KJWP
| Wilmington, Delaware | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 2 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | Me-TV |
| Owner | PMCM TV, LLC (Press Communications, LLC). |
| First air date | 1990 |
| Former callsigns |
Jackson, WY: KJVI (1990–1996) KJWY (1996–2013) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 2 (VHF, 1990–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
ABC, via KPVI (1990–1996) NBC, via KPVI (1996–2009) This TV (2009–2012) |
| Transmitter power | 9.36 kilowatts |
| Height | 310.8 m |
| Facility ID | 1283 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°2′30″N 75°14′11″W / 40.04167°N 75.23639°W |
KJWP, channel 2, is a television station in Wilmington, Delaware, serving as the Me-TV affiliate for Philadelphia.[1][2] The station is owned by PMCM TV, LLC. Its transmitter is located at the antenna farm in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.
History
The station signed on in 1990 as KJVI in Jackson, Wyoming, a satellite of ABC affiliate KPVI in Pocatello, Idaho. KJVI and KPVI were sold to Sunbelt Communications Company in November 1995, who switched the stations to NBC in January 1996. Channel 2's call letters were changed to KJWY that June.[3] While KJWY was technically a satellite of KPVI, it later began to carry Wyoming news from another Sunbelt station, KCWY in Casper, Wyoming, after that station began a news operation.
KJWY had the distinction of being the lowest-powered full-service analog television station in the United States, at only 178 watts. This was likely because it was sandwiched between KBCI-TV in Boise (now KBOI-TV), KTWO-TV in Casper, KTVQ in Billings, Montana, and KUTV in Salt Lake City; the channel 2 analog signal traveled a very long distance under normal conditions. It also tied CJBN-TV channel 13 of Kenora, Ontario, also at 178 watts, for the lowest-powered full-service analog station in North America. After the digital transition was complete, KJWY's power was increased to 270 watts. After the move to Wilmington, the station's power drastically increased to 9.36 kW, adjusting itself to the size of the Philadelphia television market.
On March 2, 2009, Sunbelt Communications Company filed an application with the FCC to sell KJWY to PMCM TV (who owns six Jersey Shore radio stations in Monmouth and Ocean County as Press Communications, LLC).; however, Sunbelt initially planned to retain control of KJWY under a local marketing agreement.[4] The transaction was approved by the FCC on June 10, 2009 after both parties agreed to drop the proposed local marketing agreement. After closing the sale on June 12, 2009, KJWY dropped its NBC logo and KPVI simulcast. After two months off-the-air, KJWY returned on August 12 as a This TV affiliate.[5] It switched to Me-TV in 2012.
Soon after taking over, PMCM sought permission to reallocate KJWY from Jackson to Wilmington, Delaware, as part of a legal loophole that allows any VHF station that moves to a state with no FCC-licensed commercial VHF stations to receive automatic permission to move. After of the digital television transition of 2009, Delaware and New Jersey no longer have VHF signals. (PMCM also looked to move KVNV to New Jersey under the same rule.)[6][7] The request was denied by the FCC in a December 18, 2009 letter.[8] The full Commission denied PMCM's application for review in a Memorandum Opinion and Order released on September 15, 2011;[9] however, this denial was reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on December 14, 2012.[10] On March 8, 2013, the call letters were changed to KJWP.[3] KJWP applied for a construction permit to move to Wilmington (though the transmitter location is in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia, where the transmitters for most Philadelphia television stations are located) on May 28, 2013.[11] KJWP discontinued operation from Jackson on August 11, 2013 in anticipation of the move.[12] On November 18, 2013, KJWP signed on its up-converted 720p high-definition television signal from its new location at Roxborough.[13] The station continued to carry Me-TV following the move; on March 1, 2014, KJWP will formally launch as Philadelphia's Me-TV affiliate, replacing a subchannel of Allentown, Pennsylvania-based WFMZ-TV (channel 69). The station also intends to introduce local programming, including news programs.[1][2] In the months preceding the official launch, KJWP was added to Philadelphia-market cable systems through must-carry.[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Downey, Kevin (January 24, 2014). "Me-TV Picks Up Big-Market Primary Slots". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Malone, Michael (January 27, 2014). "Me-TV Inks New Deals in New York, Philly". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Call Sign History (KJWP)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Sunbelt spins a Wyoming TV". Television Business Report. March 2, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
- ↑ "Children's Television Programming Report". Federal Communications Commission. October 15, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/294773-PMCM_Wants_To_Move_Stations.php
- ↑ Wilmington News-Journal: "Wilmington may be home to TV station", 6/18/2009.
- ↑ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-2603A1.pdf
- ↑ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-11-135A1.pdf
- ↑ Eggerton, John (December 14, 2012). "Court Reverses FCC Denial of Station License Reallocation to New Jersey, Delaware". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
- ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATION". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 19, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u5EAW3P5tU
- ↑ Davis, Mike (January 15, 2014). "Cablevision will switch CBS NY channel in Mercer, but will not remove it from dial". The Times. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
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