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, United States. The station is owned by Abacus Television, and broadcasts from WQED's antenna tower in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh.

History

WIIC was originally an affiliate of The Box. After The Box was purchased by Viacom in 2001, WIIC became an affiliate of MTV2. In 2001, it would also

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Live Auction Television, a program that aired on its sister station, WBYD-CA (channel 39). After leaving MTV2, WIIC-LP aired programming from

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channel, until the station went silent in late 2007. NOYZ ceased operations a few months later. The station's license was initially canceled in 2010, but Abacus Television Network filed a petition of reconsideration, and the WIIC-LP license was reinstated in Fall 2011. In 2014, WIIC went silent due to financial problems. In May 2015, it returned to the air, initially re-broadcasting

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programming from WOSC-CD (channel 61). In August 2015, WIIC became a Bounce TV affiliate. At some point after late 2015, channel 31 went silent and in early 2020, returned to the air, with three sub-channels:

, The Action Channel, and The Family Channel.

Callsign

The call sign WIIC-LD is a reference to the city's longtime

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(channel 11), whose callsign was WIIC-TV from 1957 to 1981.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is

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* Bounce TV affiliates IIC-LD Television channels and stations established in 1999 1999 establishments in Pennsylvania Low-power television stations in the United States {{Pennsylvania-tv-station-stub

History

Callsign

Digital channels

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