WREP-LD

Randy Manley built the station as W15AY and put it on the air on August 1, 1990. It was programmed with a family-friendly lineup,{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-manley-expects-to-hav/141822622/|date=April 17, 1990|page=1|first=Bette|last=Nunn|title=Manley expects to have TV station operating in few months|newspaper=The Daily Reporter|location=Martinsville, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}} using the FamilyNet and Keystone Inspirational networks as well as The Learning Channel,{{r|Repo910301}} as well as several locally produced shows.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-local-tv-station-to-b/141822663/|date=July 23, 1990|page=1|first=Jim|last=Asher|title=Local TV station to begin Aug. 1|newspaper=The Daily Reporter|location=Martinsville, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}} It was sold effective February 1, 1991, to The Reporter-Times Inc., publisher of newspapers in Martinsville;{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-city-wants-cable-comp/141822770/|date=February 5, 1991|page=1|title=City wants cable company to add Martinsville's TV 15|newspaper=The Daily Reporter|location=Martinsville, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}} Manley remained with the station after the sale.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-the-fulfillment-of-a/141822910/|date=March 1, 1991|page=10|title=The fulfillment of a 10-year dream|newspaper=The Daily Reporter|first=Joanna|last=Henning|location=Martinsville, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}}

The station struggled in its early years to obtain a channel on Martinsville's cable system. The city of Martinsville requested that TCI add the channel in 1991,{{r|Repo910205}} but it never did. As a result, Reporter-Times discontinued local programming in 1992. The next year, it filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against TCI.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-reporter-times-sues-t/141823050/|date=September 23, 1993|pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-reporter-times/141823090/ 13]|title=Reporter-Times Sues TCI Over Martinsville's TV Channel 15|newspaper=The Daily Reporter|location=Martinsville, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}} In December 1994, the city voted to join the lawsuit against TCI.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-martinsville-city-cou/141823154/|date=December 31, 1994|page=1|first=Keith|last=Rhoades|title=Martinsville City Council Conducts Year's End Business|newspaper=The Daily Reporter|location=Martinsville, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}} TCI settled the lawsuit in 1995 and agreed to place channel 15 on its lineup.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-council-cuts-hacker-p/141823205/|date=September 26, 1995|page=1|title=Council Cuts Hacker Property Annexation|newspaper=The Daily Reporter|first=Keith|last=Rhoades|location=Martinsville, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}}

With cable access, Reporter-Times Inc. moved to resume producing local programming on channel 15. The station became WREP-LP and affiliated with America One.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-local-television-retu/141823414/|date=May 7, 1996|pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-local/141823437/ 6]|title=Local Television Returns to Martinsville|newspaper=The Daily Reporter|location=Martinsville, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}}

Reporter-Times Inc. was purchased by Schurz Communications, publisher of the Bloomington Herald-Times, in March 1998. Schurz opted to focus on the newspapers and considered closing WREP-LP. Instead, it offered the station to the school system of Martinsville.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-the-reporter-offers-t/141823606/|date=November 19, 1998|pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-the-reporter/141823693/ 6]|title=The Reporter offers to donate WREP-TV to school district|newspaper=The Reporter-Times|location=Martinsville, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}} The transfer took place in February 1999; TV newscasts produced by the newspaper were discontinued, while Martinsville High School planned to produce athletic events and other school-related programming.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-gift-of-tv-15-to-scho/141823745/|date=February 19, 1999|page=1|first=Bette|last=Nunn|title=Gift of TV 15 to school now complete|newspaper=The Reporter-Times|location=Martinsville, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}} Some shows were produced by high school students,{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-wrep-tv-martinsville/141823856/|date=January 18, 2003|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-wrep-tv/141823882/ 8A]|first=Amy|last=Hillenburg|title=WREP-TV: Martinsville's own 'Broadcast News'|newspaper=The Reporter-Times|location=Martinsville, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}} including sports events, as well as other material not telecast on the station but used by units in the high school.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-wrep-tv-celebrates-10/141823942/|date=March 1, 2009|pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-wrep/141823966/ A2]|first=Bette|last=Nunn|title=WREP-TV celebrates 10th anniversary at MHS|newspaper=The Reporter-Times|location=Martinsville, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}}

In July 2009, WREP-LP converted to digital broadcasting, only slightly later than full-service stations and began adding material from America One to fill several digital subchannels.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-student-station-fine/141824134/|date=October 25, 2009|pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-times-wrep/141824171/ A4]|first=Ronald|last=Hawkins|title=Student station fine-tuning digital channel options|newspaper=The Reporter-Times|location=Martinsville, Indiana|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 22, 2024}}

The station's signal is multiplexed:

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