KFXA

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KFXA (channel 28) is a television station licensed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, serving Eastern Iowa with programming from the digital multicast network Roar. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside dual CBS/Fox affiliate KGAN (channel 2). The two stations share studios at Broadcast Park on Old Marion Road Northeast (along IA 100) in Cedar Rapids; KFXA's transmitter is located in Van Horne, Iowa. Channel 28 began broadcasting as KOCR in January 1988. The region's Fox affiliate for most of its history, the station started out on poor financial footing; its owner, Metro Program Network, was repeatedly sued for breaching various financial obligations. The station lacked the resources to build a transmitter facility adequate to broadcast beyond the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area, which was highlighted when it allowed KGAN to broadcast the NFL on Fox in 1994 because it could not serve the entire market. In October 1994, the station's financial troubles culminated in an eviction from its studios in northeast Cedar Rapids. The station's founding owner later admitted he did not have the resources to properly run the station. Second Generation acquired KOCR in 1995 and returned it to air that August as KFXA. Until 2004, it was paired with KFXB-TV (channel 40), a separately owned station in Dubuque, to provide regional coverage.…

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