WLOX-TV ABC CBS Bounce history

WLOX's original TV studios on the ground floor of the beachfront Buena Vista Hotel were completely ruined in 1969 by the storm surge of Hurricane Camille, which was 8 feet (2.4 m) higher than any previous known storm.

WVUE-TV in New Orleans had been on channel 13, and shifted to channel 12 (it did not move to its current channel 8 until 1970) in order to accommodate the new Biloxi license.

New Orleans' ABC affiliate at the time, WVUE (now a Fox affiliate and sister station), preempted moderate amounts of ABC programming until 1978, including most of ABC's daytime soap operas.

In 1993, along with all other ABC affiliates in Mississippi, WLOX refused to air NYPD Blue due to decency concerns.

Rival WXXV, by then a Fox affiliate, picked up the show in 1994.

The Love family sold WLOX to the Liberty Corporation in March 1995.

Originally part of its Cosmos Broadcasting division, it came directly under the Liberty banner following the company's exit from the insurance business in 2000.

The station has also never aired the 2004 ABC broadcast of Saving Private Ryan, much as other ABC affiliates do.

In 2005, WLOX remained on the air during Hurricane Katrina, even though its studios were heavily damaged in the storm.

Liberty would eventually merge with Raycom Media in 2006.

The Weather Channel series Storm Stories featured this during an August 2009 episode.

Footage of its building being damaged and the move to a temporary studio were part of Storm Stories on June 5, 2010.

In March 2012 during the station's 50th anniversary celebration, WLOX began airing a vague promotional advertisement alluding to having an "eye" on the future with the CBS "eyemark" logo in the background of the spot.

In late 2017, the CBS subchannel was upgraded to high definition, albeit in 720p rather than the network's recommended 1080i format to preserve bandwidth.

The sale was approved on December 20 and completed on January 2, 2019.