P & P Cable Holdings
P&P Cable Holdings is a corporation in the United States that owns several low-power television stations. The company started in Michigan with one television station, W54DA (later WXON-LP, now defunct). Since then, the company has expanded to fifteen stations. Many of the call signs held by P&P, were previously held by other Michigan stations, and the company is well known for picking up no longer used calls and reusing them for their own LPTV properties. A few P&P stations were purchased by a company called NTN Saginaw, until that company went out of business.
History
In the 1990s, P&P had around 20 construction permits, some of which were deleted by the FCC or bought by different companies. Some were built, however. The construction permit for W30BQ in Pinconning was built as W54DA in Flint, that would become P&P's first station. W54DA's callsign was later changed to WXON-LP. The WXON calls were previously used by WMYD, and P&P now uses former callsigns of Michigan stations.
Many P&P stations were purchased by different companies. A few were purchased by NTN Saginaw, and W52CU (now WHNE-LD) was purchased by Tait Broadcasting and moved to Detroit.
In 2012, some P&P stations were forced off the air due to the deletion of UHF 52-69. Now many P&P stations just operate part-time until it is known if the FCC will force them off the air, especially since they're low power stations and with the spectrum auction. If that happens, Traverse City will have no MyNetwork TV affiliate.
Stations
Still on the air
| Callsign | City of license | Affiliations | Channel number | Notes | Effective radiated power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W09CK | Flint, Michigan | Independent (public domain movies) | Analog VHF 9 | Formerly a repeater of WXON-LP, until that station went off the air. W09CK now is only on the air part-time. | 85 watts |
| WUHO-LP | Kalamazoo, Michigan | Independent | Analog UHF 36 | 15 kilowatts | |
| WBWM-LP | Mount Pleasant, Michigan | Analog UHF 32 | P&P has plans to convert this station to digital. | 87 watts | |
| W15BP | Pinconning, Michigan | Analog UHF 15 | 250 watts | ||
| W44BO | Analog UHF 44 | ||||
| WKNX-LP | Bay City, Michigan | Analog UHF 22 |
Off the air
| Callsign | City of license | Final affiliations | Final channel number | Notes | Final effective radiated power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WXON-LP | Flint, Michigan | Independent | Analog UHF 54 | Was P&P's first station, and had a repeater, W09CK, which is still on the air. Last aired in 2012 | 100 watts |
| W29CQ | Lansing, Michigan | Analog UHF 29 | 50 watts | ||
| W44BQ | Mount Pleasant, Michigan | Analog UHF 44 | 242 watts | ||
| W60CO | Analog UHF 60 | ||||
| W61DK | Analog UHF 61 | ||||
| WKJF-LP | Pinconning, Michigan | Analog UHF 58 | 250 watts | ||
| WTCF-LP | Analog UHF 69 |
Stations formerly owned by P&P
These are stations at one point owned by P&P, but are now owned by a different company
| Callsign (under P&P ownership) | City of license (as a P&P station) | Channel number as a P&P station | Final affiliation as a P&P station | Current information of station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W52CU | Pinconning, Michigan | Analog UHF 52 | Never signed on as a P&P station | Is now a LATV affiliate in Detroit on digital UHF 20 on PSIP 14. Now owned by Tait Broadcasting. Callsign is now WHNE-LD. Station has six subchannels now. |
| WUHQ-LP | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Analog UHF 29 | MTV Tr3s | Now a Daystar affiliate with callsign WUHQ-LD |
| WLLZ-LP | Traverse City, Michigan | Analog VHF 12 | Cozi TV and MyNetworkTV | Was the only P&P station with a website and to be on cable systems, Sold to Freelancer Television Broadcasting on December 4, 2017 and changed its call letters to WXII-LP. |