Operator : Nexstar Broadcasting Licensee : NEXSTAR BROADCASTING, INC. Analog Sign-on: 1984 (21) Digital Sign-on: April 2002 (20) Repack: Form 387 : 0000081659 Form 399 : 0000028800 DTV Transition: Certification : Analog channel 21. Digital channel 20. Elected Round 1 : Elected channel 20. (Approved) Final Channel : Channel 20. Last Analog: Channel 21 : 1640' 4170 kW DA Call Sign History: 820504KE 04/04/1983 WJPR W Jefferson-Pilot Roanoke 06/30/2006 WWCW W W CW 5 WWCW <b>Expanded History:</b><br /> Signed on as Independent WJPR in 1984.<br /> <b>--/--/1986:</b> WJPR switched from Independent to Fox.<br /> <b>--/--/1992:</b> Grant Media bought struggling WVFT-27 and began a simulcast of Fox as "Fox 21/27".<br /> <b>10/--/2001:</b> WJPR was slated to become WBVA, WB21, but plans fell through.<br /> <b>04/--/2002:</b> WJPR-DT signed on as WB "WBVA-5." (No Fox programming)<br /> <b>Late-/2002:</b> Moved WB from 21-1 to 21-3; put Fox "Fox 21/27" on 21-1.<br /> <b>01/19/2005:</b> WJPR-DT began airing HD Fox programming on 21-1 with WB on 21-2.<br /> <b>09/18/2006:</b> The WBVA subchannel changed from WB "WBVA-5" to CW "The CW 5."<br /> <b>10/13/2006:</b> WWCW-DT began airing HD Fox programming on 21-2 with Fox in SD on 21-1. Station has no translators.