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.

WOSC-CD
Channels
Programming
Affiliationssee § Subchannels
Ownership
OwnerThe Videohouse, Inc.
History
FoundedJuly 2, 1987
First air date
July 9, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-07-09)
Former call signs
  • JB0702NQ (1987–1992)
  • W61CC (1992–2012)
  • WOSC-LP (2012–2014)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 61 (UHF, 1997–2011)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID66636
ClassCD
ERP30 kW
HAAT179.3 m (588 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°26′46″N 79°57′50″W / 40.44611°N 79.96389°W / 40.44611; -79.96389
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Public license information

The station went on the air as W61CC in 1997. By 1999, it was airing the America's Store home shopping service.[2] The station switched to airing HSN in 2004 when America's Store moved to WQEX (channel 16).[3]

Local programming

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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.[4]

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.[5][6]

Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WOSC-CD[7]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
61.1 480i 16:9 WOSC-CD MeTV Toons
61.2 BINGETV Binge TV
61.3 BUZZR Buzzr
61.4 SBN Sonlife
61.5 AWEPLUS AWE Plus
61.6 QVC QVC2
61.7 NEWSMX2 Newsmax 2
61.8 OAN One America Plus
61.9 AMVOICE Real America's Voice
61.11 QVC2 QVC2
61.12 HSN2 HSN2

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WOSC-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Owen, Rob (August 21, 1999). "Gwen Ifill leaves NBC to join PBS news shows". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. C-9. Retrieved September 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Owen, Rob (April 7, 2004). "Shopping Network to lease 'QEX". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. C-1, C-6. Retrieved September 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "TV Station WOSC-CD – FCC Public Inspection File". publicfiles.fcc.gov. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  5. ^ Winslow, George (July 13, 2022). "OAN Expands OTA Distribution". TVTechnology. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  6. ^ "OAN Further Expands its Broadcast Over-the-Air Reach with a launch in the Pittsburgh DMA". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  7. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WOSC". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved June 22, 2024.