WWBK-LP
WWBK-LP is a silent television station located in the Richmond, Virginia television market, broadcasting on channel 39. It is owned by HC2 Holdings.
| Richmond, Virginia United States | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 28 (UHF) (to move to 25 (UHF) Virtual: 28 (PSIP) |
| Owner | HC2 Holdings |
| Licensee | HC2 Broadcasting License Inc. |
| First air date | June 9, 2002 |
| Former call signs | W39CO (2002-2014) |
| Former affiliations | TBN (2002–2012) |
| Transmitter power | 31 kW |
| Facility ID | 47696 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°30′52.00″N 77°30′28.00″W |
History
The station signed on in 2002 as W39CO by Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, Inc. as an owned-and-operated TBN affiliate.
On April 13, 2010, TBN took W39CO silent due to declining support, which has been attributed to the digital transition.[1] W39CO returned to the air on June 5, 2010.[2] On April 13, 2012, TBN sold 36 of its translators, including W39CO, to Regal Media, a broadcasting group headed by George Cooney, the CEO of the EUE/Screen Gems studios.[3] In the meantime, W39CO left the air once more, on July 12, 2012, after losing the lease to its transmitter site; the station didn't return to the airwaves after the sale to Regal Media was completed.[4]
The station was then acquired by King Forward, Inc. in early 2014.
On June 3, 2014, the station's callsign was changed to WWBK-LP.
According to its website, the Laff digital network was scheduled to be carried on the station's main channel (28.1) as of January 2016. The arrangement ended no later than October 25, 2017, when Laff moved to WRIC-TV's digital channel 8.4.
In October 2017, the station was acquired by HC2 Holdings.
Digital television
In May 2006, the FCC granted National Minority TV (a former TBN subsidiary that owned the station at the time)'s request for permission to digital flash-cut (end analog transmission and immediately began digital transmission on the same channel) the low-power analog translator for the station. The FCC gave the station until May 12, 2009 to complete the flash cut. The station has not begun digital broadcasting and continued to transmit an analog signal until going silent.
References
- "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 14, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
- "Resumption of Operations". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 8, 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- FCC document: "Asset Purchase Agreement: Trinity Christian Center Of Santa Ana, Inc. / Trinity Broadcasting Of Arizona, Inc. (Sellers) and Regal Media, Inc. (Buyer)
- "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. July 17, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.