WPCW requests to become WPKD on September 1

July 19, 2023 Off By Eric O'Brien

When WPCW (Virt: 19/DTV 11 Jeannette) ends its relationship with the CW Network at 11:59 p.m. on August 31, it will also end it with the same two letters in the callsign. Paramount has requested a callsign change to WPKD for September 1 when the station becomes independent without network affiliation. It will retain the KDKA-produced newscasts and “Nightly Sports Call,” but what will fill the rest of the day’s lineup remains to be seen.