WOCW-LD

WOCW-LD

Charleston, West Virginia United States
Channels	Digital: 33 (UHF) Virtual: 21
Programming
Affiliations	21.1: Novelisima 21.2: NTD TV 21.3: getTV 21.4: Twist 21.5: Shop LC 21.6: Classic Reruns TV
Ownership
Owner	HC2 Holdings (DTV America Corporation)
History
First air date	October 8, 1998 (23 years ago) (1998-10-08) (first incarnation) July 11, 2019 (2 years ago) (2019-07-11) (current incarnation)
Last air date	January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15) (first incarnation)
Former call signs	W53BJ (1998–2002) WOWB-LP (2002–2006) WOCW-LP (2006–2019)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 53 (UHF, 1998–2005) 21 (UHF, 2005–2019)
Former affiliations	Primary: The WB (1998–2006) The CW (2006–2015) Silent (2015–2019) Secondary: UPN (2000–2006)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	25792
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	206.5 m (677 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°28′11.9″N 81°46′35.2″W / 38.469972°N 81.776444°W / 38.469972; -81.776444
Links
Public license information	Profile LMS

WOCW-LD, virtual channel 21 (UHF digital channel 33), is a low-power Novelisima-affiliated television station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, 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 (owner of NBC affiliate WSAZ-TV, channel 3) after many months of being in a shared services 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[]

• BIAfn's Media Web Database — Information on WOCW-LD