WPAN

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WPAN (channel 53), branded as Emerald Coast PBS, is a television station licensed to Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States, serving northwest Florida and southwest Alabama. Although having a commercial broadcast license, its main channel carries non-commercial PBS programming. Owned by B&C Communications and operated by a nonprofit group under the Emerald Coast PBS banner, WPAN maintains transmitter facilities near Molino, Florida. Originally applied for and built by a Fort Walton Beach–based group, WPAN debuted on February 14, 1984, as an independent station. It struggled to sell advertising and shut down on November 16, 1986. Franklin Broadcasting put WPAN back on the air in 1988 with more religious programming, but it operated sporadically, briefly carrying programming from the Star Television Network and Pensacola-based independent station WJTC, which lacked cable carriage in some areas. After going off the air again in 1991, WPAN began broadcasting again in 1993; it aired home...

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