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Line 105: On January 24, 2006, [[WarnerMedia|Time Warner]] and [[CBS Corporation]] announced that The WB and UPN would merge their higher-rated programs onto a new network, [[The CW]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seid |first=Jessica |date=January 24, 2006 |title='Gilmore Girls' meet 'Smackdown'; CW Network to combine WB, UPN in CBS-Warner venture beginning in September |url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner/ |website=[[CNN Business|CNN Money]] |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316043531/http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Bill |date=January 24, 2006 |title=UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/business/media/24cnd-network.html?bl |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017035638/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/business/media/24cnd-network.html?bl |url-status=live }}</ref> The news of the merger resulted in Sinclair announcing, two months later, that most of its UPN and WB affiliates, including WRDC, would join [[MyNetworkTV]], a new service formed by the [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]], which is also owner of the Fox network.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/102922-News_Corp_Unveils_My_Network_TV.php|title=News Corp. Unveils MyNetworkTV|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=February 22, 2006|access-date=June 15, 2013|archive-date=April 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417165134/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/102922-News_Corp_Unveils_My_Network_TV.php|url-status=live}}</ref> WLFL, which had been a WB affiliate since 1998, took the CW affiliation a few months later.<ref name="News060504">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92825049/wb-22-to-get-new-newscasts/|date=May 4, 2006|page=1D, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92825156/ 3D]|first=David|last=Ranii|title=WB 22 to get new newscasts|newspaper=The News & Observer|location=Raleigh, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 17, 2022}}</ref><!-- Thu --> On May 15, 2012, Sinclair and Fox agreed to a five-year affiliation agreement extension for Sinclair's 19 Fox-affiliated stations until 2017. This included an option, exercisable between July 1, 2012, and March 31, 2013, for Fox parent News Corporation to buy a combination of six Sinclair-owned stations (two CW/MyNetworkTV duopolies and two standalone MyNetworkTV affiliates) in three out of four markets; WLFL and WRDC were included in the Fox purchase option, along with stations in [[Cincinnati]] ([[WSTR-TV]]), [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]] ([[WTVZ]]) and [[Las Vegas]] ([[KVCW]] and [[ ==Technical information== | |||