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WPTY was the only independent station in Memphis until April 18, 1983, when TVX Broadcast Group launched WMKW-TV on channel 30. [15] With two independents in town, the stations engaged in competition among themselves, [ 16 ] though WPTY led WMKW in the ratings. [ 17 ]
Channel 30 began broadcasting as WMKW-TV on April 18, 1983. Owned by a consortium of TVX Broadcast Group and local investors including Kemmons Wilson, it was the second independent station in the market behind channel 24, then WPTY-TV. It was the original Memphis affiliate of Fox from 1986 to 1990. However, after TVX sold the station to MT ...
Nexstar Broadcasting Group then purchased twelve of Newport's stations, including WPTY–WLMT in Memphis and WJKT, in 2012. [26] [27] The next year, WPTY-TV was renamed WATN-TV, and the Memphis operation moved to new facilities that also provided services to WJKT. [28] [29] Nexstar acquired Tribune Media in 2019. While it retained WJKT, the ...
WPTY-TV became a Fox affiliate in Memphis, replacing WLMT. This was due to the station's higher ratings, and WLMT lost the Fox affiliation because there is a clause that Michael Thompson bought out the station from TVX in 1989, which resulted in the loss of its affiliation. July 5
Knoxville WBXX-TV 1 20 (1997-2006) Memphis WPTY-TV 4 24 (1999-2003) Memphis WLMT 1 30 (2003-2006) Nashville WNAB 1 58 (November 1995 – 2006)
WPTY began simulcasting the 105.3 signal over WNYZ-LP TV channel 6 and its 87.7 FM audio frequency on November 2, 2009, and adopted the new slogan "Party FM - Your Party Music Leader. "Five years after dance music fans had campaigned for the relaying of Party 105 for New York City via the 92.7 frequency, the simulcast of the station finally ...
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She began her broadcast journalism career as the weekend anchor at KTSA-AM radio in San Antonio. She subsequently was an anchor for KMID-TV (ABC) in Midland, Texas, and KLST (CBS) in San Angelo, Texas. In 1997, Devon joined the ABC's Memphis, Tennessee affiliate WPTY-TV as a reporter. The following year, she was promoted to anchor of the ...