WPGF-LD

WPGF-LD
ATSC 3.0 station
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsUnknown
Ownership
Owner
  • Flinn Broadcasting
  • (George Flinn)
WFBI-LD, W46EF-D
History
FoundedJanuary 2007
Former call signs
W17DA-D (2007–2010)
Former channel number(s)
Digital: 17 (UHF, 2007–2021)
Estrella TV (until 2021)
Silent (2021–2022)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID23848
ERP3 kW
HAAT238.8 m (783 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°12′34.3″N 89°49′1.4″W / 35.209528°N 89.817056°W / 35.209528; -89.817056
Links
Public license information
Radio station information
Frequency87.7 MHz
Branding87.7 Right On Radio
Programming
FormatUrban oldies

WPGF-LD (channel 6) is a low-power television station in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The station's audio channel, transmitting at 87.75 MHz (or VHF channel 6), lies within the FM band; as a result, WPGF-LD's audio channel operates as a radio station at 87.7 FM. Owned by Flinn Broadcasting, the station airs an urban oldies format via the 87.75 MHz audio channel under the brand "Right On Radio". WPGF-LD's transmitter is located on the northeast side of Memphis near Bartlett, Tennessee, just off US 64.[2]

Flinn Broadcasting surrendered WPGF-LD's license to the Federal Communications Commission on June 20, 2021, and the FCC canceled it the following day. At the time, it was an affiliate of Estrella TV. The station returned to the air in January 2022 under a new license and converted to ATSC 3.0 broadcasting that month. On July 20, 2023, an FCC "Report and Order" included this station as one of 13 "FM6" stations allowed to continue to operate an FM radio broadcast, as a "ancillary or supplementary" service.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPGF-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "RabbitEars.Info".
  3. ^ "Fifth Report and Order: In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power Television and Television Translator Stations" (FCC 23-58, MB Docket No. 03-185, Adopted: July 20, 2023, Released: July 20, 2023)
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