[24] Together, the two stations came on the air September 1, 2003, as the Capital District's new UPN affiliate (replacing "WEDG-TV"),[24] operated by Freedom Communications, then-owner of WRGB (channel 6), under a joint sales agreement.
[27] A few months after the affiliation change, on December 5, 2006, Freedom Communications purchased WCWN from Tribune, in effect giving it control over three stations in the Capital District;[28] in February 2007, the joint sales agreement with WRGB was terminated,[29] and WNYA moved from WRGB's studios in Niskayuna to a facility in Rotterdam that formerly housed WMHT-FM-TV.
[31] On February 25, 2013, Hubbard Broadcasting announced that it would purchase WNYA to form a duopoly with its local NBC affiliate WNYT, for $2.3 million, pending FCC approval.
[34] Under a clause of the sale of WNYA that required WNYA-CA to use a new call sign that does not feature the letters "N" or "Y",[33] channel 15 became WEPT-CA on March 8, 2013.
[3] On May 29, 2013, the FCC approved the sale of WNYA to Hubbard,[35] which was completed July 15;[36] that September, WEPT-CA dropped its WNYA-DT2 simulcast to join AMGTV,[37] moved its transmitter to New Baltimore, and changed its city of license to Kinderhook.
Venture then filed on September 25 to construct a digital companion facility on channel 22 broadcasting from Overlook Mountain in Woodstock;[38] the permit was granted on December 23.