WTVE

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WTVE
Reading / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Branding	Philadelphia's WTVE 51
Slogan	Primetime Christian Station
Channels	51 (UHF) analog, 25 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Religious independent Infomercials
Owner	Reading Broadcasting
Founded	May 4, 1980
Website	www.wtve.com

For the Elmira, New York, station that broadcast on channel 24 in the 1950s, see WTVE (Elmira, NY).

WTVE is a Reading, Pennsylvania television station broadcasting infomercials and paid religious programs on channel 51. It has operated since May 4, 1980^[1].

Programming of various types was seen on the station, including at one point Telemundo. A local newscast was established in 2000, entitled "Philly TV News". It was an attempt to build up the station as a player in the Philadelphia TV news arena, but the production failed to attract viewers and was cancelled.

WTVE's studio and transmitter are located in Reading; its signal barely reaches Philadelphia's suburbs and Lebanon, which is in the eastern part of the Harrisburg market. As a result, WTVE depends on "must-carry" rules to reach home-market Philadelphia viewers on cable.

WTVE originally had a repeater in Philadelphia on WWJT-LP channel 7, but it has since gone dark.

They have aired various Pennsylvania Football. Last Year they broadcast 4 Albright College Football games. And this year they will be an affiliate for the PASportsfever Network. In addition, Temple University's newscast "Temple Update" airs on the station on Mondays at 7:30am.

[edit] Logos

WTVE's longtime TV51 logo, used until sometime in the 2000s

WTVE's current logo

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WTVE
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WWJT-LP