The present station on channel 55 first signed on the air on October 21, 1994, as WFVT, an independent station owned by Indiana-based Family 55. Capitol Broadcasting Company, then owner of WJZY, operated the station under a local marketing agreement. WJZY had the rights to a large amount of syndicated programming, but didn't have nearly enough time to air it. WFVT's arrival offered a solution. Under the terms of the LMA, WJZY bought WFVT's entire broadcast day, and aired most of its surplus syndicated programming on WFVT.