WRLH-TV
Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate in Richmond, Virginia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WRLH-TV (channel 35), branded on-air as Fox Richmond, is a television station in Richmond, Virginia, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, it has studios on Westmoreland Street in the North Side area of Richmond, and its transmitter is located at Bon Air near the studios of PBS member stations WCVE-TV and WCVW.
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Branding | Fox Richmond; MyTV Richmond (DT2) |
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Founded | October 20, 1980 (1980-10-20) |
First air date | February 20, 1982 (42 years ago) (1982-02-20) |
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Call sign meaning | Richmond, Loving and Hudson[1] |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 412 |
ERP | 1,000 kW |
HAAT | 327.7 m (1,075.1 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°30′45.6″N 77°36′4.8″W |
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WRLH-TV was the third station owned by the TVX Broadcast Group when it went on the air in 1982. It was the first independent station in the Richmond market; TVX sold it in 1985, marking the first of five changes of ownership in four years. During that time, the station became Richmond's Fox affiliate when the network launched in 1986. In 1988, Act III Broadcasting acquired WRLH-TV and simultaneously purchased the programming inventory of its only competitor, WVRN-TV, which then shut down for good. Sinclair has owned WRLH-TV since 1998. NBC affiliate WWBT produces 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. newscasts for air on WRLH-TV.