WPAN
| Fort Walton Beach, Florida | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 40 (UHF) |
| Translators | W50CF Mobile AL |
| Affiliations | Jewelry TV |
| Owner | Franklin Media, Inc. |
| First air date | February 14, 1984 |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 53 (1984-2009) |
| Former affiliations | Shop at Home |
| Transmitter power | 33.5 kW (digital) |
| Height | 219 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 31570 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°24′9″N 86°59′35″W / 30.4025°N 86.99306°W |
WPAN is a commercial television station in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, serving the Mobile, Alabama market on channel 53 (digital 40) as an affiliate of Jewelry TV. Founded February 22, 1983, the station is owned by Franklin Media, Inc. The station's transmitter is located north of US 98 in Gulf Breeze, Florida.
[edit] Coverage
The station used to have a repeater, W50CF in Mobile, Alabama, which broadcasted on analog channel 50. The translator is now home to a low-powered station run by Word of Life Community Church in Chickasaw, Alabama. When WFGX moves its signal from its current location in Gulf Breeze, Florida to sister station's WEAR tower located off CR 64 near Robertsdale, Alabama, W50CF must sign off so it does not interfere (since WFGX will broadcast digitally on channel 50.) W50CF has applied to the FCC to move to Channel 6.
DirecTV used to carry the station on the Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton local channel package, but it was dropped in 2009.
[edit] External links
Home Page: [1]
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