WJPW-CD
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| Former satellite of WEPA-CD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
| City | Weirton, West Virginia |
| Channels | |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Defunct |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
| Founded | April 14, 1989 |
First air date | 1998 |
Last air date | October 25, 2017 |
Former call signs |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog: 57 (UHF, 1989–2005), 18 (UHF, 2005-2009) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 68407 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 0.744 kW |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°21′59″N 80°35′22″W / 40.36639°N 80.58944°W |
| Links | |
| Website | Home Page |
WJPW-CD, virtual channel 59 (UHF digital channel 18), was a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Weirton, West Virginia, United States. The station was owned by OTA Broadcasting and was a satellite of WEPA-CD.
History[edit]
WJPW-CD began operation as a station licensed to Steubenville, Ohio, on channel 57 with the call sign W57BH. The station was founded and owned by Bruno-Goodworth Network, Inc. as a repeater for its independent Pittsburgh class A station WBGN-LP.
A move from channel 57 to channel 18 was required when NBC affiliate WTOV-TV (channel 9) was granted digital facilities on channel 57. Shortly after moving to channel 18, the WJPW-CA call-sign was granted and the station began repeating WVTX-CA (channel 28). On September 19, 2006, after WVTX-CA closed its studios in Wheeling, the station once again began to repeat WBGN-LP.
On January 7, 2013, the station changed to the WJPW-CD call sign. On August 26, 2013, WJPW-CD was sold along with Bruno-Goodworth Network, Inc.'s ten other class A stations for $7.25 million to OTA Broadcasting, LLC (a company controlled by Michael Dell's MSD Capital).[1]
On April 13, 2017, FCC announced that it had accepted OTA Broadcasting's bids totalling $73.9 million to sell the spectrum rights of five of OTA Broadcasting's stations in the Pittsburgh market in the spectrum incentive auction.[2] Although WJPW-CD was not among them, OTA Broadcasting ceased WJPW-CD's transmissions along with them on October 25, 2017[3] and surrendered its license to the FCC for cancellation on October 26, 2017.[4]
Digital channels[edit]
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59.1 | 480i | 4:3 | COZI TV | Cozi TV |
| 59.2 | MOVIES! | Movies! | ||
| 59.3 | RTV | Retro TV |
References[edit]
- ^ OTA deals for Pittsburgh-based Class A cluster
- ^ FCC Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction — Auction 1001 Winning Bids
- ^ "Suspension of Operations of a Digital Class A Station Application (WJPW-CD)". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- ^ "Cancellation Application (WJPW-CD)". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- ^ "RabbitEars.Info".
External links[edit]
- Facility details for Facility ID 68407 (WJPW-CD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- Television stations in the Wheeling–Steubenville market
- Television channels and stations established in 1998
- 1998 establishments in West Virginia
- Television channels and stations disestablished in 2017
- 2017 disestablishments in West Virginia
- Low-power television stations in West Virginia
- Defunct television stations in the United States
- Defunct mass media in West Virginia