WNTU-LP
| Nashville, Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| City | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Channels |
Analog: 26 (UHF) Digital: 47 (UHF) (CP) |
| Affiliations | Daystar |
| Owner |
Daystar (Word of God Fellowship) |
| Founded | November 27, 2000 |
| Call letters' meaning | W Nashville Tennessee Univision (after previous affiliation) |
| Sister station(s) | WNPX-LP |
| Former callsigns | WGAP-LP (2000–2007) |
| Former affiliations |
MTV 2 (2000–2006) Univision (2006–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 11.9 kW |
| Class | TX |
| Facility ID | 61019 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°09′49.0″N 86°46′45.0″W / 36.163611°N 86.779167°W |
| Website |
www |
| Nashville, Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| City | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Channels |
Analog: 20 (UHF) Digital: 20 (UHF) (CP) |
| Affiliations |
Silent (Soon to be Daystar) |
| Owner |
Daystar (Word of God Fellowship) |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Call letters' meaning | Nashville PaX (taken from former sister station WNPX-TV and affiliation with PAX TV) |
| Sister station(s) | WNTU-LP |
| Former callsigns |
W10BI (1989–1999) WVIE-LP (1999–2003) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent 1989–2000 Pax TV 2000–2005 i 2005–2007 ION Television 2007–2015 |
| Transmitter power | 40 kW |
| Class | TX |
| Facility ID | 30258 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°16′5.0″N 86°47′45.0″W / 36.268056°N 86.795833°W |
| Website | http://www.daystar.com/ |
WNTU-LP and WNPX-LP are low-powered television stations that are in the Nashville, Tennessee, area. WNTU-LP broadcasts on Channel 26, while WNPX-LP broadcasts on Channel 20. WNTU-LP and WNPX-LP are owned and operated by Daystar. WNTU-LP broadcasts programming from Daystar, while WNPX-LP is still currently silent.
History
WNTU-LP/LD
WNTU-LP was built and signed on by the Evansville, Indiana-based company South Central Communications under the call sign WGAP-LP as an affiliate of MTV 2.[1] The station would broadcast MTV 2's programming 24 hours a day.
On June 11, 2006, South Central Communications announced that they would sell WGAP to Little Rock, Arkansas-based Equity Broadcasting. Equity also announced that when they purchased the station, they would make it a Univision affiliate. It would also be the third Spanish language station in Nashville (behind then Telemundo Affiliate, which was seen at the time on WSMV-TV's second digital sub-channel of 4.2 and WLLC-LP, Channel 42 (which was first Telefutura, as that Network rebranded to UniMás, WLLC would regain the Univision affiliation on its main channel and move the UniMás affiliation to its second sub-channel.)) [2][3][4] The sale was finalized on November 13, 2006, as the station changed to the New Univision affiliation the next day. A year later, The callsign was also changed to the current calls of WNTU-LP on March 20, 2007.
Due to the 2008 bankruptcy of Equity Broadcasting, WNTU was sold at auction to the Daystar Television Network on April 16, 2009, and the sale closed on July 30, 2009. Immediately after on July 31, the station switched to carrying all Daystar Programming 24 hours a day. This left Nashville without a Univision Affiliate (Univision was still seen on cable and satellite providers in the Nashville area) and with two Spanish-language outlets (Telemundo affiliate on WSMV-TV's second digital sub-channel of 4.2 and Telefutura (Now UniMás) affiliate WLLC-LP. However, WSMV-TV discontinued the Telemundo affiliation on December 31, 2010, as that would leave only WLLC-LP as the only Spanish language outlet in Nashville.) Univision made its return to the Nashville Airwaves, as WLLC-LP retained the Univision affiliation on its main sub-channel of 42.1 and moved UniMás to 42.2 and Bounce TV to 42.3.
WNTU’s digital signal began broadcasting on digital UHF channel 47 in 2011. The station’s digital counterpart (WNTU-LD) is operated on a construction permit in preparation of the digital television transition for low-powered television stations that have not shut down their analog signals. Low-power stations who still broadcast in analog, including WNTU-LP, were obligated to shut down their analog signal and replace it with a digital signal by September 1, 2015. However, the cutoff date for standard LPTVs and translators still broadcasting in analog had been suspended until further notice, therefore, WNTU still also continues to broadcast in analog until the full conversion to digital operations for WNTU is completed.
WNPX-LP
WNPX-LP was built and signed on in 1989 by Family Broadcasting Company as an independent station, under the callsign W10BI. A few months later, the station was purchased by TV 10, Inc.[5] In 1992, Jim Owens Broadcasting sold W10BI to James W. Owens,[6] who sold it to Tiger Eye Broadcasting in 1997.[7] The station changed its callsign to WVIE-LP in 1999. In 2000, Paxson Communications purchased WVIE from Tiger Eye Broadcasting, and the station began broadcasting programming from Pax TV (now Ion Television) and became a sister station to the full-powered WNPX-TV.[8] The callsign was changed to the current WNPX-LP in 2003. On December 15, 2014, Ion reached a deal to donate WNPX-LP to Word of God Fellowship, parent company of the Daystar network (which are also the owners of WNTU-LP).[9] Shortly after the sale, WNPX-LP was taken silent and went off the air while converting to digital operations. The sale of the station was finalized by the FCC on March 26, 2015, and made WNPX-LP a sister station to WNTU-LP,[10] but the conversion to digital is yet to be finalized, and when that is done, WNPX-LP will become a Daystar affiliate.
Other broadcasting information
Daystar's programming is also being shown on neighboring low-powered station WRTN-LD, which serves the Alexandria and Lebanon, Tennessee areas, and also serves the Nashville area. It is unknown if Daystar's programming will continue to be seen on WRTN's main channel when WNTU upgrades to digital.
Analog to digital conversion
Digital channels
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.1 | 480i | 4:3 | Daystar | Daystar |
WNTU-LP had a construction permit to upgrade to digital on Channel 17; however, that application was dismissed.[11] The station has another construction permit application to upgrade to digital on Channel 47, which is still active. WNPX-LP also currently has a construction permit to flash cut to digital on channel 20. Both stations must upgrade to digital by September 1, 2015[12] (the deadline to shut down all analog transmitters).
References
- ↑
- ↑ Corporation, Equity Broadcasting. "Equity Broadcasting Bringing Univision Programming to Nashville, Jacksonville and Waco". Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ↑ "HispanicNashville.com: Nashville's new Univision affiliate". Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ↑ "(PRN) Equity Broadcasting Bringing Univision Programming to Nashville, Jacksonville and Waco". Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Application Search Details (WNPX-LP, 1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Application Search Details (WNPX-LP, 2)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Application Search Details (WNPX-LP, 3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Application Search Details (WNPX-LP, 4)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ↑ "APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF A CORPORATE LICENSEE OR PERMITTEE, OR FOR ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE OR PERMIT OF TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION (WNPX-LP)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- ↑ Staff, FCC Internet Services. "Application Search Details". Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ↑ Staff, FCC Internet Services. "Application Search Details". Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ↑ "TV Query Results -- Video Division (FCC) USA". Retrieved July 15, 2016.