WAPK-CD
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| Kingsport-Johnson City-Bristol, Tennessee-Bristol, Virginia United States |
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| City of license | Kingsport, Tennessee |
| Branding | My Tri-Cities WAPK |
| Channels | Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 36.1 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV (to lose it on 2/1/2016 and become Cozi TV) |
| Owner | Glenwood Communications Corporation (Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation) |
| First air date | April 30, 1989 |
| Call letters' meaning | WAP (from former W30AP calls) and Kingsport |
| Sister station(s) | WKPT-TV, WOPI-CD, WTFM, WRZK, WVEK-FM, WMEV-FM, WKPT, WOPI & WKTP |
| Former callsigns | W30AP (1989-1995) WAPK-LP (1995-2002) WAPK-CA (2002-2014) |
| Former channel number(s) | 30 (UHF, 1989-2003) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1989-1995) PTEN (1993-1995) UPN (1995-2006) MyNetworkTV (2006-2016) |
| Transmitter power | 22.8 kW 25 kW (WKPT-DT2) |
| Height | 689 m 695 m (WKPT-DT2) |
| Facility ID | 77677 27504 (WKPT-DT2) |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: | Profile CDBS |
WAPK-CD "My Tri-Cities WAPK 36 will become COZI TV Channel 36" is the Class A MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Northeastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia that's 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 the sister to ABC affiliate WKPT-TV and several radio stations. All share studios on Commerce Street in Downtown Kingsport. Syndicated programming on WAPK includes: Two and a Half Men, The Office, The People's Court and Judge Mathis.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAPG-CD | 14 | Greeneville, Tennessee | Camp Creek Bald of Viking Mountain |
| WAPW-CD | 19 | Abingdon, Virginia, etc. | Brumley Mountain |
History
WAPK began service on April 30, 1989 as W30AP Channel 30 and 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 station 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.[1] The station was issued its license for digital operation on October 10, 2014, at which point it changed it's call sign to WAPK-CD. On February 1, 2016 WAPK-CD will join Cozi TV when WKPT-TV loses its ABC affiliation to join MyNetworkTV.
References
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