WACX

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title: "WACX" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1982-establishments-in-florida", "independent-television-stations-in-the-united-states", "religious-television-stations-in-florida", "television-channels-and-stations-established-in-1982", "television-stations-in-orlando,-florida"] description: "Television station in Leesburg, Florida" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WACX" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Television station in Leesburg, Florida ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox television station"]

Field	Value
callsign	WACX
city	Leesburg, Florida
logo	File:WACX logo 2021.png
logo_size	240px
branding	SuperChannel Orlando
digital	7 (VHF)
virtual	55
translators	WJGV-CD 48.2 Palatka
affiliations
founded	October 28, 1977
airdate
location	Leesburg–Orlando, Florida
country	United States
former_callsigns	WIYE (1982–1988)
former_channel_numbers
owner	SuperChannel Worship Ministries, Inc.
former_affiliations	TBN (1990s–2006)
erp	49.2 kW
haat	510.5 m
facility_id	60018
coordinates
licensing_authority	FCC
website
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| callsign = WACX | city = Leesburg, Florida | logo = File:WACX logo 2021.png | logo_size = 240px | branding = SuperChannel Orlando | analog = | digital = 7 (VHF) | virtual = 55 | translators = WJGV-CD 48.2 Palatka | affiliations = | network = | founded = October 28, 1977 | airdate = | location = Leesburg–Orlando, Florida | country = United States | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = WIYE (1982–1988) | former_channel_numbers = | owner = SuperChannel Worship Ministries, Inc. | licensee = | sister_stations = | former_affiliations = TBN (1990s–2006) | erp = 49.2 kW | haat = 510.5 m | class = | facility_id = 60018 | coordinates = | licensing_authority = FCC | website =

WACX (channel 55), branded SuperChannel Orlando, is a religious independent television station licensed to Leesburg, Florida, United States, serving the Orlando area. Locally owned by SuperChannel Worship Ministries, Inc., the station maintains studios on W. Central Parkway in Altamonte Springs, and its transmitter is located near Bithlo, Florida.

WACX operates on a commercial license, even though it, like most religious stations, is supported through donations from viewers. Its schedule consists primarily of national and local religious programming.

History

WACX first signed on the air on March 6, 1982, as WIYE, operating on analog channel 55.{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Ramsey |title=TV Channel 55 finally on the air |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-tv-channel-55-final/173869881/ |access-date=June 5, 2025 |newspaper=Lake Little Sentinel |date=March 11, 1982 |location=Orlando, Florida |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com}} However, it has roots in a local Christian cable channel begun by Claud and Freeda Bowers in 1977.

Channel 55's signal originally did not make it too far out of Lake County. However, the station had grown enough that by 1987 it was able to move to a new transmitter capable of 5 million watts of power, boosting its coverage area to the entire Central Florida area. It became WACX in 1988, and began branding itself as "SuperChannel 55" because at the time it was the only station in the area airing at the maximum power allowed for a UHF station. (The WIYE calls now reside at a low-power CBS affiliate in Parkersburg, West Virginia.)

From the 1990s through September 2006, WACX was affiliated with TBN, regularly airing select programs from the network (including serving as the source feed for TBN on the Sky Angel religious satellite system as Superchannel TBN); this affiliation ceased after TBN acquired WTGL-TV (channel 52) in Cocoa, and changed its call sign to WHLV-TV. Since then, the station has regularly featured programming from The Inspiration Network (INSP) and periodically from God TV.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed: ::data[format=table title="Subchannels of WACX[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WACX#station RabbitEars TV Query for WACX]"]

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming	55.1	55.2	55.3	55.4	55.5	55.6	55.7	55.8	55.9	55.10	55.11	55.12	55.13	55.14	55.15
480i	16:9	WACX-D1	Main WACX programming
WACX-D2	Aliento Vision
WACX-D3	GEB America
WACX-D4	SonLife
WACX-D5	QVC2
WACX-D6	Victory Channel
WACX-D7	SuperChannel Classics
WACX-D8	CBN News
WACX-D9	One America Plus
WACXD10	J.U.M.P. Global Network (JUMP Ministries)
WACXD11	Aliento Vision
WACXD12	Greater Love TV
WACXD13	NRB TV
WACXD14	One America Plus
WACXD15	QVC2
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Analog-to-digital conversion

WACX shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 55, in March 2006. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 40, using virtual channel 55.{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012}}

Translator

Programming from WACX's main channel is carried on a digital subchannel of WJGV-CD (channel 48) in Palatka.

Former translators

Previously, WACX operated a network of translators which rebroadcast its signal into other parts of Florida: ::data[format=table title=""]

Area served	City of license	Callsign	Channel	Notes
Tallahassee	Madison	W03AO	3	License canceled on September 24, 2013
Tallahassee	WACX-LP	9	Sold to Restoration Place, Inc. in August 2011 (now WWRP-LP).
Tampa Bay	Lakeland	WLWA-LP	14	Went dark on June 15, 2006, after losing its transmitter site; license canceled on April 24, 2009.
Gainesville	Alachua	W69AY	69	Replaced with digital translator W40CQ-D (now WACX-LD); license canceled on March 27, 2009.
WACX-LD	32	Sold to Watchmen Broadcasting Productions International in 2022; no longer relays WACX.
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Majesty Building

Main article: Majesty Building

In 2001, Claud Bowers, the general manager of WACX, began construction of the Majesty Building, an 18-story office building in Altamonte Springs. However, no work was done on the building, which has been dubbed "The I-4 Eyesore" by many locals in the area, for over two decades. Construction largely resumed in 2018, but the building remains incomplete as of 2025.

References

References

1. (November 28, 2018). "WACX-DT 55.1 Leesburg/Orlando Program Schedule". Associated Christian Television System.
2. [http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WACX#station RabbitEars TV Query for WACX]
3. "Gospel Vision TV". Pentecostal Revival Association.
4. "Facility Details « Licensing and Management System Admin « FCC".
5. [http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0831/DOC-309302A1.pdf FCC Public Notice Report #534: "Media Bureau Call Sign Actions", August 31, 2011.] {{webarchive. link. (October 30, 2011)
6. (June 26, 2006). "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
7. Hashemzadeh, Hossein. (April 24, 2009). "Re: WLWA-LP, Lakeland, FL". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
8. "Licensing and Management System".
9. "Facility Details « Licensing and Management System Admin « FCC".
10. (July 26, 2018). "The 'I-4 Eyesore' has been under construction since 2001. It's showing glimmers of life.".

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