nashville tennessee channels analog 26 uhf digital 47 uhf cp affiliations daystar owner daystar word of god fellowship founded november 27 2000 call letters meaning w nashville tennessee univision after previous affiliation sister station s wnpx lp former callsigns wgap lp 2000 2007 former affiliations mtv 2 2000 2006 univision 2006 2009 transmitter power 11.9 kw class tx facility id 61019 transmitter coordinates 36 09 49.0 n 86 46 45.0 w 36.163611 n 86.779167 w 36.163611 ; 86.779167 website www.daystar.com wnpx lp nashville tennessee city nashville tennessee channels analog 20 uhf digital 20 uhf cp affiliations silent soon to be daystar owner daystar word of god fellowship founded 1989 call letters meaning nashville pax taken from former sister station wnpx tv and affiliation with pax tv sister station s wntu lp former callsigns w10bi 1989 1999 wvie lp 1999 2003 former affiliations independent 1989 2000 pax tv 2000 2005 i 2005 2007 ion television 2007 2015 transmitter power 40 kw class tx facility id 30258 transmitter coordinates 36 16 5.0 n 86 47 45.0 w 36.268056 n 86.795833 w 36.268056 ; 86.795833 website http www.daystar.com wntu lp and wnpx lp are low powered television stations that are in the nashville tennessee area . wntu lp broadcasts on channel 26 while wnpx lp broadcasts on channel 20 . wntu lp and wnpx lp are owned and operated by daystar . wntu lp broadcasts programming from daystar while wnpx lp is still currently silent . contents 1 history 1.1 wntu lp ld 1.2 wnpx lp 1.3 other broadcasting information 2 analog to digital conversion 2.1 digital channels 3 references 4 external links history edit wntu lp ld edit wntu lp was built and signed on by the evansville indiana based company south central communications under the call sign wgap lp as an affiliate of mtv 2 . 1 the station would broadcast mtv 2 s programming 24 hours a day . on june 11 2006 south central communications announced that they would sell wgap to little rock arkansas based equity broadcasting . equity also announced that when they purchased the station they would make it a univision affiliate . it would also be the third spanish language station in nashville behind then telemundo affiliate which was seen at the time on wsmv tv s second digital sub channel of 4.2 and wllc lp channel 42 which was first telefutura as that network rebranded to unim s wllc would regain the univision affiliation on its main channel and move the unim s affiliation to its second sub channel . 2 3 4 the sale was finalized on november 13 2006 as the station changed to the new univision affiliation the next day . a year later the callsign was also changed to the current calls of wntu lp on march 20 2007 . due to the 2008 bankruptcy of equity broadcasting wntu was sold at auction to the daystar television network on april 16 2009 and the sale closed on july 30 2009 . immediately after on july 31 the station switched to carrying all daystar programming 24 hours a day . this left nashville without a univision affiliate univision was still seen on cable and satellite providers in the nashville area and with two spanish language outlets telemundo affiliate on wsmv tv s second digital sub channel of 4.2 and telefutura now unim s affiliate wllc lp . however wsmv tv discontinued the telemundo affiliation on december 31 2010 as that would leave only wllc lp as the only spanish language outlet in nashville . univision made its return to the nashville airwaves as wllc lp retained the univision affiliation on its main sub channel of 42.1 and moved unim s to 42.2 and bounce tv to 42.3 . wntu s digital signal began broadcasting on digital uhf channel 47 in 2011 . the station s digital counterpart wntu ld is operated on a construction permit in preparation of the digital television transition for low powered television stations that have not shut down their analog signals . low power stations who still broadcast in analog including wntu lp were obligated to shut down their analog signal and replace it with a digital signal by september 1 2015 . however the cutoff date for standard lptvs and translators still broadcasting in analog had been suspended until further notice therefore wntu still also continues to broadcast in analog until the full conversion to digital operations for wntu is completed . wnpx lp edit wnpx lp was built and signed on in 1989 by family broadcasting company as an independent station under the callsign w10bi . a few months later the station was purchased by tv 10 inc. 5 in 1992 jim owens broadcasting sold w10bi to james w. owens 6 who sold it to tiger eye broadcasting in 1997 . 7 the station changed its callsign to wvie lp in 1999 . in 2000 paxson communications purchased wvie from tiger eye broadcasting and the station began broadcasting programming from pax tv now ion television and became a sister station to the full powered wnpx tv . 8 the callsign was changed to the current wnpx lp in 2003 . on december 15 2014 ion reached a deal to donate wnpx lp to word of god fellowship parent company of the daystar network which are also the owners of wntu lp . 9 shortly after the sale wnpx lp was taken silent and went off the air while converting to digital operations . the sale of the station was finalized by the fcc on march 26 2015 and made wnpx lp a sister station to wntu lp 10 but the conversion to digital is yet to be finalized and when that is done wnpx lp will become a daystar affiliate . other broadcasting information edit daystar s programming is also being shown on neighboring low powered station wrtn ld which serves the alexandria and lebanon tennessee areas and also serves the nashville area . it is unknown if daystar s programming will continue to be seen on wrtn s main channel when wntu upgrades to digital . analog to digital conversion edit digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 26.1 480i 4 3 daystar daystar wntu lp had a construction permit to upgrade to digital on channel 17 ; however that application was dismissed . 11 the station has another construction permit application to upgrade to digital on channel 47 which is still when active . wnpx lp also currently when has a construction permit to flash cut to digital on channel 20 . both stations must upgrade to digital by september 1 2015 12 the deadline to shut down all analog transmitters . references edit 1 corporation equity broadcasting . equity broadcasting bringing univision programming to nashville jacksonville and waco . retrieved july 15 2016 . hispanicnashville.com nashville s new univision affiliate . retrieved july 15 2016 . prn equity broadcasting bringing univision programming to nashville jacksonville and waco . retrieved july 15 2016 . application search details wnpx lp 1 . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved december 25 2014 . application search details wnpx lp 2 . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved december 25 2014 . application search details wnpx lp 3 . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved december 25 2014 . application search details wnpx lp 4 . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved december 25 2014 . application for transfer of control of a corporate licensee or permittee or for assignment of license or permit of tv or fm translator station or low power television station wnpx lp . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . december 23 2014 . retrieved december 24 2014 . staff fcc internet services . application search details . retrieved july 15 2016 . staff fcc internet services . application search details . retrieved july 15 2016 . tv query results video division fcc usa . retrieved july 15 2016 . external links edit query the fcc s tv station database for wntu v t e broadcast television in middle tennessee including nashville and clarksville reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television stations wkrn 2.1 abc 2.2 metv 2.3 justice network wsmv 4.1 nbc 4.2 heartland 4.3 cozi tv wtvf 5.1 cbs 5.2 newschannel 5 5.3 laff wnpt 8.1 pbs 8.2 npt2 wztv 17.1 fox 17.2 wxn 17.3 antenna tv wnpx tv 28.1 ion 28.2 qubo 28.3 ion life 28.4 ion shop 28.5 qvc over air 28.6 hsn wuxp 30.1 mntv 30.2 gettv 30.3 comet whtn 39.1 ctn 39.2 ctni wjfb 44.1 tct family 44.2 tct kids wpgd 50.1 tbn 50.2 hillsong 50.3 juce tv smile 50.4 enlace 50.5 salsa wnab 58.1 cw 58.2 asn channel 58.3 grit low power stations wrtn ld 6.1 daystar 6.2 rev n 6.3 this tv 6.4 classic shows 6.5 retro tv 6.6 tuff tv 6.7 ebru tv wetv lp 11.1 ind wiiw lp 14.1 silent ind wjfb lp 18.1 silent tct family 18.2 silent tct kids wnpx lp 20.1 silent daystar wntu ld 26.1 daystar wjde ld 31.1 h & i 31.2 ssn 31.3 decades 31.4 hsn 31.5 sonlife 31.6 movies wjnk ld 34.1 3abn 34.2 3abn proclaim 34.3 dare to dream 34.4 3abn latino 34.5 3abn radio 34.6 3abn radio latino 34.7 radio 74 wctz ld 35.1 silent future station wkuw ld 40.1 buzzr 40.2 liquidation channel 40.3 escape 40.4 tcn 40.5 qvc plus 40.6 qvc over air wllc lp 42.1 univision 42.2 unim s 42.3 bounce tv 42.4 biz television outlying areas clarksville wckv ld 21.1 the walk tv 21.2 doctor tv 21.3 ind 21.4 nrb network cookeville wcte 22.1 pbs 22.2 world 22.3 create other areas w29dm d 29.1 silent lewisburg tn wpbm cd 31.1 religious ind. walktv geb scottsville ky atsc m h mobile dtv wsmv 4.10 nbc nash tv internet tv cable television stations nashville cmt familynet fox sports tennessee metro nashville network nash tv necat network nrb network vtv worship clarksville apsu tv clarksville tv 3 community channel 10 murfreesboro city tv mt10 rctv 19 other areas dtc 3 smithville woodbury carthage franklin tv franklin tn nctv 15 nctv 6 lafayette tn scottsville ky sctv 6 tompkinsville ky smyrna tv smyrna wbbm 9 mt. juliet wbhs 9 brentwood wc tv franklin tn adjacent locals bowling green . kentucky wbko 13.1 abc 13.2 fox 13.3 the cw cw wkgb tv 53.1 pbs ket 53.2 pbs encore ket2 53.3 ky channel madisonville . kentucky wkma tv 35.1 pbs ket 35.2 pbs encore ket2 35.3 ky channel defunct stations nashville area wrmx lp 12 hsn w36ak 36 tbn via wpgd tv w48bk 48 tbn w52ct 52 w59aw 59 america one via wllc lp w61ar 61 ind. familynet via wjnk ld the church channel national cable and digital ota the nashville network national cable only clarksville w26cj 26 tbn cookeville w46aj 46 tbn hopkinsville . kentucky w22ch 22 tbn wkag ca 43 ind. a1 wnkj tv 51 ind. 1983 85 w62bh 62 tbn w64br 64 pbs ket via wkma tv other areas wllp ca ind. amgtv tln lawrenceburg tn w55al 55 pbs ket via wkso tv tompkinsville . ky tennessee broadcast television areas by city chattanooga jackson knoxville memphis nashville paducah ky tri cities see also huntsville tv bowling green tv v t e other television stations in the state of tennessee southeast tennessee woot lp 6 heartland chattanooga w18ds d 3abn chattanooga wcnt lp 36 independent chattanooga wyhb lp 44 youtoo america chattanooga wdsi tv 61 this tv chattanooga mid west tennessee w18bl d 18 ubn adamsville w20dj d 20 laff jackson wyjj ld 27 antenna tv mntv jackson mid eastern tennessee wknx tv 7 independent knoxville wjdp ld 11 the walk tv pigeon forge w14cx d 14 3abn farragut wdtt ld 24 daystar knoxville w45df d 45 hsn knoxville wvlr 48 ctn tazewell knoxville wkxt ld 61 pbj morristown