- WVRN
WVRN Channel 63 was a
television station in theRichmond, Virginia television market. It was on the air from1983 to September1988 , first as a religious station, then a general entertainmentindependent station .History
The
Christian Broadcasting Network received a construction permit for a television station in Richmond in1980 . The station was to adopt a general entertainment format with cartoons, sitcoms and westerns, as well as religious shows. It was also to runThe 700 Club three times a day.However, CBN then donated the station to National Capital Christian Broadcasting, which launched the station in
1983 as WRNX. It aired religious programming previously shown onWRLH-TV .National Capital sold WRNX to Sudbrink Broadcasting in summer
1985 . The station changed call letters to WVRN, and took on a general entertainment format, competing directly against WRLH. Both stations became increasingly unprofitable, and Sudbrink soon encountered financial problems, filing forchapter 11 bankruptcy in late1986 . WVRN was subsequently sold toAct III Broadcasting in1987 .In an attempt to boost WRNX's ratings, Act III offered to buy WRLH's programming, on the condition that WRLH be sold to a different owner and converted to a non-commercial operation. Gillett (WRLH's owner) declined, but instead offered to sell WRLH outright to Act III.
Act III took over WRLH in September
1988 , and moved WVRN's programming to that station. WVRN was then shut down, and its license was returned to the FCC, which then proceeded to delete the license.
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