WREP-LD

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WREP-LD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
  • 15.1: YTA TV
  • 15.2: Sports
  • 15.3: Weather info
Ownership
OwnerMetropolitan School District of Martinsville
History
First air date
August 1, 1990;33 years ago (1990-08-01)
Former call signs
  • W15AY (1990–1995)
  • WREP-LP (1995–2009)
America One (until 2015)
Call sign meaning
Was owned by The Daily Reporter newspaper
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 55759
Class LD
ERP 0.2 kW
HAAT 78.9 m (259 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 39°26′43.1″N86°25′5.9″W / 39.445306°N 86.418306°W / 39.445306; -86.418306
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WREP-LD (channel 15) is a low-power television station in Martinsville, Indiana, United States, affiliated with YTA TV. The station is owned by the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville and managed by students at Martinsville High School.

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The station went on the air in 1990 as W15AY, affiliated with FamilyNet and similar services. It produced local programming for the Martinsville area. The next year, Reporter-Times Inc., publisher of The Daily Reporter newspaper in Martinsville, acquired the station. It continued the local programming until 1992, dropping it due to low viewership and lack of access to the city's cable system. Once the cable system added the station, local programming resumed. The newspaper was acquired in 1998, and in lieu of closing WREP-LP, new owner Schurz Communications donated it to Martinsville High School. The station airs student-produced programming, including local sports.

History

Randy Manley built the station as W15AY and put it on the air on August 1, 1990. It was programmed with a family-friendly lineup, [2] using the FamilyNet and Keystone Inspirational networks as well as The Learning Channel, [3] as well as several locally produced shows. [4] It was sold effective February 1, 1991, to The Reporter-Times Inc., publisher of newspapers in Martinsville; [5] Manley remained with the station after the sale. [3]

The station struggled in its early years to obtain a channel on Martinsville's cable system. The city of Martinsville requested that TCI add the channel in 1991, [5] but it never did. As a result, Reporter-Times discontinued local programming in 1992. The next year, it filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against TCI. [6] In December 1994, the city voted to join the lawsuit against TCI. [7] TCI settled the lawsuit in 1995 and agreed to place channel 15 on its lineup. [8]

With cable access, Reporter-Times Inc. moved to resume producing local programming on channel 15. The station became WREP-LP and affiliated with America One. [9]

Reporter-Times Inc. was purchased by Schurz Communications, publisher of the Bloomington Herald-Times , in March 1998. Schurz opted to focus on the newspapers and considered closing WREP-LP. Instead, it offered the station to the school system of Martinsville. [10] The transfer took place in February 1999; TV newscasts produced by the newspaper were discontinued, while Martinsville High School planned to produce athletic events and other school-related programming. [11] Some shows were produced by high school students, [12] including sports events, as well as other material not telecast on the station but used by units in the high school. [13]

In July 2009, WREP-LP converted to digital broadcasting, only slightly later than full-service stations and began adding material from America One to fill several digital subchannels. [14]

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WREP-LD [15]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
15.1 480i 4:3 WREP 1 YTA TV
15.2WREP 2Sports
15.3WREP 3Weather info

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WREP-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Nunn, Bette (April 17, 1990). "Manley expects to have TV station operating in few months". The Daily Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 Henning, Joanna (March 1, 1991). "The fulfillment of a 10-year dream". The Daily Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana. p. 10. Retrieved February 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Asher, Jim (July 23, 1990). "Local TV station to begin Aug. 1". The Daily Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 "City wants cable company to add Martinsville's TV 15". The Daily Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana. February 5, 1991. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Reporter-Times Sues TCI Over Martinsville's TV Channel 15". The Daily Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana. September 23, 1993. pp. 1, 13 . Retrieved February 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Rhoades, Keith (December 31, 1994). "Martinsville City Council Conducts Year's End Business". The Daily Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Rhoades, Keith (September 26, 1995). "Council Cuts Hacker Property Annexation". The Daily Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Local Television Returns to Martinsville". The Daily Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana. May 7, 1996. pp. 1, 6 . Retrieved February 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "The Reporter offers to donate WREP-TV to school district". The Reporter-Times. Martinsville, Indiana. November 19, 1998. pp. 1, 6 . Retrieved February 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Nunn, Bette (February 19, 1999). "Gift of TV 15 to school now complete". The Reporter-Times. Martinsville, Indiana. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Hillenburg, Amy (January 18, 2003). "WREP-TV: Martinsville's own 'Broadcast News'". The Reporter-Times. Martinsville, Indiana. pp. 1A, 8A . Retrieved February 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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  14. ↑ Hawkins, Ronald (October 25, 2009). "Student station fine-tuning digital channel options". The Reporter-Times. Martinsville, Indiana. pp. A1, A4 . Retrieved February 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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