WBXK-CA,
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channel 8, was a
low-powered,
Class A America One
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affiliated licensed
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to
Jackson, Mississippi
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, United States. The station was owned by the Community Television Network.
History
It began broadcasting on March 16, 1990 as W08CU, and was an
over-the-air music-video outlet.
In the 1990s, WBXK was affiliated with the
Video Jukebox Network, which was renamed
The Box in 1991. The station's "programming" was basically
music videos
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requested by non-cable viewers in the greater Jackson area.
On September 1, 1995, the station's call letters changed from W08CU to WBXK-CA.
In 2001, WBXK remained a music video station even though it inevitably became an
MTV2 affiliate (at the time known as ''M2'', which absorbed ''The Box'' that year).
In mid-January 2005, WBXK had switched to an all-informercial format for about two weeks. On February 2, WBXK flipped to
Urban America Television
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, flipping again to its next network,
America One
America One was an American television network established in 1995 by USFR Media Group through its America One Television subsidiary. , in April 2006.
The station's owners surrendered its license to the
Federal Communications Commission
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on March 29, 2013, at which point the license was cancelled.
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Defunct television stations in the United States
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2013
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