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Toledo Fox-affiliate WUPW will reportedly lay off 63 employees when the station changes ownership this spring.

The Toledo Blade reports that Ohio state officials have been informed of planned layoffs at WUPW when a deal for the station between American Spirit Media and LIN Media is finalized in the coming months.

American Spirit, a Charlotte-based company run by Thomas Henson, who owns a handful of stations across the country, is buying WUPW from LIN for $22 million.  LIN has owned and operated the station since 2002. Read more

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LIN Media is selling WUPW, the Fox-affiliate in Toledo, to a subsidiary of American Spirit Media for $22 million, according to the Toledo Blade.

WUPW has been owned by LIN Media since 2002. The company said in a statement they had “filed an application with the FCC to assign WUPW-TV’s license to WUPW License Subsidiary LLC, an indirect subsidiary of American Spirit Media.”

American Spirit Media is a Charlotte-based company owned by Thomas Henson. Henson also owns WXTX in Columbus, WSFX in Wilmington, WUPV in Richmond and KYOU in Ottumwa, IA.