WUPW

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WUPW (channel 36) is a television station in Toledo, Ohio, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Gray Media alongside ABC/CW affiliate WTVG (channel 13) and Findlay-based WFND-LD (channel 19). WUPW and WTVG share studios on Dorr Street (SR 246) in Toledo; WUPW's transmitter is located on Corduroy Road in Oregon, Ohio. WUPW began broadcasting on September 22, 1985, as the Toledo area's first independent station, built by a consortium of Toledo investors including the former president of WDHO-TV. It affiliated with Fox when the network debuted in 1986 and otherwise offered a popular lineup of movies and syndicated programs. In 1993, it was sold to Ellis Communications, under whose ownership WUPW contracted with local CBS affiliate WTOL (channel 11) for a 10 p.m. local newscast beginning in January 1996. The newscast was not as successful in the ratings as comparable programs in other cities. WTOL continued to produce news for WUPW until 2000, when then-owner Sunrise Television brought news production in-house. Under Sunrise and its successor LIN Television, WUPW saw ratings increases and expanded with an early evening newscast at 4 (later 6:30) p.m. In 2012, WUPW was sold to American Spirit Media, a company that contracted with Raycom Media–owned stations for services.…

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