WRLH-TV

WRLH-TV
Channels
BrandingFox Richmond; MyTV Richmond (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedOctober 20, 1980 (1980-10-20)
First air date
February 20, 1982
(42 years ago)
 (1982-02-20)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 35 (UHF, 1982–2009)
  • Digital: 26 (UHF, 2004–2019)
Call sign meaning
Richmond, Loving and Hudson[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID412
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT327.7 m (1,075.1 ft)
Transmitter coordinates37°30′45.6″N 77°36′4.8″W / 37.512667°N 77.601333°W / 37.512667; -77.601333
Links
Public license information
Website

WRLH-TV (channel 35), branded on-air as Fox Richmond, is a television station in Richmond, Virginia, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, it has studios on Westmoreland Street in the North Side area of Richmond, and its transmitter is located at Bon Air near the studios of PBS member stations WCVE-TV and WCVW.

WRLH-TV was the third station owned by the TVX Broadcast Group when it went on the air in 1982. It was the first independent station in the Richmond market; TVX sold it in 1985, marking the first of five changes of ownership in four years. During that time, the station became Richmond's Fox affiliate when the network launched in 1986. In 1988, Act III Broadcasting acquired WRLH-TV and simultaneously purchased the programming inventory of its only competitor, WVRN-TV, which then shut down for good. Sinclair has owned WRLH-TV since 1998. NBC affiliate WWBT produces 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. newscasts for air on WRLH-TV.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rich820207 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRLH-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.