in october 2001, wpxt switched to the wb due to a monetary dispute between pegasus and fox; the wb had previously aired in off-hours on sister upn affiliate wpme (channel 35). this left maine with no over-the-air fox affiliate until april 2003, when portland's pax tv affiliate wmpx-tv (now wpfo) switched to the network and wfvx-ld signed on as the first over-the-air fox affiliate for the bangor area. in the interim, fox's primetime and children's programming was only available on cable via wfxt (which was owned by the network at the time) for those living on the new hampshire side of the market and via foxnet for those living in maine; wckd-lp (which was initially expected to serve as the network's replacement affiliate) carried the network's sports programming during that time. pegasus declared bankruptcy in june 2004 over a dispute with directv (co-owned with fox by news corporation) over marketing of the direct broadcast satellite service in rural areas. the pegasus station group was sold in august 2006 to private investment firm cp media, llc of wilkes-barre, pennsylvania for $55.5 million. eventually, cp media formed a new broadcast company, new age media.