Lockwood Broadcasting Group
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Lockwood Broadcasting Group is a television broadcasting company that owns three television stations. Two stations are CW Network affiliates. The third is a NBC affiliate which carries the CW on a digital subchannel.
Lockwood Broadcasting main offices is located in Hampton, VA with offices in Richmond, VA.
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[edit] History
Lockwood Broadcasting began operations in the early 1990s by upstarting a television station WPEN.[1] In 1997, Lockwood purchased WAWB, then The WB affiliate from Bell Broadcasting, LLC. changing the call letters to WUPV and affiliation to UPN. Late 1990s, early 2000, Lockwood purchased KTEN, once an ABC affiliate, became an NBC affiliate, and also brought UPN affiliate WHDF in 2004.[2]
On January 24, 2006, the UPN and WB networks announced that they would merge into a new network called The CW. On April 4, 2006, Lockwood Broadcasting announced that they have signed affiliation deals with The CW to become affiliates on the new network.
Before the launch of The CW, in August 2006, Lockwood Broadcasting sold WUPV to Southeastern Media Holdings, a division of Raycom Media.
[edit] Stations operated by Lockwood Broadcasting
| Current DMA# | Market | Station | Channel (Analog) | Channel (Digital) | Current Affiliation | Acquired | Notes |
| 65. | Charleston, West Virginia | WQCW | 30 | 17 | CW | 2007 | Was The WB until September 2006. |
| 83. | Huntsville, Alabama | WHDF | 15 | 14 | CW | 2004 | Was UPN until September 2006. |
| 161. | Ada, Oklahoma / Ardmore, Oklahoma / Sherman, Texas / Denison, Texas | KTEN | 10 | 26 | NBC/CW | 1998 | NBC programming carried on primary channel, CW on digital channel DT2. |
[edit] Stations once owned by Lockwood Broadcasting
| Current DMA# | Market | Station | Channel (Analog) | Channel (Digital) | Current Affiliation | Years Owned | Notes |
| 42. | Hampton, Virginia | WPEN-LP | 68 | Early or Late 1990s | Was MTV2 affiliate, now defunct. | ||
| 59. | Richmond, Virginia | WUPV | 65 | 47 | CW | 1997-2006 | Was UPN until September 2006. Now owned by Southeastern Media Holdings |
