WPAN (channel 53) is a television station licensed to Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States, serving northwest Florida and southwest Alabama. Its main channel primarily airs programming from Blab TV, a locally based channel that produces local infomercials and paid programming. Owned by B&C Communications, WPAN maintains transmitter facilities near Molino, Florida.
History
The Fort Walton Beach Broadcasting Company applied in 1982 for a new television station on channel 53 to serve that city,[2] a plan that had been gestating since 1980.[3] Construction began in 1983, with the station to be based at a site near Tupelo Avenue and 4th Street in Fort Walton Beach.[4]
WPAN intended to sign on in December 1983, but tower completion delays pushed the launch into 1984.[5] The new station, which went on air on February 14,