- April 22nd, 2015, 3:52 pm
#482664
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFFP-TV
On December 1, 2011 WDRL-TV changed its call letters to WEFC-TV. The WEFC call letters were previously used by channel 38 in Roanoke (now WPXR-TV) from 1986 until 1998. In March 2012, the bankruptcy court approved the sale of WEFC to Jones Broadcasting, owner of WAZT-CA in Woodstock, Virginia and its repeaters. Jones intended to return the station to the air in August 2012; WEFC was to serve as the company's flagship station, as all of its properties were to be operated from facilities at the Crossroads Mall in Roanoke. Jones had planned to replace the station's low-power transmitter (which is being operated through special temporary authority) with a transmitter acquired from the Maine Public Broadcasting Network; however, its purchase of the station was called off in April 2013, forcing WEFC to again suspend operations. The receiver continued to find a buyer for the station;] in June 2013, a deal was reached to sell WEFC to Morning Star Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Liberty University (marking its second attempt to purchase the station).[8] The new owners changed the station's call letters to WTLU on April 11, 2014.
The call sign was changed to the current WFFP-TV on March 6, 2015.
Flamesfanva wrote:One more question for those in the knowIt received new call letters last month? I have been wondering about it too?When will the new Liberty Channel go on the air with the station they purchased in Danville? As far as I remember it will then be a must carry on Directv in the Lynchburg area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFFP-TV
On December 1, 2011 WDRL-TV changed its call letters to WEFC-TV. The WEFC call letters were previously used by channel 38 in Roanoke (now WPXR-TV) from 1986 until 1998. In March 2012, the bankruptcy court approved the sale of WEFC to Jones Broadcasting, owner of WAZT-CA in Woodstock, Virginia and its repeaters. Jones intended to return the station to the air in August 2012; WEFC was to serve as the company's flagship station, as all of its properties were to be operated from facilities at the Crossroads Mall in Roanoke. Jones had planned to replace the station's low-power transmitter (which is being operated through special temporary authority) with a transmitter acquired from the Maine Public Broadcasting Network; however, its purchase of the station was called off in April 2013, forcing WEFC to again suspend operations. The receiver continued to find a buyer for the station;] in June 2013, a deal was reached to sell WEFC to Morning Star Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Liberty University (marking its second attempt to purchase the station).[8] The new owners changed the station's call letters to WTLU on April 11, 2014.
The call sign was changed to the current WFFP-TV on March 6, 2015.
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