WEPH (channel 49) is a

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in Tupelo, Mississippi, United States,

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by the

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(CTN). The station's studios are located on County Road 1702 in Tupelo, and its transmitter is located northwest of

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History

The station was founded in October 2010. It is the only full-power television station (excepting the MPB stations in Booneville,

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and

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) in northeast Mississippi to have never been affiliated with a major commercial television network.

Subchannels

The station's signal is

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Out-of-market coverage

WEPH is also carried outside the Tupelo–

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market on some cable systems in the Mississippi Delta, as well as

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, Amite and

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counties in southern Mississippi.

References

External links

* 2010 establishments in Mississippi Christian Television Network stations Television channels and stations established in 2010 EPH {{Mississippi-tv-station-stub