WIRP-LD

WIRP-LD
Fayetteville, North Carolina
United States
City Fayetteville, North Carolina
Channels Digital: 22 (UHF)
Virtual: 27 (UHF)
Affiliations Estrella TV
Owner DTV America Corporation
Founded May 17, 2011
First air date 2016
Sister station(s) WNCB-LD
Former callsigns W22ED-D (2011-2013)
Former affiliations Silent (2011-2016)
Transmitter power 15 kW
Height 524 feet (160 m)
Facility ID 183681
Transmitter coordinates 35°52′15.1″N 79°9′39.9″W / 35.870861°N 79.161083°W / 35.870861; -79.161083

WIRP-LD is a digital low-powered television station located in and licensed to Fayetteville, North Carolina. The station is an Estrella TV affiliate owned by DTV America Corporation. Its digital signal is broadcast on UHF channel 22, but is displayed as virtual channel 27 via PSIP on consumer digital tuners. It mainly serves the immediate Fayetteville area, which is considered to be in the Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina media market.

Digital channels

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming [1]
27.1 4:3 480i WIRP-LD estrellaTV
27.2 Buzzr
27.3 Escape
27.4 Cozi TV
27.5 QVC Over Air
27.6 QVC Plus

History

The station’s construction permit was granted by the Federal Communications Commission on May 17, 2011. The originally assigned callsign was W22ED-D. The stations current WIRP-LD calls were assigned on May 10, 2013. [1]

The station went on the air in early 2016 as an affiliate of Estrella TV. Since in-market sister station WNCB-LD, also in Fayetteville, the station’s main channel is mainly a simulcast of WNCB. The other subchannels of WIRP are different from that station as WNCB carries Azteca America, Sonlife, and Newsmax TV networks on their subchannels. Buzzr, Escape, Cozi TV and the main and west-coast feeds of QVC are offered on the subchannels of WIRP. The main QVC feed is also offered on WNCB-LD5. [2]

References

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