WPSJ-CD
SonLife television affiliate in Hammonton, New Jersey, United States
WPSJ-CD (channel 8) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Hammonton, New Jersey, United States, serving the Philadelphia area. The station is owned by Innovate Corp., with a transmitter located at the Roxborough antenna farm in northwest Philadelphia.
Founded as W08CC in 1986 by Paul Engle, the station is one of the oldest low-power TV stations in New Jersey. For 25 years, it provided a mix of local interest and syndicated programs. After being sold in 2012, it has primarily carried Spanish-language broadcast networks, including MundoFox/MundoMax and Azteca América.
History
Engle ownership
WPSJ signed on the air June 14, 1986, as W08CC (sometimes rendered "WOCC-TV"), the first low-power TV station in New Jersey. W08CC was built by Paul Engle, who owned South Jersey Television, Inc., alongside his wife Sandra. Engle won the station by buying out eight competing applicants; the original format included local talk shows and sports programming. The station continued to offer such local programming through the 1990s, even as local cable systems shut it out of their lineups. However, in 1992, it was added to the primary cable system in Vineland; at that time, it debuted a simulcast of the morning show of local radio station WBSS and a show on Vineland issues.
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