WPSJ-CD

WPSJ-CD, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 27), is a low-powered, Class A Azteca America-owned-and-operated television station serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that is licensed to Hammonton, New Jersey. The station is owned by HC2 Holdings, with a transmitter located in Waterford Township, New Jersey. The channel is not commonly carried by satellite or cable TV systems, but can be received over the air with a standard ATSC tuner. At one time, WPSJ-CD was on Channel 107 on Cablevision, Channels 242 and 557 on Comcast and Channel 482 on Verizon FiOS.

WPSJ-CD
Hammonton, New Jersey – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Studio: Winslow, NJ
United States
CityHammonton, New Jersey
ChannelsDigital: 27 (UHF)
Virtual: 8 (PSIP)
BrandingAzteca 8 Philadelphia
Programming
Subchannels(see below)
Ownership
OwnerHC2 Holdings[1][2]
(HC2 Station Group, Inc.[3])
WZPA-LD
W36DO-D
WDUM-LD
History
First air date
June 14, 1986 (1986-06-14)
Former call signs
WPSJ-LP (2007)
WPSJ-LD (2007–2012)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
8 (VHF, 1986-2006)
24 (UHF, 2006-2007)
Digital:
51 (UHF)
38 (UHF, until 2019)
Aliento Vision
Amazing Discoveries TV
AMG TV
Cornerstone Television
Golden Eagle Broadcasting
LLBN
America One
MundoFox/MundoMax
Sonlife Broadcasting Network
América Tevé
Youtoo America
God TV
Hope Channel
Call sign meaning
Philadelphia and South Jersey
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID167543
ClassCD
ERP6 kW
HAAT275 m (902 ft)
AMSL: 301.1 m (988 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°43′40.6″N 74°50′39.4″W WPSJ-CD, Waterford Works, NJ
51 dBu Service Contour
Links
Public license information
Profile
[http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?facid=167543 167543 LMS]

History

Early years

WPSJ signed on the air June 14, 1986 with 24-hour operation serving the Delaware Valley with local programs. Originally licensed to Berlin, NJ, WPSJ's studio is located in Winslow Township.[4]

On September 11, 2001, the station broadcast CNN.

At the station's height in 2005, it took in $400,000 in ad revenue and a percentage of sales on the Shop At Home Network, which it aired in the overnight time slots.

Then, in 2006, income dropped to more than half after the FCC moved WPSJ from channel 8 to the weaker signal of channel 24. This move reduced its potential viewership from 3.5 million to just 150 thousand. With the business suddenly losing money, Engle (Engle Broadcasting of Cedar Brook, New Jersey) considered shutting it down. Some channel 24-branded material can still be seen on the channel to this day, such as with the station ID.[5]

But as they held on, convinced of the potential of digital TV, the bet paid off in 2007 when the FCC granted WPSJ the right to move back to channel 8 with a digital signal, part of a government push to convert the broadcast systems to digital. Engle made an investment of $150,000 to convert to digital transmission, and the station's potential audience is now almost six million viewers.[6]

MundoFox

On July 31, 2012, the station upgraded the main DT1 channel to 720p in preparation for the soft launch of the Spanish language network MundoFox the next day. Before the launch, it and Boston sister station WFXZ-CD used the same feed (including WFXZ's morning 'bulletin board') during testing of the MundoFox feed, and thus, both stations were featured in the same station identification card. The America One programming formerly featured on DT1 moved to DT4, and the DT5 subchannel with AMGTV programming, along with an audio channel on DT6 featuring NOAA Weather Radio's KIH28 were discontinued to facilitate high definition programming on DT. Eventually, DT4 came back to the air with programming from the Hope Channel, along with DT1's programming being simulcast throughout the market via Fox's WTXF, where WPSJ-CD1 is simulcast on WTXF-DT3.

Sale to Prime Time Partners, LLC

On December 19, 2012, Engle Broadcasting of Cedar Brook, New Jersey sold WPSJ-CD to WPSJ-CD Station, LLC of Doral, Florida,[7][8] whose ownership is PTP Broadcasting Holding, LLC owned by Prime Time Partners, LLC both of Doral, Florida.[1] There was an Asset Purchase Agreement effective January 12 of that year,[9] and a Time Brokerage Agreement effective August 1 of that same year.[10]

Switch from Channel 51 to Channel 38

On January 13, 2012, WPHA-CD owner D.T.V. LLC and WPSJ-LD owner Engle Broadcasting submitted the Joint Request for Approval of Settlement Agreement where WPHA-CD would move from channel 38 to channel 24 and WPSJ-LD would move from channel 51 to channel 38, which FCC granted on June 26 of that year.[11][12] On May 29, 2012, the FCC granted a Construction Permit for the February 6, 2012 and March 17, 2013 amendment for WPSJ-CD displacement to channel 38 at ERP 6 kW.[13][14] [15][16] On or before June 16, 2013, WPSJ-CD started transmitting on UHF channel 38. On June 17, 2013, the FCC accepted for filing the WPSJ-CD UHF 38 application for Digital Class A Television station license.[17][18]

WPSJ affiliation switch

On December 1, 2016, WPSJ-CD would involuntarily end their MundoMax affiliation with that network's demise, moving Sonlife Broadcasting Network to the station's main channel. However, on February 1, 2017, WPSJ-CD disaffiliated from Sonlife and switched to América Tevé on the main channel, and Youtoo America on the second subchannel.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[19]
8.1 720p 16:9 WPSJ-CD Azteca America[20]
8.2 480i 4:3 LATV
8.3 SonLife Broadcasting Network
8.4 720p 16:9 BeIN Sports Xtra
8.5 480i 4:3 Infomercials
8.6

References
  1. "FCC BALDTA-20120827ADP – Table of Ownership of Proposed Assignee with Organization Chart". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. 27 August 2012.
  2. "FCC Ownership Report Search Results – Facility ID 167543". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. "FCC Assignment of License/Transfer of Control – Facility ID 167543". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20090312042429/http://www.wpsjtv.com/about.htm
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9dJmIZxwco
  6. http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100501/business-for-sale-a-new-jersey-tv-station.html
  7. "FCC Application Search Details – BALDTA-20120827ADP Assignment of License". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Accepted 29 August 2012; Granted 5 November 2012; Consummation 19 December 2012.
  8. "FCC 314 – APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE – BALDTA-20120827ADP". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Prepared 27 August 2012; Accepted 29 August 2012; Granted 5 November 2012; Consummation 19 December 2012.
  9. "FCC BALDTA-20120827ADP – Asset Purchase Agreement". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Agreement 12 January 2012.
  10. "FCC BALDTA-20120827ADP – Time Brokerage Agreement". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Prepared July 2012; commencement 1 August 2012; through 31 July 2017.
  11. "FCC Imported Letter – Joint Request for Approval of Settlement Agreement". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Received-FCC Jan 13 2012.
  12. "FCC Imported Letter – FCC Ruling". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Granted June 26, 2012.
  13. "FCC Application Search Details – BDISDTL-20120123AAB Displacement". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Accepted 23 January 2012; amendment 6 February 2012; granted 29 May 2012; expiration 1 September 2015.
  14. "FCC 346 – APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT OR MAKE CHANGES IN A LOW POWER TV, TV TRANSLATOR OR TV BOOSTER STATION – BDISDTL-20120123AAB". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Accepted 23 January 2012; amendment 6 February 2012, granted 29 May 2012; expiration 1 September 2015.
  15. "FCC Application Search Details – BMPDTA-20130314ACQ MINOR MODIFICATION TO A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Accepted: 03/15/2013; Amended: 03/27/2013; Granted 06/06/2013; Expiration 09/01/2015.
  16. "FCC 301-CA – APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT OR MAKE CHANGES IN A CLASS A TELEVISION BROADCAST STATION – BMPDTA-20130314ACQ". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Accepted: 03/15/2013; Amended: 03/27/2013; Granted 06/06/2013; Expiration 09/01/2015.
  17. "FCC Application Search Details – BLDTA-20130613ABN LICENSE TO COVER". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Prepared: 06/13/2013; Accepted: 06/17/2013.
  18. "FCC 302-CA – APPLICATION FOR CLASS A TELEVISION BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE – BLDTA-20130613ABN". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Prepared: 06/13/2013; Accepted: 06/17/2013.
  19. RabbitEars TV Query for WPSJ-CD
  20. "Azteca America website". AztecaAmerica.com. TV Azteca. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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