WAPK-CD

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WAPK-CD
WAPK36.png
City Kingsport, Tennessee
Channels
BrandingMeTV Tri-Cities WAPK
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Glenwood Communications Corporation
  • (Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation)
History
First air date
April 30, 1989;34 years ago (1989-04-30)
Former call signs
  • W30AP (1989–1995)
  • WAPK-LP (1995–2002)
  • WAPK-CA (2002–2014)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 30 (UHF, 1991–2002)
  • 36 (UHF, 2002–2014)
  • Digital:
  • 36 (UHF, 2014-2019)
Call sign meaning
"WAP" from former W30AP calls; Kingsport
Technical information
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 77677
27504 (WKPT-DT2)
ERP 22.8 kW
25 kW (WKPT-DT2)
HAAT 689 m
695 m (WKPT-DT2)
Transmitter coordinates 36°25′54″N82°8′15″W / 36.43167°N 82.13750°W / 36.43167; -82.13750
Links
Public license information
Website wapk.tv

WAPK-CD, virtual channel 36 (UHF digital channel 16), is a low-power, Class A MeTV-affiliated television station licensed to Kingsport, Tennessee, United States, serving the Tri-Cities area of northeastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia. Owned by the Glenwood Communications Corporation, it is sister to Cozi TV affiliate WKPT-TV (channel 19) and several radio stations. All of the stations share studios on Commerce Street in downtown Kingsport, while WAPK-CD's transmitter is located on Holston High Point at Holston Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest.

Contents

Due to its low-power status, the broadcasting radius does not reach all of the Tri-Cities area. Therefore, the station is simulcast in 16:9 widescreen standard definition on WKPT's second digital subchannel in order to reach the entire market. This relay signal can be seen on UHF channel 32.4 (or virtual channel 19.2) from the same Holston High Point at Holston Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest transmitter facility.

History

WAPK began service on April 30, 1989 as W30AP identified on-air as "WAP-TV". Programming was standard independent fare with classic television sitcoms, sports, old movies, and cartoons plus repeats of WKPT's newscasts. On January 16, 1995, WAP became a charter affiliate of UPN. Shortly afterward, W30AP was renamed WAPK-LP in April 1995. In May 2002, the station attained Class A status and changed to the call sign WAPK-CA. In 2003, WAPK moved from UHF channel 30 to channel 36. WAPK became a MyNetworkTV affiliate at the network's inception on September 5, 2006. In recent years, WAPK has been carried on cable in Harlan, Kentucky, which is within the Knoxville media market. [2] The station was issued its license for digital operation on October 10, 2014, at which point it changed its call sign to WAPK-CD.

Following the announcement that WKPT-TV would lose its ABC affiliation to the DT2 subchannel of WJHL-TV, it was announced that much of WAPK's programming, including MyNetworkTV, would move to WKPT-TV, and that WAPK would switch to programming from a digital network, [3] later revealed to be MeTV, WJHL-DT2's former affiliation. The switch over took place on February 1, 2016. [4] The station's fourth channel is expected to carry Heroes & Icons. [5] After WKPT-TV dropped MyNetworkTV in favor of Cozi TV, the Laff affiliation was transferred from WAPK-CD's third subchannel to WKPT's third subchannel (which had previously carried Cozi TV); the move came as a result of Holston Valley Broadcasting opting to refocus WKPT and WAPK entirely around "nostalgia-based programming", stating that MeTV outrates ABC Tri-Cities in most time periods. [1] The CD3 subchannel then subsequently became an affiliate of Bounce TV, a TV network targeting an African-American audiences.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short nameProgramming [1] [6]
36.1 720p 16:9 MeTV MeTV
36.2 480i Grit Grit
36.3Bounce Bounce TV
36.4Heroes Heroes & Icons

Translators

The station can also be seen on these repeaters. The main signal on channel 16 is the origination for many of the cable companies that carry WAPK. Holston also uses the signal as the source for all of WAPK's channels via a series of ATSC receivers that directly feed the transmitters.

City of licenseCallsignChannel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates
Kingsport WKIN-CD 70.26 kW282 m (925 ft)27503 36°31′37.3″N82°35′11.5″W / 36.527028°N 82.586528°W / 36.527028; -82.586528 (WKIN-CD)
Kingsport WKPZ-CD 1915 kW332 m (1,089 ft)27501 36°31′36.8″N82°35′12.7″W / 36.526889°N 82.586861°W / 36.526889; -82.586861 (WKPZ-CD)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hayes, Hank (January 30, 2017). "Holston Valley Broadcasting goes all-in on nostalgic TV". Kingsport Times-News . Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Harlan Community Television, Inc. Cable Line-Up". Harlan Community Television, Inc. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "WKPT's affiliation with ABC coming to an end". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ "WKPT, WAPK announce new programming plan". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Digital TV Market Listing for WAPK". rabbitears.info. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  6. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WAPK-CD
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