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| City | Clarksburg, West Virginia |
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First air date | February 8, 1981 |
Former call signs | WLYJ (1981–1998) |
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Call sign meaning | West Virginia's Fox |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| ERP | 110 kW |
| HAAT | 212.2 m (696 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°18′2″N 80°20′36″W / 39.30056°N 80.34333°W |
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WVFX (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States, serving North-Central West Virginia as an affiliate of Fox and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Media alongside Weston-licensed CBS affiliate WDTV (channel 5). The two stations share studios on Television Drive in Bridgeport (along I-79/Jennings Randolph Expressway); WVFX's transmitter is located in an unincorporated area between Clarksburg and Arlington.
The station signed on February 8, 1981, and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 46. It was a religious independent station using the calls WLYJ (standing for "We Love You Jesus"). Much of the programming consisted of national religious evangelicals and local fund-raising appeals to continue operation of the station. In 1998, WLYJ was sold to Davis Television and converted to a full commercial operation, also becoming the area's first Fox affiliate and changing their call letters to WVFX to match. Prior to WVFX's affiliation with Fox, the network's programming was only available on cable via Pittsburgh affiliate WPGH-TV; as the market's primary NFL team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, only featured two home games on Fox as part of the network's NFC-specific package, the network's priority of affiliating with a station in the market had been low before Withers picked up the affiliation.
Davis Television sold WVFX to Withers Broadcasting in 2007. Since the Clarksburg–Weston–Fairmont market has only five full-power stations, this amount is too few to allow a duopoly under normal Federal Communications Commission (FCC) guidelines, but Withers was able to acquire WVFX under a failed station waiver issued by the FCC, as it was able to demonstrate that due to the market's conditions and channel 46's struggles to remain on the air as WLYJ and under Davis's ownership, that independent ownership was unlikely to turn WVFX around as a going concern. Withers initially maintained WVFX's on West Pike Street/SR 20 in downtown Clarksburg, merging its full operations into the WDTV facility over time. Before the digital transition and the relocation of its transmitter to WDTV's site north of Clarksburg, WVFX struggled with reception over-the-air across the market, since much of the region is a rugged dissected plateau. Most stations in the market depend primarily on multichannel video programming distributors for most of their viewership. After moving to the WDTV transmitter site with the digital transition, it began to use its new VHF channel 10 for its on-air branding, and withdrew all mention of channel 46.
Fairmont is technically the market's largest city because Morgantown (though only 20 miles (32 km) north) has the largest population of any city in the geographic area but it is part of the Pittsburgh market. Locations around Morgantown are within reach of over-the-air signals from Pittsburgh stations. Over time, availability of WPGH-TV has been withdrawn in the market in preference to WVFX due to Fox's 'one to a market' carriage policies in retransmission consent negotiations.[citation needed]
On May 13, 2016, Withers sold WVFX and WDTV to Gray Television for $26.5 million to complete its withdrawal from the television industry.[2] Gray was approved to continue owning WVFX with WDTV under the 2007 failing station waiver originally sought by Withers, and assumed operational control of the stations through a local marketing agreement on June 1.[3] The sale was completed on May 1, 2017.[4]
WDTV has carried a 10 p.m. primetime newscast on WVFX-DT1 since late 2010.
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Short name | Programming |
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| 10.1 | 1080i | WVFX-DT | Fox |
| 10.2 | CW | The CW Plus | |
| 10.3 | 480i | StartTV | Start TV |
| 10.4 | WVFXCBS | CBS (WDTV) in SD | |
| 10.5 | Grit | Grit | |
| 10.6 | Oxygen | Oxygen |
WVFX shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 46, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal broadcasts on its pre-transition VHF channel 10, and also converted their virtual channel to 10 on the same date to take advantage of that channel number's better branding potential.[6] The station shifted to transmitting on channel 13 in 2020 as a part of the FCC's spectrum reallocation, and continues to use channel 10 as its virtual channel.
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WVFX (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States, serving North-Central West Virginia as an affiliate of Fox and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Media alongside Weston-licensed CBS affiliate WDTV (channel 5). The two stations share studios on Television Drive in Bridgeport (along I-79/Jennings Randolph Expressway); WVFX's transmitter is located in an unincorporated area between Clarksburg and Arlington.
WDTV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Weston, West Virginia, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for North-Central West Virginia. It is owned by Gray Media alongside Clarksburg-licensed dual Fox/CW+ affiliate WVFX (channel 10). The two stations share studios on Television Drive in Bridgeport (along I-79/Jennings Randolph Expressway); WDTV's transmitter is located in an unincorporated area between Clarksburg and Arlington.
The following television stations operate on virtual channel 10 in the United States: K02NV-D in Sargents, Colorado K03AY-D in Ridgway, etc., Colorado K04JZ-D in Gold Hill, Oregon K04MG-D in Wedderburn, etc., Oregon K04QX-D in Townsend, Montana K06HZ-D in Paonia, Colorado K06KA-D in Fort Jones, etc., California K06PG-D in Laughlin, Nevada K07GI-D in Prospect, Oregon K07OJ-D in Snowflake, Arizona K07YJ-D in Bullhead City, Arizona K08LG-D in Silver Lake, etc., Oregon K08PE-D in Alamo, etc., Nevada K08PG-D in Indian Springs, Nevada K09VC-D in Paisley, Oregon K10BA-D in Orondo, etc., Washington K10KG-D in Tenakee Springs, Alaska K10KH-D in Shageluk, Alaska K10KM-D in Cape Girardeau, Missouri K10LJ-D in Galena, Alaska K10LU-D in Nightmute, Alaska K10MZ-D in Dolores, Colorado K10NY-D in Ismay Canyon, Colorado K10OD-D in Weber Canyon, Colorado K10OG-D in Lompoc, California K10PM-D in Breckenridge, Colorado K10QL-D in Abilene, Texas K10QX-D in Reno, Nevada K10RS-D in Aspen, Colorado K10RT-D in Beaumont, Texas K10RU-D in Salinas, California K12LS-D in Challis, Idaho K12MS-D in Elko, Nevada K12PT-D in Ryndon, Nevada K13ML-D in Hotchkiss, etc., Colorado K13NQ-D in Ruth, Nevada K13NR-D in Ely & McGill, Nevada K13QE-D in Driggs, Idaho K13QH-D in Swan Valley/Irwin, Idaho K14AL-D in Ely, Nevada K14IJ-D in Leadore, Idaho K14MC-D in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho K14QH-D in Butte Falls, Oregon K14TH-D in Williams, Oregon K15GO-D in Georgetown, Idaho K15HR-D in Mackay, Idaho K15HU-D in Lakeview, Oregon K15JZ-D in Applegate Valley, Oregon K15KE-D in Klamath Falls, etc., Oregon K15KL-D in Jacksonville, Oregon K15KN-D in Roseburg, Oregon K16BZ-D in Ruidoso, New Mexico K17BN-D in Needles, California K17GK-D in Arlington, Oregon K17II-D in Logan, Utah K17NS-D in Chloride, Arizona K18IZ-D in Grandfield, Oklahoma K18LJ-D in Dunsmuir, etc., California K18LU-D in Glendale, etc., Oregon K18MD-D in Childress, Texas K19BK-D in Lakeview, Oregon K19CY-D in Rockland, Idaho K19HH-D in Midland, etc., Oregon K19JW-D in Mauna Loa, Hawaii K20KT-D in Dora, New Mexico K20MQ-D in Rexburg, Idaho K21JI-D in Cave Junction, etc., Oregon K21NW-D in Tulia, Texas K22ND-D in Willmar, Minnesota K22NK-D in Lake Havasu City, Arizona K22NV-D in Malad City, Idaho K22OQ-D in Fort Jones, etc., California K23BV-D in Montpelier, Idaho K23DO-D in Malta, Idaho K23DX-D in Pitkin, Colorado K23FP-D in Olivia, Minnesota K23GK-D in Astoria, Oregon K24FH-D in Glide, etc., Oregon K24GE-D in Wells, Nevada K24MW-D in Clovis, New Mexico K25GM-D in Newport, Nebraska K25JW-D in Hugo, etc., Oregon K25LU-D in Mesquite, Nevada K25OM-D in Prescott, Arizona K25PO-D in Holbrook, Idaho K26FQ-D in John Day, Oregon K26HY-D in Ely, Nevada K26JR-D in Turkey, Texas K26KQ-D in Christmas Valley, Oregon K26NG-D in East Flagstaff, Arizona K26OJ-D in Tucumcari, New Mexico K27EJ-D in Colorado City, Arizona K27GM-D in Preston, Idaho K27JK-D in Glendale, Nevada K27KN-D in Alexandria, Minnesota K27OH-D in Lund & Preston, Nevada K28CS-D in Pahrump, Nevada K28GD-D in Heppner, etc., Oregon K28IH-D in Rainier, Oregon K28JM-D in Waimea, Hawaii K28JV-D in Hilo, Hawaii K28LO-D in Paisley, Oregon K28NO-D in Rogue River, Oregon K28PZ-D in Parlin, Colorado K29HB-D in Clovis, New Mexico K29JN-D in Gold Beach, Oregon K29LL-D in Phoenix/Talent, Oregon K29LO-D in Kingman, Arizona K29LY-D in Salmon, Idaho K29MD-D in O'Neill, Nebraska K29OE-D in Rochester, Minnesota K30JS-D in Yreka, California K30RA-D in Racine, Minnesota K31EA-D in Littlefield, Arizona K31HZ-D in The Dalles, etc., Oregon K31IR-D in Grays River, Washington K31IZ-D in Naalehu, Hawaii K31NE-D in Williams, Arizona K31PT-D in Soda Springs, Idaho K32DW-D in Chloride, Arizona K32EH-D in Memphis, Texas K32GD-D in Guymon, Oklahoma K32OB-D in Panaca, Nevada K32OE-D in Alamogordo, New Mexico K33FF-D in Wallace, etc., Nebraska K33KE-D in Sargents, Colorado K33OW-D in Neligh, Nebraska K33PX-D in Clarendon, Texas K34LI-D in Jean, Nevada K34LS-D in Seneca, Oregon K34NQ-D in Memphis, Texas K34QC-D in Lewiston, Idaho K35II-D in South Point, Hawaii K36AE-D in Clarkdale, Arizona K36BA-D in Burns, Oregon K36FG-D in Hood River, etc., Oregon K36GU-D in Rockaway Beach, Oregon K36OF-D in Ursine, Nevada K36OZ-D in Hakalau, Hawaii K36PE-D in Peach Springs, Arizona K36PU-D in Pioche, Nevada K36PX-D in Caliente, Nevada KAKE in Wichita, Kansas KBIM-TV in Roswell, New Mexico KBRR in Thief River Falls, Minnesota KBSL-DT in Goodland, Kansas KENV-DT in Elko, Nevada KFDA-TV in Amarillo, Texas KFNE in Riverton, Wyoming KGBY-LD in Palm Springs, California KGTV in San Diego, California KIIO-LD in Los Angeles, California KISU-TV in Pocatello, Idaho KLFY-TV in Lafayette, Louisiana KLVX in Las Vegas, Nevada KMCA-LD in Redding, California KMEB in Wailuku, Hawaii KMOT in Minot, North Dakota KNPL-LD in North Platte, Nebraska KOLN in Lincoln, Nebraska KOLR in Springfield, Missouri KOPB-TV in Portland, Oregon KQAH-LD in Maltby, Washington KQME in Lead, South Dakota KREY-TV in Montrose, Colorado KSAZ-TV in Phoenix, Arizona KSBS-CD in Denver, Colorado KSTF in Scottsbluff, Nebraska KTEN in Ada, Oklahoma KTSD-TV in Pierre, South Dakota KTTC in Rochester, Minnesota KTVE in El Dorado, Arkansas KTVL in Medford, Oregon KUHM-TV in Helena, Montana KULU-LD in Park City, Utah KULX-CD in Ogden, Utah KUVM-LD in Houston, Texas KWCM-TV in Appleton, Minnesota KWSU-TV in Pullman, Washington KWTX-TV in Waco, Texas KXNU-LD in Laredo, Texas KXTV in Sacramento, California KZSD-LP in San Diego, California KZTV in Corpus Christi, Texas W03AM-D in Harrison, Maine W04BS-D in Bethel, Maine W05DD-D in St. Francis, Maine W10DG-D in Evansville, Indiana W14DY-D in Onancock, Virginia W30ER-D in Wilmington, North Carolina W34FC-D in La Crosse, Wisconsin WALA-TV in Mobile, Alabama WALB in Albany, Georgia WAVY-TV in Portsmouth, Virginia WBIQ in Birmingham, Alabama WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio WBUP in Ishpeming, Michigan WCAU in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WCBB in Augusta, Maine WDCO-CD in Woodstock, Virginia WDIO-DT in Duluth, Minnesota WFSF-LD in Key West, Florida WGEM-TV in Quincy, Illinois WGOM-LD in Panama City, Florida WHEC-TV in Rochester, New York WILM-LD in Wilmington, North Carolina WILX-TV in Onondaga, Michigan WIS in Columbia, South Carolina WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island WJXE-LD in Gainesville, Florida WKNO in Memphis, Tennessee WMEM-TV in Presque Isle, Maine WMVS in Milwaukee, Wisconsin WPLG in Miami, Florida WRUF-LD in Gainesville, Florida WSLS-TV in Roanoke, Virginia WSWF-LD in Orlando, Florida WTAJ-TV in Altoona, Pennsylvania WTEN in Albany, New York WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Indiana WTSG-LD in Tifton, Georgia WTSP in St. Petersburg, Florida WVFX in Clarksburg, West Virginia WWCI-CD in Vero Beach, Florida WWUP-TV in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan WYGN-LD in Berrien Springs, Michigan The following stations, which are no longer licensed, formerly broadcast on virtual channel 10: K10LD-D in Dillingham, Alaska K10PL-D in Victoria, Texas K22JD-D in Madera Peak, Arizona K33CF-D in Wellington, Texas K33OS-D in Granite Falls, Minnesota K35CE-D in Canadian, Texas K36MA-D in Perryton, Texas K38KZ-D in Bovina, etc., Texas K38LK-D in Jacks Cabin, Colorado K41JT-D in Kilauea Military Camp, Hawaii K43ED-D in New Mobeetie, Texas K44CC-D in Gruver, Texas K46BY-D in Capulin, etc., New Mexico K48GI-D in Flagstaff, Arizona KBNB-LD in San Antonio, Texas KFAK-LD in Boise, Idaho KNEE-LD in Malaga, etc., Washington KRDJ-LD in Lubbock, Texas
KLJB (channel 18) is a television station licensed to Davenport, Iowa, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Quad Cities area. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting and operated by Nexstar Media Group alongside CBS affiliate WHBF-TV (channel 4) and CW station KGCW (channel 26); Nexstar's Tegna subsidiary owns ABC affiliate WQAD-TV (channel 8). KLJB, WHBF-TV, and KGCW share studios in the Telco Building on 18th Street in downtown Rock Island; KLJB's transmitter is located near Orion, Illinois. KLJB began broadcasting in 1985 as the first independent station in the Quad Cities area, owned by a group of local and out-of-area partners. The station affiliated with Fox when it launched in 1986, though it left the network in March 1988 before returning two years later because of the popularity of The Simpsons. After emerging from bankruptcy in 1990, it was purchased by Grant Communications, which owned mostly mid-market independent stations and Fox affiliates. The station began airing local news programming at the end of 1999 in a partnership with a Davenport production company that evolved into the Independent News Network, specializing in the outsourced production of local TV newscasts. Grant expanded with the launch of The WB programming in 1999, which was spun off as a separate station (KGWB-TV, now KGCW) in 2001. Black-owned Marshall Broadcasting Group acquired the station in 2014 as part of Nexstar's acquisition of Grant; Nexstar entered into a shared services agreement to provide services. Nexstar-owned WHBF began producing the station's newscast at the end of 2015. Mission purchased Marshall's stations in 2019 after the latter company filed for bankruptcy.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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