WJXF-LP,

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channel 49, was a low-powered

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licensed to

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, United States. The station was owned by Equity Broadcasting.

History

WJXF began carrying LAT TV programming beginning May 30, 2007, as part of a new deal between LAT TV and Equity. It was originally announced that LAT TV would replace

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WJMF-LP. However, WJMF kept the Univision affiliation while WJXF began broadcasting LAT TV programming. Until that date, WJXF was a repeater of non-Equity

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. In December 2007, WJXF switched from LAT TV to Retro Jams, an Equity service that presents music videos, plus

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s overnight. WJXF was sold at auction to Rainey Radio on April 16, 2009. The sale closed on July 10, 2009. In October 2010, Rainey Radio filed a ''Request for Silent STA'' with the

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, citing technical and financial problems. The station's

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would be cancelled in October 2011.FCC Application Search Details for DWJXF-LP, October 25, 2011.
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References

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