WAPK-CA is the Class A

Class A television service

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 MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV

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-affiliated television station

Television station

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 for Northeastern Tennessee

Tennessee

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 and Southwestern Virginia

Virginia

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 that is licensed to Kingsport, Tennessee

Kingsport, Tennessee

Kingsport is a city located mainly in Sullivan County with some western portions in Hawkins County in the US state of Tennessee. The majority of the city lies in Sullivan County...

. It broadcasts a low-powered analog signal on UHF channel 36 from a transmitter on Holston High Point at Holston Mountain

Holston Mountain

Holston Mountain is a mountain ridge in Upper East Tennessee and southwest Virginia, in the United States. It is in the Blue Ridge Mountains part of the Appalachian Mountains...

 in the Cherokee National Forest

Cherokee National Forest

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. Owned by the Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation, the station is sister to ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 affiliate WKPT-TV

WKPT-TV

WKPT-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Tri-Cities area of Northeastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia that is licensed to Kingsport, Tennessee. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 27 from a transmitter at Holston High Point on Holston Mountain in...

 and several radio stations. All share studios on Commerce Street in Downtown Kingsport. Syndicated

Television syndication

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 programming on WAPK includes: Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men

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, The Office, The People's Court

The People's Court

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, and Judge Mathis

Judge Mathis

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. Due to its Class A status, WAPK does not broadcast a digital signal of its own. Therefore, it can be seen on WKPT's second digital subchannel on UHF channel 27.2 from a transmitter at Holston High Point.

Repeaters

The station can also be seen on these repeaters. The main signal on channel 36 is the origination for many of the cable companies that carry WAPK. Holston also uses the signal as the source for all of WAPK's channels via a series of ATSC

ATSC

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 receivers that directly feed the transmitters.

Call letters	Channel	City of license	Transmitter location
WAPM-CA	9	Lynch Lynch, Kentucky There were 408 households out of which 24.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.7% were married couples living together, 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% were non-families. 36.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.1% had someone...  / Benham, Kentucky Benham, Kentucky As of the census of 2000, there were 599 people, 248 households, and 181 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,519.2 people per square mile . There were 288 housing units at an average density of 730.4 per square mile...	Black Mountain Black Mountain (Kentucky) Black Mountain is the highest natural point in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, USA, with a summit elevation of above mean sea level and a top to bottom height of over . The summit is located at in Harlan County, Kentucky near the Virginia border, just above the towns of Lynch, Kentucky and...
WAPG-CA	14	Greeneville, Tennessee Greeneville, Tennessee Greeneville is a town in Greene County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 15,198 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Greene County. The town was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene. It is the only town with this spelling in the United States, although there...	Camp Creek Bald of Viking Mountain
WAPW-CA	31	Abingdon, Virginia Abingdon, Virginia Abingdon is a town in Washington County, Virginia, USA, 133 miles southwest of Roanoke. The population was 8,191 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Washington County and is a designated Virginia Historic Landmark...	Brumley Mountain

History

WAPK began service on April 30, 1989 as W30AP identified on-air as "WAP-TV". Programming was standard independent

Independent station

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 fare with classic television sitcoms, sports, old movies, and cartoons plus repeats of WKPT's newscasts. On January 16, 1995, WAP became a charter affiliate of UPN

UPN

United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...

. Shortly afterward, W30AP was re-named WAPK-LP in April 1995. In May 2002, the station attained Class A status and changed to its current call letters WAPK-CA. In 2003, WAPK moved from UHF channel 30 to channel 36. WAPK became a MyNetworkTV affiliate at the network's inception on September 5, 2006.

External links

• WAPC-CA "My Tri-Cities WAPK"