WOSC-CD (channel 61) is a
Class A low-power
television station
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in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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,
United States
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. The station is owned by The Videohouse, Inc. WOSC-CD 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
America's Store was a US shopping television network. It was the spin-off channel to the Home Shopping Network (HSN). On April 3, 2007, America's Store ceased broadcasting permanently.
America's Store (AS) began in 1988 as the Home Shopping ...
home shopping service.
The station switched to airing
HSN
HSN, an initialism of its former name Home Shopping Network, is an American free-to-air television network owned by the Qurate Retail Group, which also owns catalog company Cornerstone Brands. Based in the Gateway area of St. Petersburg, Flor ...
in 2004 when America's Store moved to
WQEX
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(channel 16).
Local programming
As of the first quarter of 2020, WOSC 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 AM – 8:30 AM. WOSC also aired
Cappelli & Company
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from 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM.
Saint Simon & Jude Parish would then continue from 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM.g.
On July 12, 2022, WOSC-CD added an over-the-air broadcast variant of
One America News Network
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known as OAN Plus to its list of digital subchannels.
Subchannels
The station's digital channel is
multiplexed
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{{Other Pennsylvania Stations
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Television channels and stations established in 1997
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Low-power television stations in the United States