WIAC

WIAC-DT was a NBC affiliate that served the Chambersburg-Huntingdon, PA area. It broadcasted on Virtual Channel 4 (RF Channel 7). Syndicated programming on WIAC included: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, among others. The station maintained studios located on 450 W Commerce St, Chambersburg, PA with transmitter facilities located in Mount Union, PA, south of Huntington PA. Its was one of the 2 NBC affiliates in Central Pennsylvania along side WAJS, however it served slightly more east, not including the cites of Johnstown an Somerset, unlike WAJS which served more western areas of the market. Some counties in the middle of the market a served by both stations, however WIAC couldnt keep up with WAJS and other NBC stations in ratings. IBG was interested in purchasing WAJS. The station ceased broadcasting on October 23, 2021, and all assets are being sold/merged with WAJS. Link Broadcasting had sold the channel back to the FCC and canceled its license.
== History ==
The station first signed on April 1. 2018 on Channel 3 as a Short and Sweet News Corp. station. The transmitter was originally located along the Franklin-Fulton county boarder on the ridge just north of US-30.The station was fairly low powered, only being able to be received in Franklin and Fulton counties, PA, and in some areas of Washington County, MD and Huntingdon County, PA. 
Later in 2018, WIAC could not compete against WIAA (Now WGAC) due to WIAA higher overall market reach and better rattings. With this, Short and Sweet News Corp. was looking to bet aquired by Imagination Broadcasting Group (WIAA's owner).
In late 2018, WIAC was forced to move to Channel 4 in order to not create interference with other stations in the market.
== Being an Imagination Broadcasting Group, Inc Station ==
On January 1, 2019, IBG had purchased Short and Sweet News Corp. and its assets, including WIAC. IBG did move WIAC's Studios to the IBG Headquarters along side WGAC.
Along with that move, the Transmitter was relocated to the same location as WGAC's transmitter. Originally only broadcasting at 11 kW, the power was soon upped to 95 kW, similar to WGAC's power.
The station got a significant boost to the viewing area, going from a Franklin-Fulton county station to a Central PA Station, serving 6 South Central PA counties including: Bedford, Blair, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, and Mifflin.
With Short and Sweet News being merged with Imagination News, WIAC became a PBS affiliate.
== April 2019 Upgrade ==
On April 1, 2019, IBG Upgraded several aspects of their stations. Upgrades to WIAC mainly included a coverage area upgrade, the going from 6 to 11 counties, to better reflect the viewing area to the signal.
== Switch to NBC and WAJS issue ==
On April 15, 2020, IBG decided to end its PBS Affiliation on WIAC and switch to a full time NBC station.
This posed an interesting problem as there was now 2 NBC station in Central PA. To solve the issue, WIAC covered more eastern areas to the market, while WAJS covered more western areas of the market. This meant that WIAC did not cover Johnstown, Somerset, or Clearfield, despite being in the market and Sister station WGAC covering those areas.
== Link Communications Buyout and Cease of Operations ==
On October 22, 2021, the station was bought by Link Communications, Inc. The FCC was repacking the spectrum in the market so Link Communications sold the channel back to the FCC and ceased broadcasting on the 23rd. A cease-operations was elected rather than channel sharing as all subchannels were already served by another station in the market and the station was a net-loss for the owners.
== Digital Television ==
Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
4.1 	1080i	16:9 	NBC 4 	Main WIAC programming / NBC
4.2 	480i 	4:3 	EXtra 	EXtra programming
4.3 	480i 	4:3 	WIAC-WX 	NBC Weather Plus
 	480i 	4:3 	 	
WIAC-TV started digital broadcasts on April 1, 2019. They shutdown there analog signal on April 1, 2020, a full year after digital broadcasts began. A subsequent callsign change occurred, going from WIAC-TV to WIAC-DT. The digital transition occurred in sync with WGAC's transition. This meant that all IBG Stations were fully digital.
Category:Channel 4
Category:Chambersburg-Huntingdon, PA
Category:Pennsylvania
Category:Imagination Broadcasting Group, Inc.
Category:NBC network affiliates
Category:NBC Weather Plus Affiliates
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