According to its filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Urban America Television experienced liquidity needs which severely hampered its ability to continue operations, and eventually lost the ability to pay for satellite and uplinking services, along with
master control at the network level, effectively curbing the network's operations any further. As a result, on May 1, 2006, Urban America Television suspended all operations indefinitely, eventually hoping to return if refinancing allowed it to return to the air, though this never occurred. In response to UATV's unexpected termination, many affiliates were forced to find alternative sources of programming. Competing networks such as
America One and religious
3ABN benefited from the failure of UATV, and stations such as
WUHQ-LP in
Grand Rapids, Michigan and
WONS-LP in
Olean, New York, simply changed to other minor networks. The digital age and the rise of subchannel networks with a much higher quality selection of programming and on-air production, including
Bounce TV, also did in the majority of pre-digital minor networks, a fate likely to have befallen UATV even if survived into the digital age. ==See also==