WYPX-TV (channel 55) is a television station licensed to Amsterdam, New York, United States, serving the Capital District as an affiliate of Ion Television. Owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, the station has offices on Charles Boulevard in Guilderland, and its transmitter is located in the Helderberg Escarpment in New Scotland.
History
The station began broadcasting in 1987 as an independent station under the call letters WOCD. It was owned by Amsterdam Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Coit Services of San Francisco, and was leased to Christian Community Television (CCT) of Schenectady, New York. CCT faced financial troubles from the outset, and they soon fell behind on their payments, so Amsterdam Broadcasting reassumed control of the station.[3] The station went dormant in 1989, but on July 3, 1991, Coit sold the station to Tennessee TV executive Wade Griffith for $1.8 million. Griffith intended to relaunch the station as WNSI, but the deal fell through, and WOCD was sold to Pittsburgh-based religious broadcaster Cornerstone Television for $375,000 on May 8, 1992.[4]