WOPI-CD

WOPI-CD, virtual channel 19 (VHF digital channel 11), is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to both Bristol, Virginia and Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. It is a translator of Kingsport-licensed Cozi TV affiliate WKPT-TV (channel 19) which is owned by the Glenwood Communications Corporation. WOPI-CD's transmitter is located on Holston Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest; its parent station maintains studios on Commerce Street in downtown Kingsport.

WOPI-CD
Translator of WKPT-TV, Kingsport, Tennessee

Channels
Brandingsee WKPT-TV infobox
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Glenwood Communications Corporation
  • (Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation)
WKPT-TV, WAPK-CD, WKPT (AM), WKTP (FM), WMEV-FM, WOPI (AM), WRZK, WTFM, WVEK-FM
History
First air date
February 21, 1992 (1992-02-21)
Former call signs
  • W56CT (1992–1995)
  • WVMP-LP (1995–1997)
  • WRZK-LP (1997)
  • WOPI-LP (1997–2002)
  • WOPI-CA (2002–2015)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
56 (UHF, 1992–2002)
9 (VHF, 2002–2015)
Digital:
9 (VHF, 2015–2020)
Call sign meaning
"Watch Our Popularity Increase" (taken from sister station WOPI radio)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID27490
ClassA
ERP3 kW
HAAT654.4 m (2,147 ft)
Transmitter coordinates36°25′53″N 82°8′15″W
Links
Public license information
Websitewkpttv.com

History

WOPI has been simulcasting the third digital subchannel of WKPT-TV since October 1, 2007. It was an affiliate of America One until December 21, 2007; it then carried the Retro Television Network until 2014, and Cozi TV until January 2017 (Cozi programming is now seen on WKPT-TV's primary channel). Prior to the simulcast, WOPI's schedule consisted of infomercials and programming from the Pentagon Channel. In recent years, WOPI-CA has been carried on cable in multiple areas within the Knoxville media market in Kentucky.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[1]
19.1720p16:9COZISimulcast of WKPT-TV / Cozi TV
19.2480iMeTVSimulcast of WAPK-CD / MeTV
19.3LAFFSimulcast of WKPT-DT3 / Laff
19.4EscapeSimulcast of WKPT-DT4 / Ion Mystery

References
  1. "RabbitEars.Info". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved July 12, 2019.


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