WAST-LP
WAST-LP, UHF analog channel 25, was a low-powered UPN-affiliated television station licensed to Ashland, Wisconsin, United States. The station was a semi-satellite of the second digital subchannel of KBJR in Duluth, Minnesota, then-called Northland UPN and Northland 9, but was owned by a separate entity, Martinsen Investments, which also owns a large percentage of the property in Ashland. WAST-LP sold local advertising specifically for the Ashland area, pre-empting KBJR-DT2's advertising breaks. On cable, the station was carried on Charter Communications channel 9.
| Ashland, Wisconsin United States | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Analog: 25 (UHF) |
| Branding | True North TV-25 |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Defunct |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Martinsen Investments (True North TV 25, LLC) |
| History | |
| Founded | January 12, 1995 |
| Last air date | August 1, 2006 (license canceled on January 3, 2014) |
| Former call signs | W25CA (1995–2000) |
| Former affiliations | America One (1995–2005) UPN (2005–2006) |
| Call sign meaning | Wisconsin AShland Television |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 52 kW |
WAST-LP once carried its own local newscasts, concentrating on Ashland and northern Wisconsin events, but they were canceled after the LMA to simulcast KBJR-DT2 went into effect, accompanied by the staff reduced to a skeleton crew to keep the station in operation with the KBJR-DT2 rebroadcast.
On August 1, 2006, the station ended operations and went off the air, a month short of KBJR-DT2's conversion to MyNetworkTV. Despite being off the air for eight years, long after most stations licenses are canceled for not broadcasting, WAST-LP's license remained active until January 3, 2014 when its previous license to broadcast was fully exhausted.[1]
References
- Hashemzadeh, Hossein (January 3, 2014). "In re: LPTV/TV Translator Station…" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
External links
- Business North: "Mavericks plan to relaunch Ashland TV station" (from March 2005)
- WAST in the FCC's TV station database