WHPS-CD

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WHPS-CD
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City Detroit, Michigan
Channels
BrandingWHPS TV Detroit Live
Programming
Affiliations Independent
Ownership
Owner
  • HME Equity Fund II
  • (HME Equity Fund II, LLC)
History
FoundedAugust 31, 1990
First air date
1995;29 years ago (1995)
Former call signs
W68CH (1990–2001)
W33BY (2001–2015)
W33BY-D (2015–2018)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
68 (UHF, 1990–2003)
33 (UHF, 2001–2014)
Digital:
33 (UHF, 2014–2019)
MTV2
American Independent Network
UATV (1990-2000)
Launch TV (2000s-2010s)
Call sign meaning
We're Highland Park's Station
Technical information
Facility ID 25722
ERP 4 kW
HAAT 65 m (213 ft)
Links
Website www.tv33whpr.com

WHPS-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 15, is a low-powered Class A independent television station serving Detroit, Michigan, United States that is licensed to Highland Park. The station is owned by HME Equity Fund II. The station broadcasts from its studios at the corner of Victor and Brush Streets (near the intersection of Woodward Avenue and the Davison Freeway) in Highland Park, with its transmitter located near Burt Road and Capitol Avenue in the Weatherby section of Detroit, shared with radio stations WMUZ-FM and WCHB.

Contents

WHPS-CD is available nationwide through online streaming and on Roku and Xfinity channel 91 in Highland Park, Hamtramck, and most of Detroit (except for the southern portion of the Detroit neighborhood of Boynton).

Until December 4, 2014, the then-W33BY was also the only remaining American station in the Metro Detroit area to still broadcast only in analog. On April 23, 2014, the station had announced that LocusPoint Networks was beginning procedures to purchase it, making it a sister station to WDWO-CD (channel 18) and potential sister to WUDT-LD (channel 23), if that station is allowed to be sold from Daystar to LocusPoint. [1] The sale closed successfully.

Background

WHPS-CD was the Detroit area's first Black-owned TV station since WGPR (channel 62, now WWJ-TV) became a CBS affiliate. The station was owned until 2015 by R.J. Watkins, who, between 1988 and 1996, hosted and produced a dance program for WGPR-TV, The New Dance Show , which moved to WHPS-CD in 1995 [2] , and reruns still air on the station at various evening timeslots.

The station's television airtime is occupied mostly by phone-in talk shows (most are radio simulcasts), fashion shows, televangelism, paid advertisements, and a children's show called K.E.Y.S. Kids, which encourages kids to "Enjoy Yourselves Without Drugs".

WHPS-CD, WHPR-FM, and WVIE, a Virgin Islands radio station owned by Watkins, are also streamed online via their website. WHPS-CD is also on Roku. WVIE-FM has been simulcast on 33.3 since November 7, 2015. And WHPR-FM has been simulcast on 33.2 since November 8, 2015. In December 2015, the simulcast of 33.1 on 33.4 was replaced with The Dream Network.

History

The station started out as W68CH on channel 68 in early 1995 [2] , and branded itself as "TNVC-Channel 68" and later "UHF 68, Highland Park". The station "moved" to W33BY in November 2001, but the station still operated on both channels. This continued until August 2002, when 33 and 68 carried separate schedules. Channel 68 would close down for good in September 2003. However, as of July 2006, TVguide.com still shows the station as on the air, carrying a schedule separate from W33BY. [3] As of current, however, the FCC database has no listings for W68CH, or any channel 68, in the Detroit area. Viewers in the area have confirmed that channel 68 is no longer broadcasting, and hasn't for quite some time.

They later filed a construction permit to flash cut channel 33 to a digital signal, broadcasting at 4 kW from facilities at its studios in Highland Park. The permit was to expire September 1, 2015, the date on which all low-powered television stations in the United States must convert to digital or close down, as per the FCC's digital conversion plan. The station converted to digital operations on December 4, 2014, and was licensed by the FCC for digital operation on January 29, 2015.

When W33BY converted to digital, it was given a total of 4 subchannels. 33.1 was broadcast in 720p, with the other 3 subchannels being 480i simulcasts with a 4:3 aspect ratio. However, on November 7, 2015, a simulcast of WVIE with a slide saying "W33BY DETROIT" was added to 33.3. On November 8, 2015, WHPR-FM was added to 33.2, and The Dream Network" was added to 33.4. 33.4 was however, reverted to a simulcast of 33.1 again in May 2016. On August 3, 2018, the station changed its call letters to WHPS-CD.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short nameProgramming
15.1 480i 16:9 WHPSCD-Mariavision
15.2HlyFldiHolyField TV
15.3ShopLC Shop LC
15.4Retro Retro TV
15.5Hland Heartland
15.6JTV Jewelry Television
15.7RCTVRare Collectibles TV

As part of the spectrum auction, W33BY-D moved to UHF 15 as WHPS-CD (initially proposed as W15EC-D).

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References

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  2. 1 2 Teegardin, Carol (December 30, 1994). "Channel 62 fixture dances last dance: 'New Dance Show' marks end of an era with Saturday special". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. p. 3F, 2F. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-07-19. Retrieved 2006-07-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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