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{{short description|Court TV affiliate in Charleston, West Virginia}} |
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| call_letters = WOCW-LD |
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| city = |
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| station_logo = |
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| station_branding = |
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| station_slogan = |
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| digital = 33 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]]) |
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| virtual = 21 ([[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]]) |
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| subchannels = |
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| other_chs = |
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| affiliations = '''21.1:''' [[Court TV]]<br>'''21.2:''' [[Bounce TV]]<br>'''21.3:''' [[Infomercial]]s |
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| location = [[Charleston, West Virginia]] |
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| country = United States |
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| owner = [[HC2 Holdings]] |
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| licensee = [[DTV America|DTV America Corporation]] |
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| founded = |
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| airdate = {{Start date and age|1998|10|8|p=y}}<br>''(first incarnation)''<br>{{start date and age|2019|7|11|p=y}}<br>''(current incarnation)'' |
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| enddate = {{end date|2015|1|15}}<br>''(first incarnation)'' |
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| callsign_meaning = |
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| sister_stations = |
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| former_callsigns = W53BJ (1998–2002)<br>WOWB-LP (2002–2006) |
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| former_affiliations = '''Primary:'''<br>[[The WB]] (1998–2006)<br>[[The CW]] (2006–2015)<br>[[Dark (broadcasting)|Silent]] (2015–2019)<br>'''Secondary:'''<br>[[UPN]] (2000–2006) |
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| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>53 (UHF, 1998–2005) |
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| effective_radiated_power = 15 [[kilowatt|kW]] |
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| HAAT = {{convert|206.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |
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| facility_id = 25792 |
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| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|38|28|11.9|N|81|46|35.2|W|type:landmark}}}} |
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| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] |
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| homepage = |
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'''WOCW-LD''', [[virtual channel]] 21 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]]) channel 33, is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-powered]] [[Court TV]]-[[network affiliate|affiliated]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]], [[West Virginia]], United States. The station is owned by [[HC2 Holdings]] through subsidiary [[DTV America|DTV America Corporation]]. WOCW-LD's transmitter is located near [[Poca, West Virginia]]. |
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==History== |
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The station, then known as '''WOWB-LP''', began operations not too long after [[Portsmouth, Ohio|Portsmouth]], [[Ohio]]-licensed [[WQCW]] (channel 30, which was [[The WB|WB]] affiliate WHCP-TV at the time) signed on the air in 1998. WOWB was a low-powered [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator]] of WHCP-TV, broadcasting on analog UHF channel 53. |
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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. |
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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]] (owner of [[NBC]] affiliate [[WSAZ-TV]], channel 3) after many months of being in a [[shared services]] agreement between Lockwood and Gray. |
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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. |
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On July 11, 2019, the station returned to the air as digital-only '''WOCW-LD'''. |
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==Digital channels== |
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The station's digital signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]: |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]] |
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! [[Display resolution|Video]] |
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! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]] |
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! [[Program and System Information Protocol#What PSIP does|PSIP Short Name]] |
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! Programming<ref name=rei/> |
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| 21.1 || rowspan=2|[[720p]] || rowspan=2|[[16:9]] || || Main WOCW-LD programming / [[Court TV]] |
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|- |
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| 21.2 || || [[Bounce TV]] |
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| 21.3 || [[480p]] || [[4:3]] || || [[Infomercial]]s |
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|} |
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==See also== |
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*[[WQCW]] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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*{{TVQ|WOCW}} |
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*{{BIA|WOCW|TV|LD}} |
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{{HuntingtonCharleston TV}} |
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[[Category:Television stations in the Charleston–Huntington market|OCW-LD]] |
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[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1998]] |
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[[Category:1998 establishments in West Virginia]] |
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[[Category:Court TV affiliates]] |
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[[Category:Bounce TV affiliates]] |
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