WWCW

WWCW-TV (physical 20, display channel 21) is the CW-affiliated station for the Roanoke/Lynchburg television market licensed to Lynchburg, VA. It is owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group and signed on for the first time on March 23, 1986 as independent station WJPR-TV. It became a charter affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company later that year in October. Sister station WFXR started simulcasting the station in 1993. It switched to it's current WWCW-TV callsign in 2006, even though it still simulcasted WFXR on it's analog signal and main digital signal until the digital television transition in 2009. The station transmits from Thaxton Mountain with an effective radiated power of 916,000 watts. It's transmitter is 500.3 meters above average terrain (838.7 meters above mean sea level, or 264.8 meters above ground level.) The station is also relayed on sister staion WFXR's second digital subcannel (27.2), from Poor Mountain with an effective radiated power of 695,000 watts from a transmitter 594 meters above average terrain (1,172 meters above mean sea level, or 34 meters above ground level). Despite the channel broadcasting an over the air signal on display channel 21, it was identified on air as "The CW 5" because of it's cable channel position. It has since starteed branding itself as "The CW Virginia".

Subchannels
On October 2nd, WFXR and WWCW added Bounce TV on it's 3rd subchannel. Interestingly, It shows the station ID for KBTV-DT2 in Port Arthur, Texas which also carries Bounce TV. It is owned by Deerfield Media. WWCW eventually dropped the Bounce TV simulcast and replaced it with the Laff network. Around the same time, it added Grit to it's fourth subchannel.

Unlike many CW affiliates, WWCW's main channel broadcasts in 720p rather than 1080i

"WBVA"/"The WB 5"
WFXR/WJPR operated a WB-affiliated station with the fictional callsoign "WBVA-TV" and was identified as The WB 5. It was originally a cable only station when it launched in 1997 after WFXR/WJPR's secondary UPN affiliation went full time to then-WB affiliate WDRG (now WFFP). "WBVA" was later added to WFXR/WJPR's digital subchannels when their digital signals signed on in 2003. When UPN and The WB merged in 2006, CW programming remained on both WFXR/WWCW's digital subchannels until the digital television transition in 2009. At that point, CW programming moved to WWCW's main digital channel.

Newscasts
WWCW currently (as of October 3, 2015) rebroadcasts 7 hours of local news per week from WFXR (with 1 hour each everyday). On weekdays, WWCW rebroadcasts WFXR's hour long weeknight 10:00 p.m. newscast at 2:00 a.m. the next morning. On weekends, WWCW rebroadcasts WFXR's 30-minute long weekend night 10:00 p.m. newscast at the same time. WWCW has yet to broadcast live newscasts from WFXR or otherwise.

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