WWCW LYNCHBURG, VA

Display Channel	Video	Call Sign	Nickname	Notes
21-1	21.3	720p	DD5.1	WWCW-HD	CW	"CW Virginia"
21-2	21.4	720p	DD5.1	WFXR-HD	FOX	"WFXR"	(WFXR 27-1)
21-3	21.5	480i (w)	DD2.0	Rewind	Rewind TV
21-4	21.6	480i (w)	DD2.0	Grit	Grit
24-2	21.7	480i (w)	DD2.0	Cozi	COZI TV
24-3	21.8	480i (w)	DD2.0	Decades	Catchy Comedy

FAC-ID: 24812

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DTV-LIC:

Granted

Channel 21

LYNCHBURG, VA

0000080987 (25076f916cdf77fa016cf83c9aea0de5) - App
0000199504 (25076ff383140312018318d9b88609db) - App

1651' 938 kW DA (H)
(30.72 kW + 14.85 dB gain = 938 kW ERP)
68.7 mile contour / 14815 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 1,415,413
852' AGL; 2735' AMSL; (1026679)
0.65° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter [H-Pat] ERI ATW23H4-HTC1-20/21H
NAD83: N 37° 19' 15", W 79° 37' 57" (37.320833, -79.6325) Thaxton Mountain (VA)

Streams

TSID: 3041 (0x0BE1)
Bitrate Allocation: Variable

Digital Channel	Display Channel	Call Sign	Src ID	PMT PID	Video	Dimensions	Aspect Ratio	Video PID	Video (Mbps)	PCR PID	Audio Type	Audio PID	Audio Bitrate
21.3	21-1	WWCW-HD	1	0x0030	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0031	2 ‑ 15	0x0031	DD5.1	0x0034	384kbps
21.4	21-2	WFXR-HD	2	0x0040	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0041	2 ‑ 15	0x0041	DD5.1	0x0044	448kbps
21.5	21-3	Rewind	3	0x0050	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0051	0.5 ‑ 4	0x0051	DD2.0	0x0054	192kbps
21.6	21-4	Grit	4	0x0060	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0061	0.5 ‑ 4	0x0061	DD2.0	0x0064	192kbps
21.7	24-2	Cozi	5	0x0070	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0071	0.6 ‑ 3	0x0071	DD2.0	0x0074	192kbps
21.8	24-3	Decades	6	0x0080	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0081	0.55 ‑ 3	0x0081	DD2.0	0x0084	192kbps

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Ownership/Historical

Operator:	Nexstar Broadcasting
Licensee:	Nexstar Media Inc.
Sister:	WFXR
Analog Sign-on:	1984 (21)
Digital Sign-on:	April 2002 (20)
DTV Transition:
Certification :	Analog channel 21. Digital channel 20.
Elected Round 1 :	Elected channel 20. (Approved)
Final Channel :	Channel 20.
Last Analog:
Channel 21 :	1640' 4170 kW DA

Call Sign History:
00/00/0000	820504KE
04/04/1983	WJPR	W Jefferson-Pilot Roanoke
06/30/2006	WWCW	W W CW 5
(09/13/2022)	WWCW

Expanded History: Signed on as Independent WJPR in 1984. --/--/1986: WJPR switched from Independent to Fox. --/--/1992: Grant Media bought struggling WVFT-27 and began a simulcast of Fox as "Fox 21/27". 10/--/2001: WJPR was slated to become WBVA, WB21, but plans fell through. 04/--/2002: WJPR-DT signed on as WB "WBVA-5." (No Fox programming) Late-/2002: Moved WB from 21-1 to 21-3; put Fox "Fox 21/27" on 21-1. 01/19/2005: WJPR-DT began airing HD Fox programming on 21-1 with WB on 21-2. 09/18/2006: The WBVA subchannel changed from WB "WBVA-5" to CW "The CW 5." 10/13/2006: WWCW-DT began airing HD Fox programming on 21-2 with Fox in SD on 21-1.

Expanded History:
Signed on as Independent WJPR in 1984.
--/--/1986: WJPR switched from Independent to Fox.
--/--/1992: Grant Media bought struggling WVFT-27 and began a simulcast of Fox as "Fox 21/27".
10/--/2001: WJPR was slated to become WBVA, WB21, but plans fell through.
04/--/2002: WJPR-DT signed on as WB "WBVA-5." (No Fox programming)
Late-/2002: Moved WB from 21-1 to 21-3; put Fox "Fox 21/27" on 21-1.
01/19/2005: WJPR-DT began airing HD Fox programming on 21-1 with WB on 21-2.
09/18/2006: The WBVA subchannel changed from WB "WBVA-5" to CW "The CW 5."
10/13/2006: WWCW-DT began airing HD Fox programming on 21-2 with Fox in SD on 21-1.