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In addition, the station offered the live discussion program Memphis Forum. [14] 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 ...
However, like most major network affiliates in the early 1980s, WREG-TV began cutting back on the large number of movies that occupied much of its off-network schedule, a move prompted by the presence of cable, VCRs, and the emergence of then-independent competitors WPTY (channel 24, now ABC affiliate WATN-TV) in 1978 and WMKW (channel 30, now ...
The Blazers (12-7, 5-1) and the No. 24 Tigers (15-4, 5-1) will meet Sunday afternoon in Memphis to determine which team will stay atop the American Athletic Conference standings. North Texas also ...
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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 ...