WAPK-CD
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Kingsport - Johnson City - Bristol, Tennessee - Bristol, Virginia United States |
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| City | Kingsport |
| Branding | MeTV Tri-Cities WAPK |
| Channels |
Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 36 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 36.1 MeTV 36.2 Grit 36.3 Bounce TV 36.4 H&I |
| Affiliations | MeTV (2016–present) |
| Owner | Glenwood Communications Corporation (Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation) |
| First air date | April 30, 1989 |
| Call letters' meaning | WAP (from former W30AP calls) and Kingsport |
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| Former callsigns | W30AP (1989–1995) WAPK-LP (1995–2002) WAPK-CA (2002–2014) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 30 (UHF, 1989–2003) 36 (UHF, 2003–2014) |
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| Transmitter power | 22.8 kW 25 kW (WKPT-DT2) |
| Height | 689 m 695 m (WKPT-DT2) |
| Facility ID | 77677 27504 (WKPT-DT2) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°25′54″N 82°8′15″W / 36.43167°N 82.13750°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | wapk |
WAPK-CD is the Class A MeTV-affiliated television station for Northeastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia that is 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 sister to WKPT-TV and several radio stations, which all share studios on Commerce Street in Downtown Kingsport.
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.
WAPK began service on April 30, 1989 as W30AP 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 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. The station was issued its license for digital operation on October 10, 2014, at which point it changed its call sign to WAPK-CD.
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