WWBK-LP


WWBK-LP is a silent television station located in the Richmond, Virginia television market, broadcasting on channel 39. It is owned by HC2 Holdings.

History

The station signed on in 2002 as W39CO by Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, Inc. as an owned-and-operated TBN affiliate.
On April 13, 2010, TBN took W39CO silent due to declining support, which has been attributed to the digital transition. W39CO returned to the air on June 5, 2010. On April 13, 2012, TBN sold 36 of its translators, including W39CO, to Regal Media, a broadcasting group headed by George Cooney, the CEO of the EUE/Screen Gems studios. In the meantime, W39CO left the air once more, on July 12, 2012, after losing the lease to its transmitter site; the station didn't return to the airwaves after the sale to Regal Media was completed.
The station was then acquired by King Forward, Inc. in early 2014.
On June 3, 2014, the station's callsign was changed to WWBK-LP.
According to its website, the Laff digital network was scheduled to be carried on the station's main channel as of January 2016. The arrangement ended no later than October 25, 2017, when Laff moved to WRIC-TV's digital channel 8.4.
In October 2017, the station was acquired by HC2 Holdings.

Digital television

In May 2006, the FCC granted National Minority TV 's request for permission to digital flash-cut the low-power analog translator for the station. The FCC gave the station until May 12, 2009 to complete the flash cut. The station has not begun digital broadcasting and continued to transmit an analog signal until going silent.