WPBI-LD (channel 16) is a low-power television station in Lafayette, Indiana, United States, affiliated with Fox and NBC.
Both stations share studios on South 18th Street in Lafayette,[2] while WPBI-LD's transmitter is located on McCarty Lane on the city's east side; the signal is oriented to the northwest.
[7] Despite discontinuing carriage of Indianapolis-based Fox and NBC affiliates, satellite television provider DirecTV has said it plans to carry WPBI-LD and WPBI-LD2 but has not announced its timetable for doing so.
After beginning local weather coverage on January 1, 2017,[7] WPBI aired its inaugural Star City News broadcast on May 29, 2017.
Sarah Blakely became the station's inaugural news anchor, broadcasting from a Media Gateway-owned studio in Little Rock, Arkansas, airing segments from Lafayette-based Vizza.