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Low-power broadcasting is broadcasting by a broadcast station at a low transmitter power output to a smaller service area than "full power" stations within the same region. It is often distinguished from "micropower broadcasting" and broadcast translators. LPAM, LPFM and LPTV are in various levels of use across the world, varying widely based on the laws and their enforcement.
WWNY-TV is a television station licensed to Carthage, New York, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Watertown area. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power, Class A Fox affiliate WNYF-CD. The two stations share studios on Arcade Street in downtown Watertown; WWNY-TV and WNYF-CD's transmitters are located on the same tower along NY 126/State Street on Champion Hill.
KDPH-LD is a low-power television station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, owned and operated by the Daystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located atop South Mountain on the city's south side.
WYFX-LD is a low-power television station in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside CBS affiliate WKBN-TV ; Nexstar also provides certain services to ABC affiliate WYTV through joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with Vaughan Media, LLC. The three stations share studios on Sunset Boulevard in Youngstown's Pleasant Grove neighborhood, where WYFX-LD's transmitter is also located.
WGMU-LP was a low-power television station in Burlington, Vermont, United States. It was a translator of Retro TV affiliate WNMN in Saranac Lake, New York. Owned by CEC Media Group, the station had studios on Pine Haven Shores Road in Shelburne, Vermont. Its transmitter was located in Charlotte, Vermont.
WAZE-TV is a defunct television station licensed to Madisonville, Kentucky, United States. It served the Evansville, Indiana, television market from 1983 to 2013, and was most recently affiliated with The CW. The station's transmitter was located in Hanson, Kentucky. On March 24, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) canceled WAZE's license for failure to construct its full-power digital facility.
WWBI-LP was a low-power television station in Plattsburgh, New York, United States. Owned by SMC Communications, it was last affiliated with Ion Television.
WNHO-LD is a low-power independent television station in Defiance, Ohio, United States. Owned by American Christian Television Services, it is sister to Lima-licensed religious/secular independent station WLMA. The two stations share studios near Elida, northwest of Lima; WNHO-LD's transmitter is located in Sherwood, Ohio. WNHO-LD's broadcast area includes most of Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding and Williams counties.
WJAN-CD is a low-power, class A Spanish-language independent station in Miami, Florida, United States. Owned by América CV Station Group, Inc., the station maintains studios on NW 107th Avenue in Hialeah Gardens, and its transmitter is located due south of Aladdin City.
WAMS-LD is a low-power television station licensed to both Minster and New Bremen, Ohio, United States. It is a translator of Lima-licensed Class A dual ABC/CBS affiliate WOHL-CD which is owned by Block Communications, and is also sister to Lima-licensed, full-powered dual NBC/Fox affiliate WLIO. All of the stations share studios on Rice Avenue northwest of downtown; WAMS-LD's transmitter is located off SR 119 east of Minster.
WVVH-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 18, is a class A television station, licensed to Southampton, New York. The station is owned by Greg and Ernie Schmizzi, doing business as Video Voice Inc., and runs programming from YTA TV and Outside TV. The station's studios are located in East Hampton, New York and its transmitter is located in Sag Harbor, New York.
KCOS-LP was a low-power broadcast television station located in Phoenix, Arizona. It broadcast in analog on UHF channel 28 from the Usery Mountains in Mesa. KCOS-LP was owned by Aracelis Ortiz Corporation of Harlingen, Texas. Despite the similar call letters, KCOS-LP was not related to full-service PBS member station KCOS in El Paso, Texas.
KTMJ-CD is a low-power, Class A television station in Topeka, Kansas, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside NBC affiliate KSNT ; Nexstar also provides certain services to dual ABC/CW+ affiliate KTKA-TV under joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with Vaughan Media, LLC. The stations share studios on Northwest 25th Street, near the unincorporated community of Kiro ; KTMJ-CD's transmitter is located along Southwest West Union Road west of Topeka.
KCOR-CD is a low-power, Class A television station in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It is a translator of Blanco-licensed UniMás owned-and-operated station KNIC-DT which is owned by TelevisaUnivision; it is also sister to San Antonio–licensed Univision station KWEX-DT. KCOR-CD's transmitter is located on César E. Chavéz Bouelvard in downtown San Antonio; its parent station shares studios with KWEX-DT on Network Boulevard on the city's northwest side.
WHNH-CD is a low-power, Class A television station serving Hartford, Connecticut, United States, but nominally licensed to Manchester, Vermont. The station is affiliated with This TV and owned by Vision Communications. WHNH-CD's transmitter is located on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington, Connecticut. It currently brands as YCN, an initialism for "Yankee Communications Network".
KIDZ-LD was a low-power television station in Abilene, Texas, United States. It served as a translator of Fox affiliate KXVA which is owned by Tegna Inc. KIDZ-LD's transmitter was located at KXVA's studios in the Bank of America Building on Chestnut Street in downtown Abilene; master control and some internal operations for KXVA and KIDZ-LD were based at the facilities of sister station and fellow Fox affiliate KIDY on South Chadbourne Street in San Angelo.
KXPX-LP was a low-power television station in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, which operated from 1991 to 2018. Last owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, its final programming was the digital multicast network TBD. It was functionally replaced by a digital subchannel of co-owned Fox affiliate KSCC. The transmitter was located on Leopard Street in Corpus Christi.
WSVF-CD is a low-power, Class A television station in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States, affiliated with Fox and CBS. It is owned by Gray Television alongside ABC affiliate WHSV-TV and low-powered dual NBC/CW+ affiliate WSVW-LD. The three stations share studios on North Main Street/US 11 in downtown Harrisonburg, and operate a newsroom in Fishersville, serving Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County. WSVF-CD's transmitter is located atop Massanutten Mountain. There is no separate website for WSVF-CD; instead, it is integrated with that of sister station WHSV-TV.
This is a list of low-power television stations (LPTV) in the United States, transmitting on VHF channel 6, which also operate as radio stations capable of being picked up by many standard FM receivers. These stations are colloquially known as "Franken FMs", a reference to Frankenstein's monster, because TV stations functioning as radio stations had not been envisioned by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC commonly refers to these stations as "FM6" operations. All of these FM transmissions are authorized for operation on a center frequency of 87.75 MHz.
WVMA-CD is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Winchendon, Massachusetts, United States, but primarily serving western New Hampshire. The station is owned by Woodland Communications, a company controlled by Bill and Paige Christian, partners in Waypoint Media, and has an affiliation with the classic television network Antenna TV. WVMA-CD's studios are located on Pleasant Street in Claremont, New Hampshire, and its transmitter is located near Scovill Road in Walpole, New Hampshire.