WQLN (TV)
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Erie, Pennsylvania-London, Ontario United States & Canada |
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| Branding | TV 54 |
| Channels |
Digital: 50 (UHF) 27 (UHF) (CP) |
| Subchannels | 54.1 PBS (1970-Present) 54.2 Create 54.3 World |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Public Broadcasting of Northwest Pennsylvania, Inc. |
| First air date | August 13, 1967 |
| Call letters' meaning | We Questioned and LearN |
| Sister station(s) | WQLN-FM |
| Former channel number(s) | 54 (UHF analog, 1967–2008) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1967–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 300 kW |
| Height | 270.7 m |
| Facility ID | 53716 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°2′34″N 80°3′56″W / 42.04278°N 80.06556°W |
| Website | www.wqln.org/ |
WQLN is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member Public television station in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is owned by Public Broadcasting of Northwest Pennsylvania and broadcasts on digital channel 50 (which remaps to former analog channel 54 via PSIP. Its transmitter and studio facilities are located south of the city of Erie, just slightly northeast of WJET-TV/WFXP's shared studios off Peach Street.
In addition to its local viewership in Northwestern Pennsylvania and portions of nearby Ohio and New York State, WQLN is also seen in the London, Ontario area on Rogers Cable channel 8 and on other cable systems in the area.
Groundwork for an educational television station in northwest Pennsylvania was laid in 1953 with the founding of Educational Television of Erie. Its initial effort to sign on a station was unsuccessful, but the group eventually reserved channel 54 for noncommercial use. The group, which was renamed Educational Television of Northwest Pennsylvania in 1964, pressed on until finally winning a construction permit on December 6, 1966. The group initially chose the call letters WLRN (for "LeaRNing"), but those letters were already being used by a radio station in Miami, Florida. They then went with their next choice, WQLN ("We Questioned and Learn"). On August 13, 1967; WQLN-TV NET 54 finally went on the air and it became PBS in 1970. WQLN-FM signed on in 1973.
WQLN is the second-smallest PBS member in Pennsylvania. Its coverage area is limited due to Erie being sandwiched between Pittsburgh to the south, Youngstown to the west and Buffalo to the north. As a result, the station has struggled financially for most of its history. At various times in the life of the station, PBS mainstays such as Mister Rogers, Nova and Macneil/Lehrer Newshour weren't been seen on WQLN.
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