WLOT-LP

WLOT-LP

Demise

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Station owner Anthony DiMarco suffered a fatal heart attack on February 23, 2005, at the age of 46.{{cite web |url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050228/nerw.html |title = NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush}} The stations shut down, although both licenses remained active.
Station owner Anthony DiMarco suffered a fatal heart attack on February 23, 2005, at the age of 46.{{cite web |url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050228/nerw.html |title = NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush}} The stations shut down, although both licenses remained active.


On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB were to announce their merger; their replacement [[The CW]] is carried by Nexstar-owned WWTI-DT2, ending the historical association of UPN with any Watertown low-power TV station.
On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB announced their merger; their successor [[The CW]] is carried by Nexstar-owned WWTI-DT2, ending the historical association of UPN with any Watertown low-power TV station.


As with all television station licenses in the state of New York, WLOT's and WBQZ's licenses were to expire on June 1, 2007, and license renewal applications were due February 1, 2007. As of 2008, both stations' licenses were still active, according to [[FCC]] databases, despite the stations having been [[dark (broadcasting)|silent]] for far more than a year. The FCC had listed WLOT-LP 46 as licensed to NC Partners (as of 2010, neither the WLOT calls nor the local UHF TV 46 frequency are allocated to any licensed broadcaster) but continued to list WBQZ-LP 34 as licensed to Anthony DiMarcantonio.[http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=NY&city=Watertown Watertown] fcc.gov {{dead link|date=September 2023}} As of 2011, both licenses are [[dark (broadcasting)|defunct]].
As with all television station licenses in the state of New York, WLOT's and WBQZ's licenses were to expire on June 1, 2007, and license renewal applications were due February 1, 2007. As of 2008, both stations' licenses were still active, according to [[FCC]] databases, despite the stations having been [[dark (broadcasting)|silent]] for far more than a year. The FCC had listed WLOT-LP 46 as licensed to NC Partners (as of 2010, neither the WLOT calls nor the local UHF TV 46 frequency are allocated to any licensed broadcaster) but continued to list WBQZ-LP 34 as licensed to Anthony DiMarcantonio.[http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=NY&city=Watertown Watertown] fcc.gov {{dead link|date=September 2023}} As of 2011, both licenses are [[dark (broadcasting)|defunct]].