WACP

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,[5] and its transmitter is located in Waterford Works.

WACP
CityAtlantic City, New Jersey
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
June 18, 2012 (2012-06-18)[2]
Independent (2012–2021)
Call sign meaning
Atlantic City and Philadelphia
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID189358
ERP34 kW[4]
HAAT258.4 m (847.8 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°44′04″N 74°50′27″W
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.tct.tv

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.[6][7][8] On January 13, 2011, the FCC announced a license auction for February 15 of that year for the two VHF channel allocations.[9] On February 26, 2011, Richland Towers-created Western Pacific Broadcast LLC won the federal auction to acquire the two full-power VHF station licenses.[10][11][12][13] 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.[14] On June 23, 2011, an application was filed into the FCC to assign the "WACP" callsign to the station license.[15] The construction permit to build the WACP transmitter was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on February 13, 2012.[16]

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).[17][18][19][20][21][22][23] On or around June 6, 2012, WACP began testing its broadcast signal by running a tower camera feed from Birmingham, Alabama CBS affiliate WIAT, 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.[24]

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).[25][26][27][28]

Former logo for WACP as an independent station.

WACP's programming featured a mix of infomercials, home shopping shows and children's programming following E/I[29] 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.[30]

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

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WACP[32]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
4.1 1080i16:9WACP-HDTCT
4.2 480iSBNSonlife Broadcasting Network
4.3 4:3Heartla[Blank]
4.4 ShopLCShop LC
4.5 JewelryJewelry Television
4.6 The FamThe Family Channel
4.7 16:9ACE TVAce TV
4.8 4:3Service[Blank]

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