WPEN-LP
Appearance
Logo from 1996 | |
Channels | |
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Branding | WPEN-TV |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Defunct |
Ownership | |
Owner | Lockwood Broadcast Group |
History | |
Founded | 1980 |
First air date | August 3, 1981 |
Last air date | April 11, 2002 |
Former call signs | W68BI (August 3, 1981-March 20, 1995) WPEN-LP (March 20, 1995-April 11, 2002) |
Independent 1980s-1990s, The Box late 1990s-2001, MTV2 (2001-2002) | |
Call sign meaning | W Peninsula |
WPEN-LP was a low-powered television station serving the Hampton Roads television market broadcasting on Channel 68. Its first callsign, W68BI, was issued on August 3, 1981. The station changed calls to WPEN-LP on March 20, 1995. During its time on the air, it was an independent station, then picking up an affiliation with The Box, & later MTV2, before signing off in 2002. WPEN-LP was not related to the Philadelphia radio station WPEN (now WKDN).
The station also had two translators:
- W51BH, Gloucester, Virginia
- W62CN, Norfolk, Virginia
Former cable channel positions:
- 62, Hampton Roads, Virginia (Cox Cable)
- 25, Chesapeake, Virginia (TCI/Cox Cable)