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WAST-LP

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Television station in Wisconsin, 1997–2006

WAST-LP
Channels
BrandingTrue North TV-25
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Martinsen Investments
  • (True North T.V. 25LLC)
History
FoundedJanuary 12, 1995
First air date
May 14, 1997 (1997-5-14)
Last air date
  • August 1, 2006 (2006-8-1)
  • (9 years, 79 days)
  • (license canceled on January 3, 2014)
Former call signs
W25CA (1995–2000)
Call sign meaning
Wisconsin Ashland Television
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID8612
ClassTX
ERP52kW
HAAT163 m (535 ft)
Transmitter coordinates46°41′16.98″N90°54′23.05″W / 46.6880500°N 90.9064028°W /46.6880500; -90.9064028
Links
Public license information
LMS

WAST-LP (channel 25) was alow-power television station inAshland, Wisconsin, United States. The station was asemi-satellite of theUPN-affiliated seconddigital subchannel ofKBJR-TV inDuluth, Minnesota, then-calledNorthland UPN andNorthland 9, but was owned by a separate entity, Martinsen Investments. WAST-LP sold local advertising specifically for the Ashland area, preempting KBJR-DT2's advertising breaks.

Since 1997, WAST-LP had been owned by Superior Water Logged Lumber. It struggled financially. A 2001 attempt to sell the station to ESI Broadcasting Corporation of Montana failed; ESI hoped to combine the station withKDUL-LP, a UPN affiliate.[2] The station then went off the air.[3]

In December 2005, Hank Martinsen and Julie Nuutinen put WAST-LP back on the air. The station featured two daily newscasts focusing on Wisconsin-area news. It had news sharing agreements withKBJR-TV andKUWS radio inSuperior.[3] The effort was short-lived. On May 2, news director Julie Moravchik was fired; she claimed she was dismissed for not making ownership-ordered staffing cuts. Newsroom employees refused to work for anyone else; 10 of them were fired the following day. To fill the void, newscast replays fromKDLH-TV, commonly operated with KBJR, were added to the station's programming.[4] Moravchik was then hired to set up the newsroom atKQDS-TV in Duluth.[5]

On August 1, 2006, the station ended operations and went off the air, a month short of KBJR-DT2's conversion toMyNetworkTV. Despite being off the air for eight years, long after most stations licenses are canceled for not broadcasting, WAST-LP's license remained active until January 3, 2014, when its previous license to broadcast was fully exhausted.[6]

References

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  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for WAST-LP".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^Casey, Chris (June 23, 2001). "Deal for Ashland TV station canceled: Link with Duluth's KDUL on hold for now".Duluth News Tribune. p. 2B.
  3. ^ab"Ashland TV station going on air soon".The Sheboygan Press. Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Associated Press. December 6, 2005. p. A6. RetrievedApril 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^Passi, Peter (May 23, 2006). "WAST ponders new direction - BROADCASTING: The Ashland TV station is trying to bounce back from the loss of its general manager and 10 other employees".Duluth News Tribune.
  5. ^Passi, Peter (October 24, 2006). "Defunct Ashland station staffers win Emmy - No smoking: A pair from WAST-TV bring the former station recognition for directing and producing public service announcements to kick the habit".Duluth News Tribune. p. B5.
  6. ^Hashemzadeh, Hossein (January 3, 2014)."In re: LPTV/TV Translator Station…"(PDF).CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission. RetrievedJanuary 6, 2014.

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Broadcast television in NortheastMinnesota and NorthwestWisconsin
This region includes the following cities:Duluth, MN
Hibbing, MN
International Falls, MN
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