WXON-LP
WXON-LP was an independent low-power television station in Flint, Michigan. It is not to be confused with the former WXON-TV, which is now WMYD, the MyNetwork TV affiliate for Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario—the station's owners, P&P Cable Holdings, got the WXON calls shortly after that station became WDWB—then of which becoming WMYD. P&P is known for picking up calls no longer used by Michigan's TV and radio stations and reusing them for their own LPTV properties.
| Flint, Michigan | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Analog: 54 (UHF) |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Defunct |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | P & P Cable Holdings |
| History | |
| Founded | December 22, 1999 |
| Last air date | January 10, 2012 (cancellation) |
| Former call signs | W54DA (1999-2003) |
| Former affiliations | Independent |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 100 W |
| Translator(s) | 9 (VHF) W09CK |
The station broadcast on channel 54, but did not cover all of Flint. The station broadcast at 100 watts from a transmitter on Dort Highway (M-54), covering a small area to the southeast of Mount Morris. It had a construction permit to increase power to 150 kW from a location near Otisville, which would have covered Flint and northwestern Genesee County with its directional beam; however, the construction permit expired in February 2008, and was not renewed.
The station had a translator station, W09CK, which covers part of the north side of Flint at 85 watts; this translator is still in operation.
Since the DTV transition in the United States did not affect low power stations, WXON-LP never applied to broadcast in digital.
The actual date of the station's closure is unknown; the license for WXON-LP was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission in January 2012.
External links
- Michiguide: More info on Flint's WXON
- Michiguide: More info on P&P Cable Holdings
- FCC records for WXON-LP