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.

WAST-LP
Ashland, Wisconsin
United States
ChannelsAnalog: 25 (UHF)
BrandingTrue North TV-25
Programming
AffiliationsDefunct
Ownership
OwnerMartinsen Investments
(True North TV 25, LLC)
History
FoundedJanuary 12, 1995 (1995-01-12)
Last air dateAugust 1, 2006 (2006-08-01)
(license canceled on January 3, 2014)
Former call signsW25CA (1995–2000)
Former affiliationsAmerica One (1995–2005)
UPN (2005–2006)
Call sign meaningWisconsin AShland Television
Technical information
ERP52 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

  1. Hashemzadeh, Hossein (January 3, 2014). "In re: LPTV/TV Translator Station…" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 6, 2014.


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