WACP explained

Callsign:WACP
City:Atlantic City, New Jersey
Digital:4 (VHF)
Virtual:4
Owner:Tri-State Christian Television
Licensee:Faith Broadcasting Network, Inc.
Country:United States
Airdate:[1]
Callsign Meaning:Atlantic City and Philadelphia
Former Affiliations:Independent (2012–2021)
Erp:34 kW[2]
Haat:258.40NaN0
Facility Id:189358
Coordinates:39.7344°N -74.8408°W
Licensing Authority:FCC

WACP (channel 4) is a religious television station licensed to Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, serving southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia television market as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station's studios are located in Millville,[3] and its transmitter is located in Waterford Works.

History

On December 17, 2009, the FCC proposed the allotment of two VHF allocations: one on channel 4 to Atlantic City, New Jersey, and another on channel 5 to Seaford, Delaware.[4] [5] [6] On January 13, 2011, the FCC announced a license auction for February 15 of that year for the two VHF channel allocations.[7] On February 26, 2011, Richland Towers–created Western Pacific Broadcast LLC won the federal auction to acquire the two full-power VHF station licenses.[8] [9] [10] [11] On May 4, 2011, the FCC granted Western Pacific Broadcast a construction permit to build a digital transmitter for the new station, using the channel 4 license.[12] On June 23, 2011, an application was filed into the FCC to assign the "WACP" callsign to the station license.[13] The construction permit to build the WACP transmitter was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on February 13, 2012.[14]

On April 18, 2012, Richland Towers Management Waterford purchased an existing transmitter tower in Waterford Works (located at 1813 Arrowhead Drive) from Univision Communications, who acquired the site on May 15, 2002, as part of that company's acquisition of USA Broadcasting's television stations, including Philadelphia's WUVP-TV (channel 65).[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] On or around June 6, 2012, WACP began testing its broadcast signal by running a tower camera feed from CBS affiliate WIAT in Birmingham, Alabama, along with a WACP station ID on the upper right portion of the screen; this was later replaced by a full-screen station ID that began to be shown on-air on June 24, 2012. The FCC granted the WACP station license on July 9, 2012.[22]

On October 23, 2012, Comcast Xfinity added WACP on cable channel 4 in much of its Philadelphia service area, displacing ABC owned-and-operated station WPVI-TV to Comcast channel 6 (in correspondence with the station's virtual channel) in certain areas (though the reasoning for WPVI maintaining the cable channel 4 location, to prevent co-channel interference with the station's signal, was no longer an issue after improvements to the cable system in the 1990s).[23] [24] [25] [26]

WACP's programming featured a mix of infomercials, home shopping shows and children's programming following E/I[27] requirements outlined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The station carried local newscasts that were produced by Millville-based SNJ Today from 2015 until 2019. The newscasts were maintained largely by the former staff of WMGM-TV's news department. WMGM and WACP simulcast the newscasts until the former announced its sale to Univision in 2017.

On July 1, 2019, WACP began to simulcast News 12 New Jersey from 6 to 9 a.m. on weekdays.[28]

On August 31, 2021, Marion, Illinois–based Tri-State Christian Television announced that it would purchase WACP for $10 million.[29] The sale was completed on November 1.[30]

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Channel! scope = "col"
Res.AspectShort nameProgramming
4.1 WACP-HD TCT
4.2 SBN Sonlife
4.3 HSTV Healing Streams TV
4.4 ShopLC Shop LC
4.5 Jewelry Jewelry TV
4.6 The Fam The Family Channel
4.7 16:9 ACE TV Ace TV
4.8 4:3 INFO CH Infomercials

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FCC 398 - Children's Television Programming Report - 07/10/2012. FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Web site: Amendment to a Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application. Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. May 25, 2018. May 25, 2018.
  3. Web site: FCC TV Station Profiles & Public Inspection Files - Facility ID 189358 . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission.
  4. Web site: New VHF TV Allotments for Delaware and N.J. . TVTechnology.com . TVTechnology . August 22, 2012. Doug. Lung . December 22, 2009 .
  5. Web site: FCC proposes the allotment of channel 4 to Atlantic City, New Jersey . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission . Adopted: December 17, 2009; Released: December 18, 2009.
  6. Web site: FCC proposed the allotment of channel 5 to Seaford, Delaware . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission . Adopted: December 17, 2009; Released: December 18, 2009.
  7. Web site: FCC Releases Feb. 15 DTV License Auction Details . TVTechnology.com . August 22, 2012 . Deborah D.. McAdams . January 13, 2011 .
  8. Web site: Florida company buys station to broadcast television in Atlantic City area. PressOfAtlanticCity.com. The Press of Atlantic City. August 22, 2012. Brian. Ianieri. February 26, 2011 . Updated: 5:23 pm.
  9. Web site: Richland Tower-formed Company Wins New VHF TV Station Licenses for $4 Million. TVTechnology.com . TVTechnology . August 22, 2012 . Deborah D.. McAdams . February 28, 2011 .
  10. Web site: FCC 323 OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS - Western Pacific Broadcast LLC . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission . BOP-20110620AAJ.
  11. Web site: FCC 323 OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS - Richland Properties, LLC . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission . BOP-20110620AAL.
  12. Web site: FCC 301 APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATION - Application ID 1422061 . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission . BNPCDT - 20110330AAX; Granted April 5, 2011.
  13. Web site: FCC Call Sign History - Facility ID 189358 . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission.
  14. Web site: FCC 301 APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATION - Application ID 1478090 . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission . BMPCDT - 20111101AJA; Granted February 13, 2012.
  15. Web site: FCC ASR Application A0761117 - Change Owner (CO) . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission . Received April 18, 2012; Entered April 18, 2012.
  16. Web site: Richland Towers Management Waterford . FCCInfo.com . Cavell Mertz & Associates, Inc. . August 17, 2012.
  17. Web site: Richland Towers - Broadcast Tower Locator - 1813 Arrowhead Drive Waterford Township, NJ 08089 . RichlandTowers.com . Richland Towers . August 16, 2012.
  18. Web site: FCC ASR Application A0267994 - Change Owner (CO) . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission . Received May 30, 2002; Entered May 30, 2002.
  19. Web site: FCC ASR Application A0267995 - Change Owner (CO) . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission . Received May 30, 2002; Entered May 30, 2002.
  20. Web site: FCC ASR Application A0265844 - Change Owner (CO) . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission . Received May 15, 2002; Entered May 15, 2002.
  21. Web site: FCC ASR Application A0050647 - New (NE) . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission . Received March 18, 1998; Entered March 23, 1998.
  22. Web site: FCC 302-DTV APPLICATION FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION BROADCAST STATION LICENSE - Application ID 1503217 . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission . BLCDT - 20120621ABY; Granted September 7, 2012.
  23. Web site: Comcast to add new Atlantic City TV station to lineup . Philly.com . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 22, 2012 . Bob. Fernandez . Comcast to add new Atlantic City TV station to lineup . October 17, 2012.
  24. Web site: New VHF Station WACP-TV Secures Pay TV Carriage . TVTechnology.com . NewBay Media . October 22, 2012 . Deborah D.. McAdams . New VHF Station WACP-TV Secures Pay TV Carriage . October 22, 2012 .
  25. http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/62977/new-philly-v-set-to-launch-next-week New Philly V Set To Launch Next Week
  26. Web site: 6abc/WPVI-TV - Comcast Cable channel change for some viewers . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026004807/http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/feature?section=resources/inside_station/station_info&id=8853056 . dead . October 26, 2012 . 6abc.com. . October 22, 2012.
  27. Web site: FCC 398 - Children's Television Programming Report - 10/05/2012 . FCC.gov . Federal Communications Commission.
  28. Web site: "Mornings with News 12" Now Available on WACP Channel 4 in South Jersey and Philadelphia. . . September 13, 2019.
  29. Web site: Assignments. Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. September 2, 2021. September 3, 2021.
  30. Web site: Notification of Consummation. Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. November 1, 2021. November 3, 2021.

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