WAKN-LP

Last updated

WAKN-LP
Channels
Programming
Affiliations Defunct
Ownership
OwnerOhio Public Television Corporation
History
Last air date
November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)
(License canceled January 20, 2022)
Former call signs
W11CB (1990–2000)
Jewelry Television
Call sign meaning
Akron
Technical information
Facility ID 25724
Class TX
ERP 3 kW
Transmitter coordinates 40°56′11″N81°35′06″W / 40.9364°N 81.585°W / 40.9364; -81.585

WAKN-LP (analog channel 11) was a low-power television station in Akron, Ohio, United States. It was an affiliate of Jewelry Television, and also carried local programming. Despite its ownership being under the name of Ohio Public Television Corporation (itself based out of the derelict studio facilities of KUMY-LD in Beaumont, Texas), it was a for-profit enterprise and not a public television station, nor a non-commercial operation.

WAKN had been noted as silent in Federal Communications Commission records since November 20, 2005, though when it did go silent is unknown. The license had apparently been rolled over with supposed periods of activity mainly with a test pattern and station identification, and had been renewed until October 2021. Despite the FCC adding a rule in 2014 precluding 'one day a year' operation of a station merely to keep a license activated to block new licensees who would operate a station as a going concern, [1] there was no explanation for why WAKN-LP's license remained active for over sixteen years after being taken silent.

In 2011, Cleveland CBS affiliate WOIO (channel 19) launched a digital fill-in translator on channel 10 within Akron on the same tower as WAKN-LP, which easily overwhelmed its occasional analog signal on channel 11.

The station applied for a digital flash cut in February 2014, its last known FCC communication, which was immediately dismissed due to interference and short-spacing concerns with WPCW in the Pittsburgh market; WPCW broadcasts its digital signal on channel 11. [2]

The FCC canceled WAKN-LP's license on January 20, 2022.

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  1. ↑ Sashkin, Davina (July 22, 2015). "Audio Overkill: New AM and FM Licenses Conditioned on Continuous Operation". CommLaw Blog. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ FCC application


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