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WREP-LD
WREP-LD (channel 15) is a low-power television station in
WREP-LD
Martinsville, Indiana, United States, affiliated with YTA TV.
The station is owned by the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville, Indiana
Martinsville and managed by students at Martinsville High United States
School. Channels Digital: 15 (UHF)
The station went on the air in 1990 as W15AY, affiliated with Virtual: 15
FamilyNet and similar services. It produced local Programming
programming for the Martinsville area. The next year, Affiliations 15.1: YTA TV
Reporter-Times Inc., publisher of The Daily Reporter
newspaper in Martinsville, acquired the station. It continued 15.2: Sports

the local programming until 1992, dropping it due to low 15.3: Weather info
viewership and lack of access to the city's cable system. Once Ownership
the cable system added the station, local programming Owner Metropolitan School
resumed. The newspaper was acquired in 1998, and in lieu of District of
closing WREP-LP, new owner Schurz Communications Martinsville
donated it to Martinsville High School. The station airs
History
student-produced programming, including local sports.
First air date August 1, 1990

History Former call

signs
W15AY (1990–1995)
WREP-LP (1995–
Randy Manley built the station as W15AY and put it on the air
2009)
on August 1, 1990. It was programmed with a family-friendly
lineup,[2] using the FamilyNet and Keystone Inspirational Former America One (until
affiliations
networks as well as The Learning Channel,[3] as well as several 2015)
locally produced shows.[4] It was sold effective February 1, Call sign Was owned by The
1991, to The Reporter-Times Inc., publisher of newspapers in meaning Daily Reporter
Martinsville;[5] Manley remained with the station after the newspaper
sale.[3] Technical information[1]
Licensing FCC
The station struggled in its early years to obtain a channel on
authority
Martinsville's cable system. The city of Martinsville requested
Facility ID 55759
that TCI add the channel in 1991,[5] but it never did. As a
result, Reporter-Times discontinued local programming in Class LD
1992. The next year, it filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against ERP 0.2 kW
TCI.[6] In December 1994, the city voted to join the lawsuit HAAT 78.9 m (259 ft)
against TCI.[7] TCI settled the lawsuit in 1995 and agreed to
Transmitter 39°26′43.1″N
place channel 15 on its lineup.[8]
coordinates 86°25′5.9″W
With cable access, Reporter-Times Inc. moved to resume Links
producing local programming on channel 15. The station Public LMS (https://enterpri
became WREP-LP and affiliated with America One.[9] license seefiling.fcc.gov/dat
information
aentry/public/tv/publi

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Reporter-Times Inc. was purchased by Schurz cFacilityDetails.htm

Communications, publisher of the Bloomington Herald-Times, l?facilityId=55759)
in March 1998. Schurz opted to focus on the newspapers and
considered closing WREP-LP. Instead, it offered the station to the school system of
Martinsville.[10] The transfer took place in February 1999; TV newscasts produced by the
newspaper were discontinued, while Martinsville High School planned to produce athletic events
and other school-related programming.[11] Some shows were produced by high school students,[12]
including sports events, as well as other material not telecast on the station but used by units in the
high school.[13]

In July 2009, WREP-LP converted to digital broadcasting, only slightly later than full-service
stations and began adding material from America One to fill several digital subchannels.[14]

Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WREP-LD[15]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming

15.1 WREP 1 YTA TV

15.2 480i 4:3 WREP 2 Sports

15.3 WREP 3 Weather info

References
1. "Facility Technical Data for WREP-LD" (https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publi
cFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=55759). Licensing and Management System. Federal
Communications Commission.
2. Nunn, Bette (April 17, 1990). "Manley expects to have TV station operating in few months" (htt
ps://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-manley-expects-to-hav/141822622/). The Daily
Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Henning, Joanna (March 1, 1991). "The fulfillment of a 10-year dream" (https://newspapers.co
m/article/the-reporter-times-the-fulfillment-of-a/141822910/). The Daily Reporter. Martinsville,
Indiana. p. 10. Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Asher, Jim (July 23, 1990). "Local TV station to begin Aug. 1" (https://newspapers.com/article/t
he-reporter-times-local-tv-station-to-b/141822663/). The Daily Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana.
p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "City wants cable company to add Martinsville's TV 15" (https://newspapers.com/article/the-rep
orter-times-city-wants-cable-comp/141822770/). The Daily Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana.
February 5, 1991. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Reporter-Times Sues TCI Over Martinsville's TV Channel 15" (https://newspapers.com/article/t
he-reporter-times-reporter-times-sues-t/141823050/). The Daily Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana.
September 23, 1993. pp. 1, 13 (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-reporter
-times/141823090/). Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Rhoades, Keith (December 31, 1994). "Martinsville City Council Conducts Year's End
Business" (https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-martinsville-city-cou/141823154/).
The Daily Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.

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8. Rhoades, Keith (September 26, 1995). "Council Cuts Hacker Property Annexation" (https://new
spapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-council-cuts-hacker-p/141823205/). The Daily Reporter.
Martinsville, Indiana. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Local Television Returns to Martinsville" (https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-loc
al-television-retu/141823414/). The Daily Reporter. Martinsville, Indiana. May 7, 1996. pp. 1, 6
(https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-local/141823437/). Retrieved
February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "The Reporter offers to donate WREP-TV to school district" (https://newspapers.com/article/the
-reporter-times-the-reporter-offers-t/141823606/). The Reporter-Times. Martinsville, Indiana.
November 19, 1998. pp. 1, 6 (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-the-report
er/141823693/). Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Nunn, Bette (February 19, 1999). "Gift of TV 15 to school now complete" (https://newspapers.c
om/article/the-reporter-times-gift-of-tv-15-to-scho/141823745/). The Reporter-Times.
Martinsville, Indiana. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Hillenburg, Amy (January 18, 2003). "WREP-TV: Martinsville's own 'Broadcast News' " (https://
newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-wrep-tv-martinsville/141823856/). The Reporter-
Times. Martinsville, Indiana. pp. 1A, 8A (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times
-wrep-tv/141823882/). Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
13. Nunn, Bette (March 1, 2009). "WREP-TV celebrates 10th anniversary at MHS" (https://newspa
pers.com/article/the-reporter-times-wrep-tv-celebrates-10/141823942/). The Reporter-Times.
Martinsville, Indiana. pp. A1, A2 (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-wrep/1
41823966/). Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
14. Hawkins, Ronald (October 25, 2009). "Student station fine-tuning digital channel options" (http
s://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-student-station-fine/141824134/). The Reporter-
Times. Martinsville, Indiana. pp. A1, A4 (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times
-wrep/141824171/). Retrieved February 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Digital TV Market Listing for WREP-LD" (https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=stati
on_search&callsign=WREP#station). RabbitEars. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

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