WAPK-CD

WAPK-CD
Kingsport - Johnson City - Bristol, Tennessee - Bristol, Virginia
United States
City Kingsport
Branding MeTV Tri-Cities WAPK
Channels Digital: 36 (UHF/PSIP)
Subchannels 36.1 MeTV
36.2 Grit
36.3 Laff
36.4 H&I[1]
Affiliations MeTV (2016–present)
Owner Glenwood Communications Corporation
(Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation)
First air date April 30, 1989 (1989-04-30)
Call letters' meaning WAP (from former W30AP calls) and Kingsport
Sister station(s)
Former callsigns W30AP (1989–1995)
WAPK-LP (1995–2002)
WAPK-CA (2002–2014)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
30 (UHF, 1989–2003)
36 (UHF, 2003–2014)
Former affiliations
Transmitter power 22.8 kW
25 kW (WKPT-DT2)
Height 689 m
695 m (WKPT-DT2)
Facility ID 77677
27504 (WKPT-DT2)
Transmitter coordinates 36°25′54″N 82°8′15″W / 36.43167°N 82.13750°W / 36.43167; -82.13750
Licensing authority FCC (WKPT-DT2)
Website wapk.tv

WAPK-CD is the Class A MeTV-affiliated television station for Northeastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia that is licensed to Kingsport, Tennessee. It broadcasts a low-powered digital signal on UHF channel 36 from a transmitter on Holston High Point at Holston Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest.

Owned by the Glenwood Communications Corporation, the station is sister to WKPT-TV and several radio stations, which all share studios on Commerce Street in Downtown Kingsport.

Repeaters

The station can also be seen on these repeaters. The main signal on channel 36 is the origination for many of the cable companies that carry WAPK. Holston also uses the signal as the source for all of WAPK's channels via a series of ATSC receivers that directly feed the transmitters.

Call letters Channel City of license Transmitter location
WKPZ-CD 19 KINGSPORT, TN
WKIN-CD 7 WEBER CY,VA-KPT,TN, VA[1]

History

WAPK began service on April 30, 1989 as W30AP identified on-air as "WAP-TV". Programming was standard independent fare with classic television sitcoms, sports, old movies, and cartoons plus repeats of WKPT's newscasts. On January 16, 1995, WAP became a charter affiliate of UPN. Shortly afterward, W30AP was renamed WAPK-LP in April 1995. In May 2002, the station attained Class A status and changed to the call sign WAPK-CA. In 2003, WAPK moved from UHF channel 30 to channel 36. WAPK became a MyNetworkTV affiliate at the network's inception on September 5, 2006. In recent years, WAPK has been carried on cable in Harlan, Kentucky, which is within the Knoxville media market.[2] The station was issued its license for digital operation on October 10, 2014, at which point it changed its call sign to WAPK-CD.

Following the announcement that WKPT-TV would lose its ABC affiliation to the DT2 subchannel of WJHL-TV, it was announced that much of WAPK's programming, including MyNetworkTV, would move to WKPT-TV, and that WAPK would switch to programming from a digital network,[3] later revealed to be MeTV, WJHL-DT2's former affiliation. The switch over took place on February 1, 2016.[4] The station's fourth channel is expected to carry Heroes & Icons.[1]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[5]
36.1 720p 16:9 MeTV MeTV
36.2 480i 4:3 Grit Grit
36.3 Laff Laff
36.4 16:9 H&I Heroes & Icons

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Digital TV Market Listing for WAPK". rabbitears.info. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Harlan Community Television, Inc. Cable Line-Up". Harlan Community Television, Inc. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "WKPT's affiliation with ABC coming to an end". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ "WKPT, WAPK announce new programming plan". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  5. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WAPK-CD
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