WDPN-TV

Soon after taking over, PMCM sought permission to reallocate KJWY from Jackson, Wyoming to Wilmington, Delaware as part of a legal loophole that allows any VHF station that moves to a state with no FCC-licensed commercial VHF stations to receive automatic permission to move. Delaware had not had any commercial VHF stations licensed within its borders since WVUE in Wilmington—whose frequency is now occupied by Philadelphia PBS member WHYY-TV—had gone off the air in 1958. (PMCM also looked to move KVNV to New Jersey under the same rule.)[8][9] The request was denied by the FCC in a December 18, 2009 letter.[10] The full Commission denied PMCM's application for review in a Memorandum Opinion and Order released on September 15, 2011;[11] however, this denial was reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on December 14, 2012.[12] On March 8, 2013, the call letters were changed to KJWP.[5] KJWP applied for a construction permit to move to Wilmington (though its transmitter is in Philadelphia's Roxborough neighborhood where the transmitters for most Philadelphia television stations are located) on May 28, 2013.[13] KJWP signed off from Jackson for the last time on August 11, 2013 in anticipation of the move. (Following the move, the station's former studios on West Broadway in Jackson were permanently closed.)[14] On November 18, 2013, KJWP signed on its upconverted 720p high-definition television signal from its new location at Roxborough.[15] The station continued to carry MeTV following the move, and on February 27, 2014, KJWP launched in the Philadelphia and New Jersey area. On March 1, 2014, KJWP fully became the Delaware Valley's exclusive MeTV affiliate, with Allentown, Pennsylvania-based WFMZ-TV (channel 69) discontinuing their MeTV subchannel the same day. After the move to Wilmington, the station's power drastically increased to 9.36 kW, adjusting itself to the size of the Philadelphia television market.

The station also intends to introduce local programming, including news programs.[2][3] In the months preceding the official launch, KJWP was added to Philadelphia-market cable systems through must-carry.[16]

The station intends to identify as a station targeting the Delaware side of the market, going as far as to make sure both Philadelphia and Delaware are represented equally in their station identifications under MeTV's automation system.[17]

In late June 2014, the station announced the hiring of longtime Philadelphia television personality Larry Mendte as public affairs director. Mendte hosts two programs for the station; The Delaware Way, a week-in-review rundown of state issues, and ...And Another Thing, a more general news and commentary program (the latter also airs on sister station WJLP in the New York City area).[18]

On December 17, 2015, PMCM TV agreed to sell KJWP to Allentown-based Maranatha Broadcasting Company (owner of WFMZ-TV) for an undisclosed price. The deal will create a duopoly in the Philadelphia market with WFMZ, with the two stations serving different parts of the market.[19] The deal was finalized nearly two years later, on August 31, 2017. On September 4, 2018, the call letters were changed to WDPN-TV.[5]

WDPN-TV's broadcast signal is multiplexed, with its lead channel (2.1) airing programming from MeTV. On August 18, 2014, KJWP added subchannels that carry Escape (2.2) and Grit (2.3), new networks that respectively cater to female and male audiences. In February 2015, Justice Network (2.4) made its debut as part of the KJWP broadcast featuring true crime and police-centric programming (Justice has since moved to a subchannel of Univision-owned WUVP-DT).