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WOAC
WRLM, virtual channel 47 (UHF digital channel 24), is a Tri-State Christian Television (TCT) owned-and-operated station licensed to Canton, Ohio, United States, and serving the Cleveland– Akron television market. The station's transmitter is located in Copley, Ohio. History The station first signed on the air on March 1, 1982, as WOAC, broadcasting on UHF channel 67; it was founded by businessman Morton Kent. Initially, the station operated as an independent station, serving mainly the Canton area. It originally maintained a programming format featuring syndicated reruns, movies, and local news updates. In 1995, Canton 67 Ltd. sold WOAC to Whitehead Media, which entered into a local marketing agreement with Paxson Communications (now Ion Media Networks). Paxson dropped WOAC's entertainment programming in late 1995, and the station adopted an infomercial format provided by Paxson's Infomall TV Network (or inTV) service (a predecessor to today's Ion Television). Shortly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVPX-TV
WVPX-TV (channel 23) is a television station licensed to Akron, Ohio, United States, serving the Cleveland area as an affiliate of Ion Television. Owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, it is jointly operated with Canton, Ohio, Canton-licensed Bounce TV affiliate WDLI-TV (channel 17), which transmits using WVPX-TV's full-power spectrum via a Frequency sharing, channel sharing agreement. Built and signed on by S. Bernard Berk's Summit Radio Corporation, this station originally was WAKR-TV—the television extension of WAKR—and positioned itself with a focus primarily on Akron even as it also covered the Greater Cleveland media market, television market. From their 1953 establishment until 1996, the station was one of two primary American Broadcasting Company, ABC-TV affiliates within the Cleveland market, current primary affiliate WEWS-TV being the other. Denied what would have originally been a Very high frequency, VHF license, WAKR-TV's competitiveness was negatively impacted throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
