WOCW-LP
| Charleston/Huntington, West Virginia United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Charleston, West Virginia |
| Channels | Digital: 21 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Silent/Future station |
| Owner | DTV America Corporation |
| First air date | October 8, 1998 |
| Last air date | January 15, 2015 |
| Former callsigns |
W53BJ (1998–2002) WOWB-LP (2002–2006) |
| Former affiliations |
The WB (1998–2006) The CW (2006–2015) UPN (secondary, 2000–2006) |
WOCW-LP is a low-powered television station that is licensed to Charleston, West Virginia.
History
The station, known as WOWB-LP, began operations not too long after WQCW (which was WB affiliate WHCP-TV at the time) signed on the air in 1998. WOWB 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 Television Network in September 2006. After joining 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) after many months of being in a shared services agreement between Lockwood and Gray.
On January 15, 2015 the station was sold to DTV America Corporation from the owners of WQCW for a token payment of $100.00. Upon completion of the sale, the station will cease its repeater role and be affiliated with a smaller network, which is to be announced.