WBEB

WBEB, VHF channel 3, is an ABC affiliate serving Corinth, PA, and it's surrounding areas. The station is owned and operated by Journal Media Group, and is a sister station to fellow Fox affiliate WCPA (channel 40). The two stations still maintain separate studios in different parts of Corinth.
== History ==
The station first signed on the air on August 3, 1960. Before then, ABC programming was cherry-picked by WCFP-TV and WCYJ, which they started sharing the secondary affiliation in 1958. The station was originally owned by Corinth Television, Inc., owned by broadcaster Harry Stokes, who felt that the viewers were tired of having to juggle between 2 channels to obtain ABC programming. For most of its existence, WBEB remained a pretty steady ABC affiliate on the VHF dial, as well as locally owned for several years.
Local ownership came to an end when Corinth Television sold the station to Roy H. Park's Park Communications in 1987, marking Park's entry into Pennsylvania territory. Almost a decade later, the station has dealt with a turn of events. In September 1996, the station almost went off the air due to a tornado's near-miss of the broadcast tower. The tornado was a part of the catastrophic Hurricane Fran that was moving by the East Coast. Later, WBEB was acquired by Richmond, Virginia-based Media General as part of the company's acquisition of Park Communications. 
Since the acquisition, the station toned down its branding, ditching the "Total NewsChannel" logo, which is also referred as the "Mortal Kombat 3-era" logo (although MK3 wasn't released yet until 1995), in favor of the shortened version under a mandate implemented by real-life former sister station WFLA in Tampa, and others formerly owned by Park.
In 2002, Media General launched WTZA as an independent sister station to compete with Gannett Company's WCFP/WBCP duo (Both stations were later sold to LIN TV in 2004; currently owned by Bahakel Communications since 2006).
On December 8, 2007, Media General sold WBEB to current owner Journal Media Group, and WTZA to Gannett Communications, ending the tag-team that has existed since 2002. In 2016 however, the station regains a sister station when Fox affiliate WCPA was acquired by Journal from Raycom Media.
== Website & Station Slogan History ==
=== Website history ===
* www.wbebtv.com (1997-2001)
* www.thecorinthchannel.com (2001–present)
=== Slogan history ===
* The Midlands' Total News Channel (1993-2001)
* The News Leader (2001-2006)
* Corinth's News Leader (2006–present)
== Gallery ==
WBEB 1993.png|Station logo under the "Total NewsChannel" era (1993–96) It is nicknamed the "iconic Mortal Kombat 3" logo.
WBEB (MG era).png|Station logo with Media General mandate (1996-2005)
WBEB 2005-09.png|Final MG-era WBEB logo from 2005 to 2009. In the last years under Media General ownership, WBEB adopted the "Crescent mandate".
WBEB NC3.png|News logo from 2005 to 2009. The station has switched its brand from "NewsChannel 3" to "NewsCenter 3".
Category:Channel 3
Category:Corinth, PA
Category:Pennsylvania
Category:ABC network affiliates
Category:Journal Media Group
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1960