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485:, especially one of Wilmington's size. For most of its first 20 years in television, ABC, as the smallest and weakest of the Big Three networks, was relegated to secondary status on existing stations in most two-station markets. However, at the time channel 3 signed on, no ABC affiliate put even a grade B signal into Wilmington. In contrast,
549:–based Price Communications Corporation for $ 60 million; the sale was approved by the FCC on June 23. In 1988, Price sold WWAY to Adams Communications. Adams then sold the station to CLG Media in 1993, who then flipped it to Hillside Broadcasting in 1995. Hillside then sold WWAY to Cosmos Broadcasting, a subsidiary of the
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Winnabow. The tower was replaced with one nearly 2,000 feet (610 m) tall. As part of the divestiture of the company's newspaper and television properties, on April 30, 1987, Clay sold its WWAY and its four sister television stations—NBC affiliates KJAC-TV (now
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January 2015. On March 30, 2016, CBS announced that it would move its local affiliation to WWAY-DT2 from WILM-LD on January 1, 2017. The move shifted Cape Fear CW to 3.3, thereby bumping Cozi TV from that spot.
553:, in 1999. That company sold off its insurance interests two years later, bringing WWAY directly under the Liberty banner. In 2004, WWAY, following the lead of then-owner Liberty's ABC-affiliated stations, preempted a showing of the 1998 movie
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647:. This is the first competition to
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868:"Facility Technical Data for WWAY"
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1254:"RabbitEars TV Query for WWAY"
1057:Jones, Dow (January 1, 1999).
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264:"Wonderful Watching All Year"
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682:Notable current on–air staff
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1227:. WWAY. April 29, 2018.
319:Transmitter coordinates
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1008:"COMPANY NEWS; BRIEFS"
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1189:Variety
827:Scripps
796:WWAY-CW
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1397:, 6.4
1395:The365
1393:, 6.3
1391:Bounce
1389:, 6.2
1375:, 3.5
1371:, 3.4
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1363:, 3.2
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1474:Ind.
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