WICU-TV, the Glossary
WICU-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by SJL Broadcasting, which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Lilly Broadcasting, owner of CBS/CW+ affiliate and company flagship WSEE-TV (channel 35), for the provision of certain services.[1]
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84 relations: All-Channel Receiver Act, American Broadcasting Company, Aspect ratio (image), Broadcasting & Cable, Buffalo, New York, Cable television, CBS, CFPL-DT, Cleveland, Columbus, Ohio, Communism, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Digital television transition in the United States, Display resolution, DuMont Television Network, Edward Lamb, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Erie Times-News, Erie, Pennsylvania, Federal Communications Commission, Flagship (broadcasting), Fox Broadcasting Company, Fullscreen (aspect ratio), Homophone, Ion Television, Jamestown, New York, John Kanzius, KDKA-TV, Lake Erie, Lilly Broadcasting, Local marketing agreement, London, Ontario, Media market, MeTV, Multiplex (television), NBC, New York (state), Non-commercial educational station, Ohio, Olean, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Planning permission, Severe weather, Start TV, State College, Pennsylvania, Steubenville, Ohio, Summit Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Telethon, ... Expand index (34 more) »
- 1949 establishments in Pennsylvania
All-Channel Receiver Act
The All-Channel Receiver Act of 1962 (ACRA), commonly known as the All-Channels Act, was passed by the United States Congress in 1961, to allow the Federal Communications Commission to require that all television set manufacturers must include UHF tuners, so that new UHF-band TV stations (then channels 14 to 83) could be received by the public.
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American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.
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Aspect ratio (image)
The aspect ratio of an image is the ratio of its width to its height.
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Broadcasting & Cable
Broadcasting & Cable (B&C, or Broadcasting+Cable) is a monthly telecommunications industry trade magazine published by Future US.
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Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Erie County.
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Cable television
Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables.
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CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
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CFPL-DT
CFPL-DT (channel 10) is a television station in London, Ontario, Canada, part of the CTV 2 system.
Cleveland
Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.
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Communism
Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.
Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Crawford County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Digital television transition in the United States
The digital transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of terrestrial television programming.
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Display resolution
The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor, or other display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.
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DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network (also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont Television, simply DuMont/Du Mont, or (incorrectly) Dumont) was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being first overall in the United States.
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Edward Lamb
Edward Lamb (April 23, 1901 – March 23, 1987) was an American businessman, broadcasting executive and labor lawyer.
Erie County, Pennsylvania
Erie County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Erie Times-News
The Erie Times-News is a daily morning newspaper in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Flagship (broadcasting)
In broadcasting, a flagship (also known as a flagship station or key station) is the broadcast station which originates a television network, or a particular radio or television program that plays a key role in the branding of and consumer loyalty to a network or station.
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Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by the Fox Entertainment division of Fox Corporation, headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan.
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Fullscreen (aspect ratio)
Fullscreen (or full screen) refers to the 4:3 (1.:1) aspect ratio of early standard television screens and computer monitors.
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Homophone
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same (to a varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning.
Ion Television
Ion Television (currently known on-air as simply Ion) is an American broadcast television network and FAST television channel owned by the Scripps Networks subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company.
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Jamestown, New York
Jamestown is a city in southern Chautauqua County, New York, United States.
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John Kanzius
John S. Kanzius (March 1, 1944 – February 18, 2009) was an American inventor, radio and TV engineer, one-time station owner and ham radio operator (call sign: K3TUP) from Erie, Pennsylvania.
KDKA-TV
KDKA-TV (channel 2), also known as CBS Pittsburgh, is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, serving as the market's CBS outlet. WICU-TV and KDKA-TV are 1949 establishments in Pennsylvania, Start TV affiliates and television channels and stations established in 1949.
Lake Erie
Lake Erie (Lac Érié) is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally.
Lilly Broadcasting
Lilly Broadcasting, LLC is a privately owned American broadcasting company owned and operated by the Lilly Brothers.
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Local marketing agreement
In North American broadcasting, a local marketing agreement (LMA), or local management agreement, is a contract in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another party.
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London, Ontario
London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.
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A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media such as newspapers and internet content.
MeTV
MeTV, an acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television, is an American broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting.
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Multiplex (television)
A multiplex or mux, also known as a bouquet, is a grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium, particularly terrestrial broadcasting.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
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New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.
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Non-commercial educational station
A non-commercial educational station (NCE station) is a radio station or television station that does not accept on-air advertisements (TV ads or radio ads), as defined in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and was originally intended to offer educational programming as part, or whole, of its programming.
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Ohio
Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
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Olean, New York
Olean is a city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.
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Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Planning permission
Planning permission or building permit refers to the approval needed for construction or expansion (including significant renovation), and sometimes for demolition, in some jurisdictions.
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Severe weather
Severe weather is any dangerous meteorological phenomenon with the potential to cause damage, serious social disruption, or loss of human life.
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Start TV
Start TV is an American free-to-air television network owned as a joint venture between Weigel Broadcasting and the CBS News and Stations subsidiary of Paramount Global.
State College, Pennsylvania
State College is a home rule municipality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Steubenville, Ohio
Steubenville is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.
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Summit Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Summit Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
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Telethon
A telethon (a portmanteau of "television" and "marathon") is a televised fundraising event that lasts many hours or even days, the purpose of which is to raise money for a charitable, political or other cause.
Television station
A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously.
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The CW Plus
The CW Plus is a secondary national broadcast television syndication service feed of The CW (which is 75-percent owned by Nexstar Media Group, with Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery each owning 12.5-percent).
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States.
U.S. Route 19 in Pennsylvania
U.S. Route 19 (US 19) in Pennsylvania closely parallels Interstate 79 (I-79) for its entire length.
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Ultra high frequency
Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one tenth of a meter (one decimeter).
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Venango County, Pennsylvania
Venango County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Very high frequency
Very high frequency (VHF) is the ITU designation for the range of radio frequency electromagnetic waves (radio waves) from 30 to 300 megahertz (MHz), with corresponding wavelengths of ten meters to one meter.
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Warren County, Pennsylvania
Warren County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.
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WEWS-TV
WEWS-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with ABC.
WFNN
WFNN (1330 AM) is a sports radio station in Erie, Pennsylvania, owned by iHeartMedia.
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WFXP
WFXP (channel 66) is a television station in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with the Fox network.
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WGRZ
WGRZ (channel 2) is a television station in Buffalo, New York, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. The station's studios are located on Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo, and its transmitter is located on Warner Hill Road in South Wales, New York. WICU-TV and WGRZ are NBC affiliates.
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Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
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WIVB-TV
WIVB-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Buffalo, New York, United States, affiliated with CBS.
WJAC-TV
WJAC-TV (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Johnstown–Altoona–State College market as an affiliate of NBC and The CW Plus. WICU-TV and WJAC-TV are 1949 establishments in Pennsylvania, NBC affiliates and television channels and stations established in 1949.
WJET-TV
WJET-TV (channel 24) is a television station in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with ABC.
WJW (TV)
WJW (channel 8) is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. WICU-TV and WJW (TV) are television channels and stations established in 1949.
WKBW-TV
WKBW-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Buffalo, New York, United States, affiliated with ABC.
WKYC
WKYC (channel 3) is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. Its studios are located on Tom Beres Way (a section of Lakeside Avenue in Downtown Cleveland named after the station's longtime political reporter who retired in 2016), and its transmitter is located in suburban Parma, Ohio. WICU-TV and WKYC are NBC affiliates.
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WPSU-TV
WPSU-TV (channel 3) is a PBS member television station licensed to Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, serving West-Central Pennsylvania.
WPXI
WPXI (channel 11) is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Cox Media Group. WICU-TV and WPXI are MeTV affiliates and NBC affiliates.
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WQED (TV)
WQED (channel 13) is a PBS member television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
WSEE-TV
WSEE-TV (channel 35) is a television station in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus.
WSYX
WSYX (channel 6) is a television station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, affiliated with ABC and Fox. WICU-TV and WSYX are television channels and stations established in 1949.
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WTAE-TV
WTAE-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with ABC.
WTAJ-TV
WTAJ-TV (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Johnstown–Altoona–State College market as an affiliate of CBS.
WTOV-TV
WTOV-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Steubenville, Ohio, United States, serving the Wheeling, West Virginia–Steubenville, Ohio market as an affiliate of NBC and Fox. WICU-TV and WTOV-TV are NBC affiliates.
WTRF-TV
WTRF-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Wheeling, West Virginia, United States, serving the Wheeling, West Virginia–Steubenville, Ohio market as an affiliate of CBS, MyNetworkTV, and ABC.
WWCP-TV
WWCP-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Johnstown–Altoona–State College market.
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in and the county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.
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1080i
1080i (also known as BT.709) is a combination of frame resolution and scan type.
16:9 aspect ratio
16:9 is a widescreen aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9 units.
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480i
480i is the video mode used for standard-definition digital video in the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Western Sahara, and most of the Americas (with the exception of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay).
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See also
1949 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Abraham Lincoln High School (Philadelphia)
- Adams Cable
- Berwick Carbuilders
- Boyer's Food Markets, Inc.
- Eat'n Park
- Freedoms Foundation
- Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel
- Hagan Arena
- Joe's Steaks + Soda Shop
- KDKA-TV
- La Salle Explorers men's soccer
- Lansdale Catholic High School
- Lebanon Chix
- Mahoning Drive-In Theater
- Parkland High School (Pennsylvania)
- Pennsylvania Poetry Society
- Sons of Satan Motorcycle Club
- Tepper School of Business
- The Four Aces
- Tobyhanna State Park
- WAEB (AM)
- WBEN-FM
- WBUT
- WESA (FM)
- WFVY
- WGAL
- WHHS
- WHVR
- WICU-TV
- WJAC-TV
- WKVA
- WKYE
- WLER-FM
- WRCT
- WWPA
- WXKC
- West Allegheny School District
- William L. Sayre High School
- Yenko Chevrolet
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WICU-TV
Also known as NBC 12 Erie, NBC Erie.
, Television station, The CW Plus, Toledo, Ohio, U.S. Route 19 in Pennsylvania, Ultra high frequency, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Very high frequency, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Watt, WEWS-TV, WFNN, WFXP, WGRZ, Wheeling, West Virginia, WIVB-TV, WJAC-TV, WJET-TV, WJW (TV), WKBW-TV, WKYC, WPSU-TV, WPXI, WQED (TV), WSEE-TV, WSYX, WTAE-TV, WTAJ-TV, WTOV-TV, WTRF-TV, WWCP-TV, Youngstown, Ohio, 1080i, 16:9 aspect ratio, 480i.