WSSS-LP

WSSS-LP, UHF analog channel 25, was a low-power television station licensed to Steubenville, Ohio, United States. The station was owned by Benjamin Perez. At one time, it was an affiliate of MTV2.

For the radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina that used to have the call sign WSSS, see WKQC.
WSSS-LP
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsDefunct
Ownership
Owner
  • Benjamin Perez
  • (Abacus Television)
WIIC-LD
WWVW-LD
WWBP-LP
History
First air date
May 1998 (1998-05)
Former call signs
W25CI (1998-2004)
The Box (1998-2001)
MTV2 (2001-2014)
Call sign meaning
W S S Steubenville
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
ClassCA/LP
ERP54.6 kW
Transmitter coordinates40°21′59″N 80°35′22″W
Links
Public license information
LMS

History

The station began transmitting as a low-power television station in May 1998 on channel 25 as The Box, an automated music video channel. Like most over-the-air stations airing The Box, WSSS-LP became an affiliate of MTV2 after The Box was acquired by Viacom in 2001.

Because CBS owned-and-operated station KDKA-TV (channel 2) began broadcasting digitally on channel 25, WSSS-LP was temporarily forced off the air. The station returned to the air in July 2001 as a Class-A station on channel 29.

In 2014, the station went silent because of financial trouble.[1]

The station's license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission effective July 14, 2021, for failing to file for a license to transition to digital operation.

See also

References
  1. "Notification of Suspension of Operations". 8 July 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.


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