BECON

WBEC-TV is a full service television in Boca Raton, Florida, broadcasting on local digital UHF channel 40 and virtual channel 63. Founded in 1986, it ... See more is owned by Broward County Public Schools. WBEC is an independent station, with educational content for the Broward County Public Schools. The channel originated as a cable only channel called nstructional Television of Broward County, Florida (ITV) during the 1970s, becoming an over-the-air channel in 1999, when the county bought WPPB-TV and changed the call sign to WBEC and changing the channel name to Broward Education Communications Network (BECON). BECON’s mission is to use broadcast television and the most current technologies to develop and deliver quality multi-media instructional, educational and community programming to enhance student achievement and life-long learning