WCKD-LP
| Bangor, Maine | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Analog: 30 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | TBN |
| Owner | Western Family Television |
| Founded | March 11, 1991 |
| Call letters' meaning | Wicked Good TV |
| Former affiliations | PBS (1990s-2001) UPN (2001-05) Fox Sports (2000s) Jewelry Television (2005-06) |
WCKD-LP is a low power television station in Bangor, Maine. Its signal originates from a transmitter in East Eddington, Maine, and is seen on UHF channel 30. The station is not carried on any local cable systems.
[edit] History
The station was launched in the mid-1990s under the call sign W30BF as part of MPBN Plus, Maine's secondary public television network. When MPBN Plus folded, W30BF was sold to James McLeod, owner of Pax (now Ion) affiliate WBGR-LP. McLeod subsequently executed a Local Marketing Agreement (LMA) with ABC affiliate WVII-TV, who changed changed channel 30's call sign to WCKD-LP in April 2001 and affiliated the station with UPN. After Portland's WPXT dropped its Fox affiliation for The WB in 2001, WVII negotiated with Fox to convert WCKD to Fox. However, UPN threatened legal action for breach of its affiliation agreement, and WVII abandoned its plans to convert WCKD to Fox. However, WCKD did air Fox Sports programming, including Super Bowl XXXVI. WVII then launched WFVX-LP/Channel 22 in 2003, which became the Fox affiliate. WFVX inherited WCKD's syndicated programming, leaving the station airing UPN programming and Jewelry Television. WCKD remained a UPN affiliate until early 2005, when it began to air programming from Jewelry Television fulltime. Control of WCKD reverted back to James McLeod when the LMA terminated. In 2006, the station became a TBN affiliate, even though TBN already owned a repeater (W36CK) in the market.
In 2007, James McLeod sold WCKD to Western Family Television.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ BIA Financial Networks (April 30, 2007). "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6437571.html. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
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