After the FCC's Sixth Report and Order ended the license freeze and opened the UHF band in 1952, it devised a plan for allocating VHF licenses.

But it began to prosper in 1957 when the Federal Communications Commission granted it a VHF license.

After the FCC opened the UHF band in 1952, it devised a plan for allocating VHF licenses.

This created a large "doughnut" in central Texas where there could only be one VHF license.

Queen City Broadcasting was awarded Seattle's last remaining VHF license in 1958.

With the release of the FCC's Sixth Report and Order in 1952, the Commission outlined a new allocation table for VHF licenses and opened up the UHF band.

This created a huge "doughnut" in central South Carolina where there could be only one VHF license.

Most markets received two commercial VHF licenses plus a noncommercial VHF license.

This created a large "doughnut" in Northwestern Arkansas where there could be only one commercial VHF license plus a noncommercial license (eventually occupied by AETN's KAFT).

The New Jersey Coalition for Fair Broadcasting had been trying since its inception in 1971 to get a VHF license for the state.