 wtae-tv, channel 4, is an abc-affiliated television station located in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, united states. the station is owned by the hearst television division of the hearst corporation and has been owned by hearst since the station's inception. the station's studios are located on ardmore boulevard in the suburb of wilkinsburg (though with a pittsburgh mailing address), and its transmitter is located in buena vista, pennsylvania. ==history==   wtae-tv began broadcasting on september 14, 1958; the station has been pittsburgh's abc affiliate since its sign-on. from the beginning, the hearst corporation has been involved in the station's ownership. how the station came to be was the result of a long and complicated drama surrounding the awarding of the station's construction permit and ultimate broadcast license. although it was the sixth-largest market in the country for most of the early television era, pittsburgh had only one major commercial television station for close to a decade â dumont-owned wdtv (channel 2, now kdka-tv), which signed on in 1949 and carried programs from all four television networks (dumont, abc. [
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