WPXI

WPXI

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 11
Branding	Channel 11 (DT1) MeTV Pittsburgh (DT2) Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (DT4)
Programming
Affiliations	11.1: NBC 11.2: MeTV 11.3: Laff 11.4: PCNC
Ownership
Owner	Cox Media Group (WPXI, LLC)
History
Founded	June 1955 (69 years ago) (1955-06)
First air date	September 1, 1957 (67 years ago) (1957-09-01)
Former call signs	WIIC (1957–1965) WIIC-TV (1965–1981)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (VHF, 1957–2009) Digital: 48 (UHF, 1998–2019)
Call sign meaning	Pittsburgh XI (11 in Roman numerals)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	73910
ERP	500 kW
HAAT	306 m (1,004 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°27′47.7″N 80°0′15.5″W / 40.463250°N 80.004306°W / 40.463250; -80.004306
Translator(s)	see § Translators
Links
Public license information	Profile LMS
Website	www.wpxi.com

WPXI (channel 11) is the NBC provider television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is owned by Cox Media Group.

History

On September 1, 1957, WPXI first signed onto television as WIIC-TV.

Bill Cardille was the first to appear on this channel. Some of the first television shows to air on WIIC-TV included Studio Wrestling and Chiller Theatre

In 1964, the station was sold to current owner Cox Enterprises.

In 1981, the name was changed to WPXI-TV (Pittsburgh 11, with XI being the Roman numeral sign for 11). The WIIC is still used in Pittsburgh, but on a smaller and less known channel showing music videos.

Other websites

• WPXI Web site