WOOK-TV

WFAN-TV
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsIndependent
Ownership
Owner
  • United Broadcasting Company
  • (United TV Company)
WOOK, WFAN
History
First air date
March 5, 1963 (1963-03-05)
Last air date
  • February 12, 1972 (1972-02-12)
  • (8 years, 344 days)
Former call signs
WOOK-TV (1963–1968)
Call sign meaning
Adopted from WFAN radio
Technical information
ERP245 kW[1]
HAAT330 ft (101 m)
Transmitter coordinates38°57′17″N 77°00′17″W / 38.95472°N 77.00472°W / 38.95472; -77.00472

WOOK-TV was a television station that broadcast on channel 14 to Washington, D.C., United States. Operating from 1963 to 1972 (using the WFAN-TV call sign from 1968 to 1972), it was the first television station in the United States to orient its entire programming to an African-American audience,[2]: 1  along the lines of co-owned WOOK radio. Mounting license troubles for the United Broadcasting station group, economic difficulties faced by independent and UHF stations, and an inability to upgrade channel 14's facilities to be competitive in the market led to the closure of WFAN-TV on February 12, 1972.

  1. ^ "WFAN-TV" (PDF). Television Factbook. 1970–1971. p. 142-B (144). Retrieved December 5, 2019.
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