WTCE-TV

WTCE-TV, virtual channel 21 (UHF digital channel 18), is a TBN owned-and-operated television station licensed to Fort Pierce, Florida, United States, serving the Gold and Treasure Coasts of South Florida. The station is owned by the Community Educational Television subsidiary of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, which manages TBN-owned stations in Florida and Texas on channels allocated for non-commercial educational broadcasting. WTCE-TV's studios are located on North 25th Street (Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) in Fort Pierce, and its transmitter is located in unincorporated southeastern Martin County (southwest of Hobe Sound).

WTCE-TV
Fort Pierce/West Palm Beach, Florida
United States
CityFort Pierce, Florida
ChannelsDigital: 18 (UHF)
Virtual: 21 (PSIP)
Programming
Affiliations21.1: TBN (O&O)
21.2: Hillsong Channel
21.3: Smile
21.4: Enlace
21.5: Positiv
Ownership
OwnerCommunity Educational Television
(a subsidiary of Trinity Broadcasting Network, Inc.)
(Jacksonville Educators Broadcasting, Inc.)
History
First air date
May 9, 1990 (1990-05-09)
Former call signs
WTCE (1990–2005)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
21 (UHF, 1990–2007)
Digital:
38 (UHF, 2007–2019)
Call sign meaning
W-Treasure Coast Educational Television
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID29715
ERP730 kW
HAAT297 m (974 ft)
Transmitter coordinates27°1′32″N 80°10′41.9″W
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS

History

WTCE-TV commenced broadcast in 1990; an earlier television station in the area that also used to broadcast on channel 21, WIRK-TV in West Palm Beach, was in operation from 1953 to 1956.[1]

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
21.1720p16:9TBN HDMain TBN programming
21.2HillsngHillsong Channel
21.3480i4:3SMILESmile
21.4EnlaceEnlace
21.516:9PositivPositiv

TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[2]

References
  1. rogersimmons.com: "West Palm Beach TV Station Ads"
  2. RabbitEars TV Query for WTCE



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