WBPN-LP

WBPN-LP
Morris/Binghamton, New York
United States
Branding My 8
Channels Analog: 10 (VHF)
Digital: WICZ-DT 8.2 (VHF)
Virtual: 40.2 (PSIP)
Affiliations MyNetworkTV
Owner Northwest Broadcasting
(Stainless Broadcasting, L.P.)
Call letters' meaning We're Binghamton's UPN (refers to former affiliation)
Sister station(s) WICZ
Former affiliations UPN
Transmitter power 0.004 kW
7.9 kW (WICZ-DT2)
Height 263 m
373 m (WICZ-DT2)
Class LP
Facility ID 74020
62210 (WICZ-DT2)
Transmitter coordinates 42°3′22″N 75°56′38″W / 42.05611°N 75.94389°W / 42.05611; -75.94389
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.my8binghamton.com

WBPN-LP is the low-powered, MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Eastern Twin Tiers of Southern Upstate New York and Northern Pennsylvania. Licensed to Morris, New York, it airs an analog signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter on Ingraham Hill southwest of downtown Binghamton. Owned by the Northwest Broadcasting, WBPN is sister to Fox outlet WICZ-TV and the two stations share studios on Vestal Parkway East/NY 434 in Vestal. Syndicated programming on this television station includes 30 Rock, The Office, Family Guy, and Friends among others.

Due to its analog signal broadcasting at an extremely low-power, the radius only includes the immediate areas south of the Susquehanna River North Branch and does not even reach most of Binghamton. WBPN is more widely available on a second digital subchannel of WICZ. This can be seen in standard definition on VHF channel 8.2 (or virtual channel 40.2 via PSIP) from the same transmitter tower. WBPN is also offered on Time Warner Cable channel 8 (hence the on-air branding My 8) and digital channel 1215. The station has a construction permit to air a low-powered digital signal of its own on UHF channel 23 under the call sign WBPN-LD. It is unknown when this signal will officially sign-on.

On September 16, 2013, it was announced Mission Broadcasting would acquire WBPN and WICZ from Stainless Broadcasting. Upon the deal's completion, the stations' operations would have been taken over by Nexstar Broadcasting Group making them sister stations to WIVT and WBGH-CA.[1] Stainless withdrew the license assignment application on March 18, 2015, following the deal's cancellation.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Malone, Michael (September 16, 2013). "Nexstar to Acquire Citadel's Iowa Stations for $88 Million". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ Corbett, Dennis P. (March 18, 2015). "Re: Withdrawal of File Nos. BALCDT-20130927A11G, BALTVL-20130927AHH, and BAPDTL-20130927AH1" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 24, 2015.

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