3
| BUZZR || Buzzr |
scope = "row" | 61.4
| SBN || Sonlife |
scope = "row" | 61.5
| AWEPLUS || AWE Plus |
scope = "row" | 61.6
| QVC || QVC2 |
scope = "row" | 61.7
| NEWSMX2 || Newsmax 2 |
scope = "row" | 61.8
| OAN || One America Plus |
scope = "row" | 61.9
| AMVOICE || Real America's Voice |
scope = "row" | 61.11
| QVC2 || QVC2 |
scope = "row" | 61.12
| HSN2 || HSN2 |
References
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{{Pittsburgh TV}}
{{Other Pennsylvania Stations}}
Category:1997 establishments in Pennsylvania
Category:MeTV Toons affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1997