WAST-LP
Encyclopedia
WAST-LP was a low-power
television station
in Ashland, Wisconsin
, broadcasting locally on UHF channel 25 and cable channel 9 as a UPN
affiliate. The station was a semi-satellite of KBJR's digital subchannel
, 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.
Additionally, WAST also sold its own commercial time.
The station once carried its own local newscasts, concentrating on Ashland and northern Wisconsin events, but they were cancelled after a sudden change in management, accompanied by employee upheaval, which resulted in the entire staff being fired on the spot.
On August 1, 2006, the station stopped its operations and went off the air.
Low-power broadcasting
Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area.The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same...
television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Ashland, Wisconsin
Ashland, Wisconsin
Ashland is a city in Ashland and Bayfield counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The city is a port on Lake Superior, near the head of Chequamegon Bay. The population was 8,695 at the 2010 census....
, broadcasting locally on UHF channel 25 and cable channel 9 as a 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...
affiliate. The station was a semi-satellite of KBJR's digital subchannel
Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
, 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.
Additionally, WAST also sold its own commercial time.
The station once carried its own local newscasts, concentrating on Ashland and northern Wisconsin events, but they were cancelled after a sudden change in management, accompanied by employee upheaval, which resulted in the entire staff being fired on the spot.
On August 1, 2006, the station stopped its operations and went off the air.