West Palm Beach, Florida United States |
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Branding | CBS 12 (general) CBS 12 News (newscasts) |
Slogan | The one to turn to. |
Channels |
Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 12 () |
Subchannels | 12.1 CBS 12.2 WeatherNation TV 12.3 Comet TV |
Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (WPEC Licensee, LLC) |
First air date | January 1, 1955 |
Call letters' meaning | Photo Electronics Corporation (station owner from 1973 until 1996) |
Sister station(s) | WTVX, WTCN-CA, WWHB-CA |
Former callsigns | WEAT-TV (1955–1974) |
Former channel number(s) | 12 (VHF analog, 1955–2009) |
Former affiliations | ABC (1955–1989) |
Transmitter power | 90 kW |
Height | 312 m |
Class | DT |
Facility ID | 52527 |
Transmitter coordinates | 26°35′18.0″N 80°12′30.0″W / 26.588333°N 80.208333°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | cbs12.com |
WPEC is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Gold and Treasure Coasts of South Florida. Licensed to West Palm Beach, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter southeast of Wellington along U.S. 441/SR 7, in unincorporated Palm Beach County. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 9 (in Martin, Palm Beach, Okeechobee, and Southern St. Lucie Counties) and channel 12 (in Indian River and Northern St. Lucie Counties). Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station is sister to The CW affiliate WTVX, Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate WTCN-CA and Class A Azteca América affiliate WWHB-CA. All of the television outlets share studios together on Fairfield Drive in Mangonia Park (with a West Palm Beach postal address).