WJKP-LD (channel 39) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, serving the Elmira area as an affiliate of

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. It is owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company

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alongside

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affiliate

WYDC WYDC (channel 48) is a television station licensed to Corning, New York, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Elmira area. It is owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC alongside low-power MyNetworkTV affiliate WJ ...

(channel 48). The two stations share studios on East Market Street in Downtown Corning; WJKP-LD's transmitter is located on Higman Hill. In addition to its own low-power digital signal, WJKP-LD also receives full-market over-the-air coverage on WYDC's second

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. This airs on channel 48.2 from the same Higman Hill transmitter. Coastal acquired WYDC and WJKP-LD from Waypoint Media on January 4, 2022, as part of a larger transaction that saw nine stations be sold to Coastal for $36.9 million.

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