WTPC-TV (channel 21) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, serving the

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area as an

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of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The station's transmitter is located in

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History

The station signed on March 26, 2006 as WHRE. It was originally owned by Copeland Channel 21,

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, but has always been programmed by TBN. TBN filed to purchase the station outright in May 2010. WHRE added the -TV suffix on August 26, 2010. The call letters were changed to WTPC-TV on November 15, 2010.

Technical information

Subchannels

Analog-to-digital conversion

WTPC-TV (as WHRE) shut down its analog signal, over

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channel 21, on February 17, 2009, and "

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" its digital signal into operation to VHF channel 7. Because it was granted an original

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after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997. The station did not receive a companion channel for a digital

, using PSIP to display WTPC-TV's

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as 21 on digital television receivers.

References

External links

TBN official website
Trinity Broadcasting Network affiliates Television channels and stations established in 2006 2006 establishments in Virginia TPC-TV Mass media in Virginia Beach, Virginia {{Virginia-tv-station-stub