History of FPA |


| Oct 1981 | FCAC officially incorporated
as a 501 C 3 |
| Oct 1982 | FCAC signs contract with Media
General (now Cox Cable) |
| June 1983 | FCAC sets up temporary offices
at James Lee Media Center |
| July 1983 | FCAC hold first training workshop |
| Sep 1983 | FCAC's Channel 10 premiers |
| Jan 1984 | FCAC moves to NVCC's Annandale
Campus |
| May 1984 | FCAC programming beings to air
Mon. - Fri., 3 hours per day |
| Nov 1985 | FCAC presents the first "Telly
Awards" |
| Fall 1986 | FCAC programming extends to
7 days a week |
| Jan 1989 | FCAC programming debuts on Warner
Cable in Reston |
| Oct 1991 | FCAC's WCXS Radio debuts |
| Dec 1991 | FCAC moves to current Merrifield
location on Eskridge Road |
| Summer 1992 | FCAC's programming extends to
15 hours |
| Spring 1993 | FCAC's information channel
- FAN-37 - debuts |
| Summer 1994 | FCAC's becomes and internet
provider as "Access America" |
| Oct 1994 | FCAC's International Channel
30 debuts |
| May 1995 | FCAC's WRLD-Radio debuts on
Channel 30 |
| Oct 1996 | FCAC's WCXS changes call letters
to WEBR and goes on-line |
| May 1998 | FCAC's WEBR upgrades to all-digital
format in a new studio |
| May 2000 | FCAC purchases the building
at 2929 Eskridge Road |