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WXVT-LD
CityCleveland, Mississippi
Channels
BrandingDelta CBS; The Delta News
Programming
Affiliations17.1: CBS
Ownership
Owner
  • Deltavision Media
  • (Greenwood License LLC)
WABG-TV, WNBD-LD
History
First air date
  • June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)
Former call signs
  • W17DI-D (2010−2011)
  • WFXW-LD (2011−2017)
Call sign meaning
We're XV (Roman numeral 15; former channel number) Television
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
181144
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT251.3 m (824 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
33°39′26″N 90°42′18″W / 33.65722°N 90.70500°W / 33.65722; -90.70500
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitewww.deltanews.tv

WXVT-LD (channel 17) is a low-power television station licensed to Cleveland, Mississippi, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Delta area. It is owned by Deltavision Media alongside dual ABC/Fox affiliate WABG-TV (channel 6) and low-powered NBC affiliate WNBD-LD (channel 33). The three stations share studios on Washington Avenue in Greenville; WXVT-LD's transmitter is located near O'Reilly, Mississippi.

History

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On August 25, 2009, Commonwealth Broadcasting Group, owner of WABG-TV, filed an application for a low-power television station on RF channel 17, licensed to Cleveland, Mississippi. The application was granted by the Federal Communications Commission on February 25, 2010, and the station was assigned the call sign W17DI-D.[2] The call sign was changed to WFXW-LD on December 12, 2011. Although the construction permit dated to 2010, the channel 17 facility did not begin broadcasting until 2017.

Commonwealth Broadcasting Group agreed to sell WFXW-LD, WABG-TV, and WNBD-LD to Cala Broadcast Partners for $11.7 million on October 30, 2015. Cala is jointly owned by Brian Brady (who owns several other television stations, mostly under the Northwest Broadcasting name) and Jason Wolff (who owns radio and television stations through Frontier Radio Management).[3] Concurrently with this acquisition, Cala agreed to purchase WXVT from H3 Communications; a month later, it assigned its right to purchase that station to John Wagner.[4] The sale was completed on August 1, 2016.[5]

On January 1, 2017, Cable One (now Sparklight) removed channels owned by Northwest Broadcasting after the two companies failed to reach an agreement. On February 1, 2017, the channels were restored to Cable One's lineup under a new carriage deal.

On June 26, 2017, the WXVT intellectual unit was separated from the former full-power channel 15 facility and transferred to the low-power channel 17 facility. The station subsequently changed the call sign to WXVT-LD on July 7. The former channel 15 facility remained off the air and changed its call sign to WFXW on July 25. The channel 15 facility returned to the air in 2019 as an Ion affiliate. The license was sold to Total Christian Television in 2020.

In February 2019, Reuters reported that Apollo Global Management had agreed to acquire the entirety of Brian Brady's television portfolio, which it intended to merge with Cox Media Group (which Apollo acquired at the same time) and stations spun off from Nexstar Media Group's purchase of Tribune Broadcasting, once the purchases are approved by the FCC.[6] In March 2019 filings with the FCC, Apollo confirmed that its newly-formed broadcasting group, Terrier Media, would acquire Northwest Broadcasting, with Brian Brady holding an unspecified minority interest in Terrier.[7] In June 2019, it was announced that Terrier Media would instead operate as Cox Media Group, as Apollo had reached a deal to also acquire Cox's radio and advertising businesses.[8] The transaction was completed on December 17.[9]

On March 29, 2022, Cox Media Group announced it would sell WXVT-LD, WNBD-LD, WABG-TV and 15 other stations to Imagicomm Communications, an affiliate of the parent company of the INSP cable channel, for $488 million;[10] the sale was completed on August 1.[11] On April 8, 2025, Imagicomm announced that the Greenville stations would be acquired by Webb Collums' Deltavision Media;[12] the deal was consummated on August 15.[13]

Subchannel

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Subchannel of WXVT-LD[14]
Channel Res. Short name Programming
17.1 1080iWXVT-TVCBS

References

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  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WXVT-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "New LPTV Station Construction Permit Application".
  3. ↑ "Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License (WABG-TV)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License (WXVT)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Communication Notice". licensing.fcc.gov.
  6. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE-Apollo nears $3 billion deal to buy Cox TV stations -sources" Archived February 20, 2019, at the Wayback Machine from CNBC (February 10, 2019)
  7. ↑ Jessell, Harry A. (March 6, 2019). "Cox TV Valued At $3.1 Billion In Apollo Acquisition". TV News Check. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  8. ↑ Jacobson, Adam (June 26, 2019). "It's Official: Cox Radio, Gamut, CoxReps Going To Apollo". Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Cox Enterprises Announces Close of Cox Media Group Sale to Affiliates of Apollo Global Management", prnewswire.com, December 17, 2019, Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  10. ↑ Venta, Lance (March 30, 2022). "Cox Breaks Up Combined Radio/TV Cluster In Tulsa As Part Of Twelve Market Divestiture". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  11. ↑ Winslow, George (August 1, 2022). "Cox Media Group, INSP Close Deal for Sale of Cox TV Stations to Imagicomm". TVTechnology. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  12. ↑ Jacobson, Adam (April 8, 2025). "Imagicomm Finds A Buyer For Remaining Properties". Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Notification of Consummation". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. August 15, 2025. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  14. ↑ "RabbitEars TV Query for WXVT". RabbitEars. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
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