WRCX-LD (channel 40) is a low-power independent television station in Dayton, Ohio, United States. The station is owned by Ross Communications, Ltd., and its transmitter is located on Gettysburg Avenue south of Dayton.
History
The station was founded on August 24, 1987, and signed on for the first time on August 21, 1995, as WB affiliate WUCT-LP (channel 51). However, it lost the affiliation to WBDT in 1999, in part due to management trouble. WBDT's then-ownership group (ACME Communications) was run by Jamie Kellner, the founding president of The WB.
Ross Communications, owned by Dayton resident Glenn "Skip" Ross, purchased the station from Higher Calling Enterprises. At one point, the Higher Calling group was locked out of the building due to unpaid rent. The station's lone master control operator at the time, broke into the building to bring the station back on the air.
Upon taking the station over, Ross began programming to appeal to the area's minority community, and offered programming unavailable on other stations.
During the time of transition of ownership, the previous group was barred from going onto the property, while the legal battles over the license continued.