WFXW

WFXW
Greenville/Greenwood, Mississippi
United States
Channels Digital: 15 (UHF)
Subchannels Silent
Owner John Wagner
Operator Northwest Broadcasting
First air date November 7, 1980 (1980-11-07)
Last air date August 1, 2016 (2016-08-01)
Sister station(s) WABG-TV, WNBD-LD, WXVT-LD
Former callsigns WXVT (1980–2017)
Former channel number(s) 15 (UHF analog, 1980–2009)
Former affiliations CBS (1980–2016)
UPN (secondary, 1995–2006)
Transmitter power 330 kW
Height 269 m
Facility ID 25236
Transmitter coordinates 33°39′26″N 90°42′18″W / 33.65722°N 90.70500°W / 33.65722; -90.70500
Website www.yourdeltanews.com

WFXW is a silent television station for the Delta area of northwestern Mississippi, United States, that is licensed to Greenville. From 1980 to 2016, the station broadcast as CBS affiliate WXVT. It is licensed to broadcast a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 15 from a transmitter northeast of Shaw. Owned by John Wagner, the station is operated by Northwest Broadcasting under a shared services agreement, making it a sister station to ABC affiliate WABG-TV and low-powered NBC affiliate WNBD-LD. The station has studios on East Reed Road in Greenville. Syndicated programming on the then-WXVT included Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Divorce Court, and Judge Joe Brown. As of August 1, 2016, WFXW is silent.

WXVT's previous logo, from 2000 to 2016, before moving to WNBD-LD.

History

Its first broadcast was on November 7, 1980,[1] under the call sign WXVT. It had been a CBS affiliate for its entire existence. Before this, WJTV in Jackson had served as the default affiliate. The station was originally owned by Big River Broadcasting. Future sister station WABG was actually the Delta's original CBS affiliate when it launched back in October 1959. However, a few months later, WJTV complained that WABG was encroaching on its service area. This is because WABG's signal reaches the far northern fringes of the Jackson market. Big River Broadcasting sold the station to Lamco Communications in 1984. Lamco then sold WXVT to a local ownership group in 1991. Saga Communications purchased WXVT in 1999. David Cavileer became the VP/General Manager and remodeled the station and news set.

On May 4, 2012, an application was filed with the FCC to transfer ownership of WXVT from Saga Communications to H3 Communications. H3 Communications is owned by the adult children of Charles Harker, president of Commonwealth Broadcasting Group, which owns WABG and WNBD. On January 28, 2013, the FCC granted the sale of WXVT, and it was completed two days later.[2][3] Commonwealth then took over WXVT's operations, effectively bringing all of the Delta's Big Three network stations under the control of one company.

H3 Communications agreed to sell WXVT to Cala Broadcast Partners for $3.7 million on October 30, 2015;[4] concurrently, Cala would purchase WABG-TV, WNBD-LD, and WFXW-LD from Commonwealth Broadcasting Group.[5] Cala is jointly owned by Brian Brady (who owns several other television stations, mostly under the Northwest Broadcasting name) and Jason Wolff (who owns radio and television stations through Frontier Radio Management).[5] On November 30, 2015, Cala assigned its right to purchase WXVT to John Wagner for $100,000.[4] The sale was completed on August 1, 2016;[6] on that date, the station went off the air, with Wagner stating in a filing with the FCC that it was looking for new programming.[7]

The station changed its call sign to WFXW on June 26, 2017.

References

  1. ↑ Television & Cable Factbook 1988 Edition (PDF). 1988. p. A-587. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1538748.pdf
  3. ↑ https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101539488&formid=905&fac_num=25236
  4. 1 2 "Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License (WXVT)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License (WABG-TV)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Consummation Notice, CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, 1 August, 2016, Retrieved 10 August, 2016.
  7. ↑ Wagner, John (August 12, 2016). "Suspension of Operations and Silent Authority of a DTV Station Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
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