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WFXR (channel 27) is a television station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Roanoke–Lynchburg market. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Lynchburg-licensed CW station WWCW (channel 21).
The FCC "History Cards" were collections of 5-by-8-inch (13 by 20 cm) index cards, maintained for each AM, FM and TV broadcasting station. They were introduced in early 1927, at the time of the establishment of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), and were taken over by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after its formation in 1934.
WPXR-TV (channel 38) is a television station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Roanoke–Lynchburg market.The station is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company, and maintains a transmitter atop Poor Mountain in unincorporated southwestern Roanoke County.
On March 23, 2015, the FCC issued a $325,000 fine against WDBJ—the largest levied against a television station in the agency's history for a one-time instance of indecent content—for a story aired on the station's 6 p.m. newscast in July 2012 for airing sexually explicit material outside of the designated safe harbor period (between 10 p.m ...
WYHR (101.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Vinton, Virginia, and serving the Roanoke metropolitan area. [2] WYHR is owned by the Bible Broadcasting Network. [3] It broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format. WYHR has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,200 watts. [4] The transmitter is on Mill Mountain in Roanoke, off Prospect ...
WWCW (channel 21) is a television station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, United States, serving as the CW outlet for the Roanoke–Lynchburg market.It is owned and operated by network majority owner Nexstar Media Group alongside Roanoke-licensed Fox affiliate WFXR (channel 27).
It was a daytimer station, required to go off the air at night. The studios were in the American Theater Building. The station later became WTOY with an R&B and Soul music format, aimed at Roanoke's African-American community. In the 2010, it switched its call sign to WFJX, airing a talk radio format, known as "Fox Radio 910."
Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WJMN-TV due to CBS's acquisition of the station's owners, Midwest Radio and Television. WJMN-TV 3: 1992-2022 (O&O from 1992-2007) ABC Semi-satellite of WFRV-TV. Disaffiliated from CBS and joined MyNetworkTV, with secondary affiliations with Nexstar-owned Antenna TV and Rewind TV.