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| Mobile, Alabama/Pensacola, Florida | |
| Branding | NBC 15 |
| Channels | Analog: 15 (UHF) Digital: 47 (UHF)(pre-transition; will move back to 15 on February 17, 2009. Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the County seat of Escambia County. A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and |
| Affiliations | NBC NBC Weather Plus (DT2) |
| Owner | Newport Television, LLC |
| First air date | March 12, 1982 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Pensacola Mobile Independent |
| Sister station(s) | WJTC |
| Former callsigns | WPMI (1982-2004) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1982-1986) Fox (1986-1996) |
| Transmitter Power | 5000 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 563 m (analog) 558 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 11906 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.nbc15online.com |
WPMI is the NBC-affiliated television station for South Alabama and much of the Emerald Coast of Florida. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's NBC Weather Plus is a 24-hour commercially-sponsored weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property Newport Television LLC is a television station Holding company founded by Providence Equity Partners and Sandy DiPasquale in 2007 to acquire the television Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise In Broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels (or "sibling stations" in gender-neutral form are radio and/or Television stations WJTC is an independent television station in Mobile Alabama and Pensacola Florida and is owned by Newport Television LLC, which also owns WPMI In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's This article is about the region for the university see University of South Alabama South Alabama is a term used to describe various parts of southern Alabama The Emerald Coast is an area in the US state of Florida on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, roughly bounded by Pensacola Florida on the west Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Licensed to Mobile, the station broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 15 and a digital signal on UHF channel 47. WPMI's transmitter is located near Robertsdale. Robertsdale is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications as part of a duopoly with independent station WJTC. Clear Channel Communications is a media conglomerate company based in the United States. WJTC is an independent television station in Mobile Alabama and Pensacola Florida and is owned by Newport Television LLC, which also owns WPMI Its studios are located on Azalea Road near Interstate 65 in west Mobile. Interstate 65, beginning in Mobile at an interchange with Interstate 10, meanders across of the Alabama countryside linking 6 of the states 10 largest WPMI is known on air as "NBC 15".
WPMI airs NBC Weather Plus on its DT2 digital subchannel. NBC Weather Plus is a 24-hour commercially-sponsored weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the It is also offered on Comcast digital cable channel 194, Cox Communications cable channel 716, and via live streaming video on the WPMI website. Comcast Corporation ( is the largest Cable television company the second largest Internet service provider and (according to the company the fourth largest telephone Cox Communications, also known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital The channel is known on-air as "NBC 15 Weather Plus".
History
WPMI began operation on March 12, 1982 as Alabama's first independent station. It was owned by Hess Broadcasting and ran a general entertainment format consisting of cartoons, westerns, classic sitcoms, old movies, drama shows, and religious programming.
In 1985, WPMI was sold to Michigan Energy Resources; the sale did not affect programming practices, however. By that time WPMI was getting stronger programming, such as more recent cartoons and more recent network sitcom reruns. In 1987, WPMI became a charter FOX affiliate.
In January 1989, MER sold WPMI to Clear Channel Communications, better known to the public for its extensive radio interests (well over 1000 radio stations). At the time, however, Clear Channel owned only a dozen radio stations. WPMI became Clear Channel's first entry into the television business. Clear Channel bought several more television stations later in 1989, in other similarly sized markets.
In the early 1990's, Clear Channel purchased all the assets of rival WJTC Channel 44, except for its broadcast license. WJTC is an independent television station in Mobile Alabama and Pensacola Florida and is owned by Newport Television LLC, which also owns WPMI Then, the company began buying time on WJTC, running shows that it could not fit onto WPMI's schedule. This deal became known as a Local Marketing Agreement, which became a common practice at that time.
In 1995, Fox formed SF Broadcasting with Savoy and bought three NBC affiliates and an ABC affiliate; one of the NBC stations was local rival WALA. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. WALA-TV ("Fox Ten" is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate for southern Alabama and the western Panhandle area of Florida. So, on January 1, 1996, the FOX and NBC networks switched stations in the market: WALA became a Fox affiliate, and WPMI became an NBC affiliate. WALA carried Fox Kids programming as well in the 1:00pm-4:00pm slot.
After this, the syndicated cartoons and most of the off-network sitcoms would move to LMA partner WJTC, which also had become a UPN affiliate in January 1995. WPMI began to place more first-run syndicated programs in its off-network and non-newscast slots. It also added early morning, midday, evening, and late newscasts; the 5 and 6 p. m. newscasts sandwich NBC News, which airs at 5:30 p. m.
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Providence Equity Partners. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Providence Equity Partners is a Private equity firm headquartered in Providence Rhode Island that focuses on investments in media and telecommunications [1]
On February 17, 2009 WPMI will cease analog broadcasting on channel 15. Its digital signal will move from channel 47 to channel 15.
References
- ^ Clear Channel Communications (2007-04-20). Clear Channel Communications is a media conglomerate company based in the United States. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. "Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners". Press release. A news release, media release, press release or press statement is a written or recorded Communication directed at members of the News Retrieved on 2007-04-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.
External links
- NBC15's official website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WPMI
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WPMI-TV
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