WBCP

WBCP is a WB affiliate that serves the Corinth, PA market, covering the main portions of the market (Midland and Brewer). The station is owned by Bahakel Communications, being a sister station to NBC affiliate WCFP-DT (channel 4). The call letters are fictional, as it is not an FCC-licensed broadcast station. Rather, it is a part of The WB 100+ Station Group, a group of non-broadcast local cable television outlets for markets below the top 100 media markets. It is carried on Corinth/Brewer area cable systems on channel 17. It is also available on DirecTV and Dish Network on the same channel.
== History ==
Prior to the sign-on of WBCP, viewers in the Corinth and the Pennsylvania Midlands received WB programming via the Chicago-based superstation WGN or from Pine Valley's WB affiliate, WYEA (now a CW affiliate). The station first broadcast on September 21, 1998, thanks to a partnership with WCFP-TV (then owned by the Gannett Company until 2004), The WB 100+, a national programming service operated by The WB for television markets ranked below 100, and Time Warner Cable.
In 2003, WCFP-DT, which transitioned to a digital signal, added a new digital subchannel to simulcast "WBCP", allowing non-cable/satellite subscribers access to the channel. 
On September 5, 2004, Gannett (now known as Tegna) sold WCFP and WBCP to LIN TV Corporation, with the deal being finalized on October the 14th of that year.
In early 2006, Warner Bros. and CBS Corporation (then-owners of UPN) announced the formation of a new network, named The CW Television Network, with The WB's operations being turned over to Turner Broadcasting. On September 18th of that year, the new network launched. Also on that day, a digital-only independent station, WTZA (then owned by Media General until 2007, now owned by Gannett Communications; not related to WCFP's former owner), affiliated with The WB to cover some outlying portions of the Corinth market that weren't able to get WBCP clearly due to fuzzy reception. Later in November of that year, WCFP and WBCP were sold again, this time to Charlotte, N.C.-based Bahakel Communications.
Category:Channel 17
Category:Corinth, Pennsylvania
Category:Pennsylvania
Category:WB network affiliates
Category:The WB 100+ Station Group
Category:Bahakel Communications
Category:LIN Media
Category:Gannett Company
Category:Time Warner