WOCW-LD,
virtual channel 21 (
UHF
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channel 33), is a
low-power Novelisima-
affiliated
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television station licensed to
Charleston, West Virginia
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, United States. The station is owned by
HC2 Holdings through subsidiary
DTV America Corporation. WOCW-LD's transmitter is located near
Poca, West Virginia.
History
The station, then known as WOWB-LP, began operations not too long after
Portsmouth,
Ohio-licensed
WQCW (channel 30, which was
WB affiliate WHCP-TV at the time) signed on the air in 1998. WOWB-LP was a low-powered
translator of WHCP-TV, broadcasting on analog UHF channel 53.
WHCP-TV and WOWB-LP also provided programming from The WB's rival,
UPN, starting in 2000. The WB and UPN closed down and merged to form
The CW in September 2006. WOWB-LP became WOCW-LP on May 26, 2006. On May 31 of that year, WHCP-TV became WQCW, following suit of the call sign change of their translator.
In 2013,
Lockwood Broadcasting Group sold both stations to Excalibur Broadcasting for $5.5 million. In February 2014, the two stations were sold to
Gray Television
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(owner of
NBC affiliate
WSAZ-TV, channel 3) after many months of being in a
shared services
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agreement between Lockwood and Gray.
Eventually, WQCW began to broadcast from WSAZ-TV's tower, effectively making the WOCW-LP translator redundant. On January 15, 2015, WOCW-LP was sold by Gray Television to DTV America Corporation for a token payment of $100.00. As of 2018, the station's only broadcast activity has been one day per year for license maintenance.
On July 11, 2019, the station returned to the air as digital-only WOCW-LD.
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is
multiplexed:
See also
*
WQCW
References
External links
{{DTV America
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Television channels and stations established in 1998
1998 establishments in West Virginia
GetTV affiliates
Twist (TV network) affiliates
Classic Reruns TV affiliates
Low-power television stations in the United States