WSCP-LP (channel 13), branded on-air as Pennsylvania Channel 13, was a low-powered

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licensed to

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, United States, which served the

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area. The station was owned by Pathway Community Radio, Inc. WSCP-LP's transmitter was located southwest of State College on the Pine Grove Mills Mountain.

History

The station first began its broadcasting operations in 1990 as W13BY under the original ownership of George W. Kimble, however W13BY was first licensed as a station or had a

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on November 30, 1988. At first, it was an affiliate of The Box

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network, and later a

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of Johnstown

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affiliate

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(Channel 6). In 2005, the station was purchased by Pathway Community Radio, which retransmitted

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(via Altoona

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) temporarily in a transition period until the station began their own programming schedule. In 2005, the station became a Class A operation. On May 5, 2008, the station changed its call sign to WSCP-CA. On June 25, 2010, the

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(FCC) changed the WSCP-CA calls to DWSCP-CA possibly that the WSCP-CA broadcast license was going to be deleted. About two months later on August 5, 2010, the FCC restored the WSCP-CA call sign. On May 3, 2011, the station requested a change from class A to low-power status, and the station's call sign was changed to WSCP-LP.

References

External links

Archived version of station website
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