WBRE-TV
NBC affiliate in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WBRE-TV (channel 28) is a television station licensed to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States, serving Northeastern Pennsylvania as an affiliate of NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which provides certain services to Scranton-licensed CBS affiliate WYOU (channel 22) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Mission Broadcasting. The two stations share studios on South Franklin Street in downtown Wilkes-Barre, with a news bureau and sales office next to WYOU's former studios on Lackawanna Avenue in downtown Scranton. WBRE-TV's transmitter is located at the Penobscot Knob antenna farm near Mountain Top.
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City | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
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Branding | WBRE 28; Eyewitness News; "28/22 News" (alternate/future branding)" |
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First air date | January 1, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-01-01) |
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Call sign meaning | Taken from WBRE radio (now WYCK) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 71225 |
ERP | 30 kW |
HAAT | 471 m (1,545 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°10′58″N 75°52′25″W |
Translator(s) | 28 (UHF) Waymart |
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Website | www |
WBRE-TV operates a digital replacement translator on UHF channel 28 that is licensed to Waymart with a transmitter in Forest City. It exists because wind turbines run by NextEra Energy Resources at the Waymart Wind Farm interfere with the transmission of full-power television signals.