WBEC-TV

WBEC-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WBEC-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Broward Education Communications Network
analog = 63 (UHF)
digital = 40 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = independent
network =
founded =
airdate = mid-1970s (cable)
1999 (terrestrial)
location = Boca Raton, Florida
callsign_meaning = Broward
Education
Communications
former_callsigns = WPPB-TV (1986-2008)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Broward County Public Schools
licensee = The School Board of Broward County, Florida
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 5000 kW (analog)
565 kW (digital)
HAAT = 304.8 m (analog)
311 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 51349
coordinates = coord|25|59|10.0|N|80|11|36.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|25|59|35.3|N|80|10|26.0|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.becon.tv/ www.becon.tv]

WBEC-TV channel 63 is an educational television station owned by the Broward County Public Schools. The station is licensed in Boca Raton, Florida (within the West Palm Beach television market), with studios and transmitter in Davie (within the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market).

Originally started as a cable channel in the mid-1970s, known then as Instructional Television of Broward County, Florida (ITV); some of the in-school programming produced by ITV were also distributed to PBS and educational stations throughout Florida, especially as a benefit to those without cable. In order to have unrestricted use of the Instructional Television Center, in 1984, the District reimbursed the funds it had received from the Florida State Department of Education to establish the center. The center placed emphasis on the production and broadcast of instructional programming, but it also produced programs for the community that were carried by cable companies that provided broadcast time to the District. The station took the call letters WPPB-TV.

In 1998 the channel would later be renamed Broward Education Communications Network (BECON), and would make its move to terrestrial television after its purchase of the WPPB-TV license. The station's license dates back to June 10, 1986, but the station itself would not start broadcasting until 1999. On March 15 2008, the station changed its call letters to WBEC-TV, reflecting its branding, Broward Education Communications.

Broward County District Schools also owns and operates WKPX-FM 88.5MHz, a student-run radio station that generally plays alternative music, plus school board meetings.

External links

* [http://www.becon.tv/ Official Site]
*TVQ|WBEC
*BIA|WBEC|TV|TV


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