WWVW-LD,

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56 ( UHF digital channel 8), is a low-powered

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Wheeling, West Virginia Wheeling is a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Located almost entirely in Ohio County, of which it is the county seat, it lies along the Ohio River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and also contains a tiny portion extending ...

, United States. The station is owned by Abacus Television, which owns a number of LPTV stations in the

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area. WWVW is currently

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History

WWVW-LP began operations on September 28, 1990, as W62BW. In 1999, it changed its callsign to W56DX. The station was an American Independent Network affiliate and also aired programming from

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. The station was silent for a time between 2002 and 2005 as the station upgraded its facilities. The station returned to the air in the summer of 2005 with the call sign WWVW-LP and began airing

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. On November 19, 2012, the station changed its call sign to the current WWVW-LD. WWVW went silent in 2014 because of financial issues.

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* {{Other West Virginia Stations WVW-LD Television channels and stations established in 1990 1990 establishments in West Virginia Low-power television stations in the United States

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