 The station was founded January 11, 1982 and went silent on February 8, 2007 due to financial difficulties.ETC's license to operate the station was canceled by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on March 12, 2009 due to failure to transmit for a period of twelve consecutive months.The FCC granted a construction permit to Alabama Management Company on January 11, 1982, to build a full-service television station to serve Florence, Alabama on UHF channel 26.