WPAN
Encyclopedia
WPAN is a commercial television station
in Fort Walton Beach, Florida
, serving the Mobile, Alabama
market on channel 53 (digital 40) as an affiliate of Jewelry TV. Founded February 22, 1983, the station is owned by Franklin Media, Inc. The station's transmitter is located north of US 98
in Gulf Breeze, Florida
.
, which broadcasted on analog channel 50. The translator is now home to a low-powered station run by Word of Life Community Church in Chickasaw, Alabama
. When WFGX
moves its signal from its current location in Gulf Breeze, Florida
to sister station's WEAR
tower located off CR 64 near Robertsdale, Alabama
, W50CF must sign off so it does not interfere (since WFGX will broadcast digitally on channel 50.) W50CF has applied to the FCC to move to Channel 6.
DirecTV
used to carry the station on the Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton local channel package, but it was dropped in 2009.
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Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Fort Walton Beach is a city in southern Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. As of 2005, the population estimate for Fort Walton Beach was 19,992, and as of 2010, the population estimate for Fort Walton Beach is 19,507 recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau...
, serving the Mobile, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...
market on channel 53 (digital 40) as an affiliate of Jewelry TV. Founded February 22, 1983, the station is owned by Franklin Media, Inc. The station's transmitter is located north of US 98
U.S. Route 98
U.S. Route 98 is an east–west United States highway that runs from western Mississippi to southern Florida. It was established in 1933 as a route between Pensacola, Florida and Apalachicola, Florida, and has since been extended westward into Mississippi and eastward across the Florida...
in Gulf Breeze, Florida
Gulf Breeze, Florida
Gulf Breeze is a city located on the Fairpoint Peninsula in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States and is a suburb of Pensacola which lies to the north, across Pensacola Bay. The population was 5,665 at the 2000 census. As of 2005, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 6,455. ...
.
Coverage
The station used to have a repeater, W50CF in Mobile, AlabamaMobile, Alabama
Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...
, which broadcasted on analog channel 50. The translator is now home to a low-powered station run by Word of Life Community Church in Chickasaw, Alabama
Chickasaw, Alabama
Chickasaw is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. As of July 2007, the population was 5,979. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area.-Geography:Chickasaw is located at . According to the U.S...
. When WFGX
WFGX
WFGX is a television station serving the Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida areas. The station is licensed to Fort Walton Beach, Florida, and broadcasts on digital channel 50...
moves its signal from its current location in Gulf Breeze, Florida
Gulf Breeze, Florida
Gulf Breeze is a city located on the Fairpoint Peninsula in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States and is a suburb of Pensacola which lies to the north, across Pensacola Bay. The population was 5,665 at the 2000 census. As of 2005, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 6,455. ...
to sister station's WEAR
Wear
In materials science, wear is erosion or sideways displacement of material from its "derivative" and original position on a solid surface performed by the action of another surface....
tower located off CR 64 near Robertsdale, Alabama
Robertsdale, Alabama
Robertsdale is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 3,782. It is part of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, W50CF must sign off so it does not interfere (since WFGX will broadcast digitally on channel 50.) W50CF has applied to the FCC to move to Channel 6.
DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
used to carry the station on the Mobile-Pensacola-Fort Walton local channel package, but it was dropped in 2009.
External links
Home Page: http://www.wpantv.com/}