WPCT


WPCT is a television station in Panama City Beach, Florida, United States, which
broadcasts information for local tourists. Owned by Beach TV Properties, Inc., the station maintains transmitter facilities on Warner Avenue just east of Panama City Beach.

History

The station was founded on July 2, 1986, and began broadcasting on April 3, 1989. It was originally an independent station before becoming the UPN affiliate for the Panama City market on January 16, 1995. It aired tourist information during the overnight hours and carried some syndicated talk shows, drama series, movies, and off-network sitcoms during the day outside of prime time network programming until 1998, when UPN was dropped in favor of 24-hour tourist info programming.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:
ChannelRes.AspectShort nameProgramming
46.1720p16:9WPCT-DTTourist Info
46.2480i16:9OUTSIDE
46.3480i16:9DEFYIon Plus
46.4480i16:9StartStart TV
46.5480i16:9GETTVGet
46.6480i16:9NEWSMAXNewsmax2
46.7480i16:9BUZZRBuzzr

Analog-to-digital conversion

WPCT shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 46, on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 47, using virtual channel 46.