WYCN-CD

WYCN-CD
Nashua, New Hampshire
United States
Branding tv13 Nashua
Channels Digital: 36 (UHF)
Virtual: 13 (PSIP)
Affiliations Heroes & Icons
Owner OTA Broadcasting
(OTA Broadcasting (BOS), LLC)
Operator New Hampshire 1 Network, Inc.
First air date 1988 (1988)
Sister station(s) WBIN-TV, WEMJ, WFNQ, WJYY, WLNH-FM, WNNH, WNHW
Former callsigns W13BG (1985–1996)
WYCN-LP (1996–2014)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
13 (VHF, 1988–2014)
Former affiliations FamilyNet
The Family Channel
TouchVision
TheCoolTV
Queue Network
Transmitter power 15 kilowatts
Class Class A
Facility ID 9766
Transmitter coordinates 42°44′7.00″N 71°23′36.00″W / 42.7352778°N 71.3933333°W / 42.7352778; -71.3933333 (WYCN-CD)
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.tv13nashua.com
http://www.otabroadcasting.com/?p=61

WYCN-CD is a Class A low-power digital television station licensed to Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. The station carries local community programming; however, most of its schedule is taken up by Queue Network programming. It is owned by OTA Broadcasting, a company controlled by Michael Dell's MSD Capital.

History

WYCN, along with three co-owned translators in Nashua, Manchester, and Concord, was sold by Center Broadcasting Corporation of New Hampshire to New Hampshire 1 Network, a company controlled by William H. Binnie, in 2010.[1] The deal was completed January 3, 2012;[2] in the meantime, Binnie would also acquire WBIN-TV in Derry. As a result of the sale, much of WYCN's community programming, including aldermen debates, was discontinued.[3] In December 2012, the station's studios moved from Rivier University (where it had been based since 2004) to a location shared with sister station WFNQ.[4]

New Hampshire 1 Network filed to sell WYCN to OTA Broadcasting on January 14, 2013; the three translators were not included in the deal,[5] and now simulcast WBIN. Operation of WYCN will continue to be handled by New Hampshire 1.[6] The FCC approved the sale on March 22,[7] and it was completed on May 20.[8]

WYCN resumed producing local programming soon after the sale to OTA Broadcasting; however, in June 2013, Comcast informed the station that it would be dropped from its lineup as of August 15 due to the earlier cessation of local programming, as well as its limited broadcast reach and continued analog broadcasting (even though WYCN had a construction permit to convert to digital operations and increase its broadcast range).[9][10][11][12] Comcast subsequently pushed back the date of the removal to September 3, despite protests from viewers, politicians, and Nashua's public access station.[13] WYCN has long considered cable carriage vital to its operation; the station was nearly dropped by Harron Cable on its Nashua-area systems in October 1999 to accommodate a must-carry request by WMFP,[14] a move that could have led to the closure of channel 13[15] (even though its carriage on MediaOne in Nashua itself was not affected[14]), but its carriage was ultimately continued by Adelphia Communications following its purchase of Harron[16] (though the station was dropped for a time in 2000 after an additional must-carry request, from WYDN, while Adelphia rebuilt the systems[17]). (Both the Harron/Adelphia and MediaOne systems are now owned by Comcast.)

Due to its low power, WYCN's analog signal reached only portions of Nashua, its city of license. In contrast, its digital signal is expected to reach Manchester and Boston. The digital facility was planned to sign on by December 2013,[18] but was not licensed by the Federal Communications Commission until October 23, 2014. Their Digital signal is now on-the-air.[19]

Future

WYCN-CD sold its frequency rights as part of the 2017 Federal Communications Commission's spectrum auction for $80.4 million and will cease operations. [20]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[21]
13.1 480i 16:9 WYCNSD1 Heroes & Icons
13.2 4:3 WYCNSD2

Analog-to-digital conversion

WYCN-CD shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 13, on October 23, 2014. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 36. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 13.

References

  1. ↑ "Binnie buy to lead to something bigger for the Granite State?". Television Business Report. December 28, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  2. ↑ Jackson, Gordon T. (July 5, 2011). "Extension of Consummation". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  3. ↑ McKeon, Albert (October 30, 2011). "Nashua...From the inside". The Telegraph. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Re: WYCN-LP…" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  6. ↑ "TV-13 Nashua sale announced". Foster's Daily Democrat. January 16, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  7. ↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1541195.pdf
  8. ↑ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  9. ↑ Solomon, Dave (July 2, 2013). "Nashua TV station WYCN fights to remain on Comcast". New Hampshire Union-Leader. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  10. ↑ Allen, Samantha (July 30, 2013). "Channel 13 WYCN’s future still unknown as Comcast eyes closure in Nashua". The Telegraph. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  11. ↑ Shaoup, Dean (July 20, 2013). "Channel 13 in Nashua adds online petition to its push to stay on Comcast". The Telegraph. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  12. ↑ Taormina, Barbara (July 27, 2013). "Comcast's plan to drop TV 13 Nashua draws ire". New Hampshire Union-Leader. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  13. ↑ Taorima, Barbara (August 15, 2013). "Comcast to pull plug on WYCN Channel 13 in Nashua on Sept. 3 despite outcry". New Hampshire Union-Leader. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  14. 1 2 Milbouer, Stacy (August 22, 1999). "Local station is losing out to shopping channel". The Boston Globe. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  15. ↑ Spiller, Karen (August 17, 1999). "Operators of station may shut down business". The Telegraph. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  16. ↑ Spiller, Karen (October 30, 1999). "Company plans channel shuffle to preserve local station". The Telegraph. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  17. ↑ Spiller, Karen (March 21, 2000). "Cable carrier to shut off service to most towns outside of Nashua as of July 1". The Telegraph. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  18. ↑ Brooks, David (October 2, 2013). "TV-13 digital transmitter gets federal OK, will be running by Christmas". The Telegraph. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  19. ↑ "WYCN". RabbitEars.Info.
  20. ↑ "Here are the local TV stations selling their broadcast frequencies". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  21. ↑ "WYCN-CD". RabbitEars.Info.
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