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. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside Jeannette-licensed WPKD-TV (channel 19), an independent station. The two stations share studios at the Gateway Center in downtown Pittsburgh; KDKA-TV's transmitter is located in the city's Perry North neighborhood. KDKA-TV, along with sister station KYW-TV in Philadelphia, are the only CBS-affiliated television stations east of the Mississippi River with "K" call signs.
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Sister stations | WPKD-TV |
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First air date | January 11, 1949 |
Former call signs | WDTV (1949–1955) |
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Call sign meaning | derived from KDKA radio |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 25454 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 311 m (1,020 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°29′38″N 80°1′9″W |
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| Website | www |
KDKA-TV is available on cable in parts of the Johnstown–Altoona, Wheeling–Steubenville and Youngstown areas, as well as several other out-of-market cable systems in northwestern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, northeastern and east-central Ohio, and north-central West Virginia. The farthest south KDKA-TV is carried on cable is in Beverly, West Virginia.