WVIA-TV

WVIA-TV
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, Pennsylvania; United States;
City	Scranton, Pennsylvania
Channels	Digital: 21 (UHF); (shared with WNEP-TV); Virtual: 44;
Branding	WVIA
Programming
Affiliations	44.1: PBS (1970–present); 44.2: PBS Kids Channel; 44.3: Create;
Ownership
Owner	Northeast Pennsylvania Educational Television Association
History
First air date	September 26, 1966
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 44 (UHF, 1966–2009); Digital:; 41 (UHF, 2001–2017); 50 (UHF, 2017–2020)
Former affiliations	NET (1966–1970)
Call sign meaning	The World Via Television
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	47929
ERP	760 kW
HAAT	509.2 m (1,671 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°10′55″N 75°52′16″W / 41.18194°N 75.87111°W
Translator(s)	See below
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.wvia.org

WVIA-TV (channel 44) is a PBS member television station licensed to Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, serving Northeastern Pennsylvania. Owned by the Northeast Pennsylvania Educational Television Association, it is sister to NPR member WVIA-FM (89.9). Both stations share studios in Jenkins Township, which shares a post office with Pittston. Through a channel sharing agreement with ABC affiliate WNEP-TV (channel 16), the two stations transmit using WNEP-TV's spectrum from an antenna at Penobscot Knob near Mountain Top.