air. To make matters worse, the FCC had granted the cable company's petition to remove W21BF from its systems because it could not receive a strong enough signal at its headend in 1998. The matter went to court, where W21BF, Futronics and land owner Sandusky County attempted to resolve the complicated legal situation that had arisen. The suit was dropped when Futronics revealed an embarrassing bombshell: that W21BF was operating on an expired license and had not filed for renewal. As station officials scrambled to rectify their omission, the county, which purchased the tower, refused to let channel 21 use it; the station never returned to the air. References Television stations in Ohio Defunct television stations in the United States Television channels and stations disestablished in 1999 Television channels and stations established in 1989 1989 establishments in Ohio 1999 disestablishments in Ohio 21BF