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    WLOO is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi that is licensed to Vicksburg. It broadcasts on channel 41 and is affiliated with MyNetworkTV. The station was originally launched in 2003 as WUFX on channel 35 as a Fox affiliate. In 2006, it joined MyNetworkTV when that network launched. While owned by Tougaloo College, WLOO is operated through agreements with American Spirit Media and Raycom Media, which also operates several other stations in the market. WLOO shares studios with other stations in Jackson. It airs syndicated programming and had produced a local newscast until 2012 when production was taken over by another station.

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    WLOO is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi that is licensed to Vicksburg. It broadcasts on channel 41 and is affiliated with MyNetworkTV. The station was originally launched in 2003 as WUFX on channel 35 as a Fox affiliate. In 2006, it joined MyNetworkTV when that network launched. While owned by Tougaloo College, WLOO is operated through agreements with American Spirit Media and Raycom Media, which also operates several other stations in the market. WLOO shares studios with other stations in Jackson. It airs syndicated programming and had produced a local newscast until 2012 when production was taken over by another station.

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    WLOO is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi that is licensed to Vicksburg. It broadcasts on channel 41 and is affiliated with MyNetworkTV. The station was originally launched in 2003 as WUFX on channel 35 as a Fox affiliate. In 2006, it joined MyNetworkTV when that network launched. While owned by Tougaloo College, WLOO is operated through agreements with American Spirit Media and Raycom Media, which also operates several other stations in the market. WLOO shares studios with other stations in Jackson. It airs syndicated programming and had produced a local newscast until 2012 when production was taken over by another station.

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    WLOO is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi that is licensed to Vicksburg. It broadcasts on channel 41 and is affiliated with MyNetworkTV. The station was originally launched in 2003 as WUFX on channel 35 as a Fox affiliate. In 2006, it joined MyNetworkTV when that network launched. While owned by Tougaloo College, WLOO is operated through agreements with American Spirit Media and Raycom Media, which also operates several other stations in the market. WLOO shares studios with other stations in Jackson. It airs syndicated programming and had produced a local newscast until 2012 when production was taken over by another station.

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    WLOO - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    WLOO
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    WLOOistheMyNetworkTVaffiliatedtelevisionstation forJackson,MississippithatislicensedtoVicksburg.It broadcastsastandarddefinitiondigitalsignalonUHF channel41(orvirtualchannel35.1viaPSIP)froma transmitteronThigpenRoadinRaymond.Thestationcan alsobeseenonCableONEchannel9andComcast channel11.OwnedbyTougalooCollege,WLOOis operatedthroughajointsalesagreement(JSA)with AmericanSpiritMediaownedFoxaffiliateWDBDand MeTVstationsWXMSLP/WBMSCA.Inturn,allfour televisionoutletsarecontrolledbyRaycomMedia(owner ofNBCaffiliateWLBT)throughasharedservices agreement.WLOOsharesstudioswithWDBD, WXMS/WBMS,andWLBTonSouthJeffersonStreetin DowntownJackson.Syndicatedprogrammingonthis outletincludesTheOffice,30Rock,FamilyFeud,and America'sCourtwithJudgeRossamongothers.

    WLOO

    Vicksburg/Jackson,Mississippi Branding Channels Subchannels Network Owner My35 Digital:41(UHF) Virtual:35(PSIP) 35.1MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV TougalooCollege
    (operatedthroughJSAbyRaycom MediaviaAmericanSpiritMedia)

    Contents
    Firstairdate

    September29,2003 TougaLOO

    1History 2Newscast 3References 4Externallinks

    Callletters' meaning

    Sisterstation(s) WLBT,WDBD,WBMS CA/WXMSLP Former callsigns Former channel number(s) Former affiliations Transmitter power Height FacilityID Transmitter coordinates WUFX(20032013) Analog: 35(UHF,20032009) Fox(20032006) TheWB(JulySeptember2006) 981kW 598m 84253 321249.4N902256.2W

    History
    ThestationsignedonSeptember29,2003asWUFX, airingananalogsignalonUHFchannel35.Thestation wasJackson'ssecondFoxaffiliateuntilitslaunch,there wasnoovertheairaffiliateintheareabecauseWDBD haddroppedthenetworkinfavorofTheWBalmosttwo yearsearlierinOctober2001.ThroughoutitsFox affiliation,WUFXwasknownonairas"Fox35"and usedtheslogan"FoxForYou". Channel35wouldhaveofficiallybegunbroadcastingat 11inthemorningonSeptember7intimeforthestartof the2003NFLseason.However,twomembersofthe
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    towerconstructioncrewhadshotsfiredatthematthe station'sanalogtransmittersiteinEdwardsonAugust31.Asaresult,allworkwashaltedfor22dayswhile theHindsCountySheriff'sDepartmentconductedaninvestigation.Deputieseventuallydecideditwassafe fortheconstructioncrewtoresumeworkonWUFX'stransmitterandevenprovidedonsitesecurityuntilits completion. Inearly2006,itwasannouncedTheWBandUPNwouldmergetoformTheCW.Atthesametime,News Corporation(ownerofFox)madepublicanothernewnetworkcalledMyNetworkTVwouldbelaunchingas well.UPNaffiliateWRBJwasannouncedasthenewstationforTheCWwhileWUFXwouldjoin MyNetworkTV.InadvanceoftheswitchtoMyNetworkTV,WUFXandWDBDswappedaffiliations.On July3,2006,thestationtemporarilypickedupTheWBbutbeganidentifyingitselfonairas"My35"in anticipationofjoiningthenewnetwork.AfterjoiningMyNetworkTV,itcontinuedcarryingWB programminginasecondarynatureuntilthatnetworkshutdownSeptember17.Meanwhile,WDBDrejoined Foxandbecameknownonairas"Fox40".WUFXandWDBDweresoldbyJacksonTelevisionto RoundtableBroadcastinginearly2010.However,thelatter'slicenseelistingwiththeFCCstillsaysJackson Television. WUFXwasgrantedanoriginalconstructionpermitaftertheFederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC) finalizedthedigitaltelevisionallotmentplanonApril21,1997.Asaresult,thestationdidnotreceivea companionchannelforadigitaltelevisionstation.InsteadonMay4,2009,WUFXturnedoffitsanalog signalonchannel35forgoodandturnedonitsdigitalsignalonchannel41atthesametimeWDBDmade theswitch. VicksburgBroadcastingfiledtosellWUFXandWBMSCAtoAmericanSpiritMediainJuly2012.As AmericanSpiritalsoacquiredWDBDandWXMSLPfromRoundtableBroadcasting,theWUFXlicense wasthensoldfor$1toTougalooCollege,thoughAmericanSpiritoperatesthestationunderajointsales agreement.RaycomMedia,ownerofWLBT,willinturnoperatetheAmericanSpiritstationsunderashared servicesagreement.[1]TougaloointendstouseWUFXtoteachitsstudentsabouttheoperationoftelevision stations.[2]OnNovember13,thetransactiontowasconsummated.[3]OnApril15,2013,thecallletterswere changedtoWLOO.[4]

    Newscast
    InApril2010,WDBDbeganproducingaweeknighthalfhournewscastonWUFX.KnownasFox40News at10onMy35,theprogramwaspresentedinhighdefinitionandcompetedagainstlongstandingnews broadcastsseenonthemarket'sbigthreestations.AfterAmericanSpiritMediacompleteditsacquisitionof WDBDandenteredintothesharedservicesagreementwithWLBT,theFoxstation'snewsdepartmentwas shutdown.ProductionofWDBD'snewscastswasassumedbyWLBTonNovember12,2012withallofthe newsprogrammingretainedexceptforthe10p.m.showonWUFXsinceitwouldcompetewithWLBT.

    References
    1. ^Seyler,Dave(August1,2012)."TVdealingsintheJacksonMSmarket"(http://rbr.com/tvdealingsinthe jacksonmsmarket/). TelevisionBusinessReport.RetrievedAugust3,2012. 2. ^AssociatedPress(August2,2012)."TougalooCollegetoacquireVicksburgbasedTVstation"

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    (http://www.clarionledger.com/viewart/20120802/NEWS/120802046/TougalooCollegeacquireVicksburgbased TVstation?odyssey=tab). TheClarionLedger.RetrievedAugust3,2012. 3. ^http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgibin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1524273 4. ^"CallSignHistory"(http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgibin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl? Facility_id=84253&Callsign=WLOO). CDBSPublicAccess.FederalCommunicationsCommission.Retrieved April16,2013.

    Externallinks
    QuerytheFCC'sTVstationdatabaseforWLOO(http://www.fcc.gov/fccbin/tvq?call=WLOO) BIAfn'sMediaWebDatabaseInformationonWLOOTV(http://www.bia.com/Broadcast Media/Resources/StationSearch/resources_search_result.asp?calls=WLOO&media=TV) Retrievedfrom"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WLOO&oldid=569322570" Categories: MyNetworkTVaffiliates Televisionchannelsandstationsestablishedin2003 Channel35virtualTVstationsintheUnitedStates Channel41digitalTVstationsintheUnitedStates TelevisionstationsinMississippi RaycomMedia Thispagewaslastmodifiedon20August2013at03:44. TextisavailableundertheCreativeCommonsAttributionShareAlikeLicenseadditionaltermsmay apply.Byusingthissite,youagreetotheTermsofUseandPrivacyPolicy. WikipediaisaregisteredtrademarkoftheWikimediaFoundation,Inc.,anonprofitorganization.

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