WAVY-TV
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| Portsmouth / Norfolk / Newport News / Virginia Beach, Virginia |
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| Branding | WAVY TV 10 (general) WAVY News 10 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | 10 On Your Side |
| Channels | Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 10 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 10.1 NBC 10.2 Bounce TV |
| Translators | (see article) |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | LIN TV Corporation (WAVY Broadcasting, LLC) |
| First air date | September 1, 1957 |
| Call letters' meaning | WAVY and logo are references to Atlantic Ocean or Chesapeake Bay and also sounds like "navy" [1] |
| Sister station(s) | WVBT |
| Former channel number(s) | 10 (VHF analog, 1957-2009) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1957-1959) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 280 m |
| Facility ID | 71127 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°49′14″N 76°30′41″W / 36.82056°N 76.51139°W |
| Website | wavy.com |
WAVY-TV, channel 10, is a television station licensed to Portsmouth, Virginia, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Hampton Roads area (comprising the cities of Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Newport News). WAVY is owned by the LIN TV Corporation, and is a sister station to Fox affiliate WVBT (channel 43). The two stations share studios and offices in Portsmouth, and WAVY-TV broadcasts from a transmitter in located in Suffolk, Virginia.
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Translators [edit]
In addition to its main signal, WAVY-TV is rebroadcast on seven translators.[2][3][4][5] Both W14DY-D and W18EG-D are located in the Eastern Shore of Virginia and are municipally-owned by Accomack County rather than WAVY Broadcasting, LLC and LIN TV. The Translators located in the Greater Hampton Roads area are owned and operated by WAVY Broadcasting, LLC and LIN TV.
| Call letters | Channel | City of license | Transmitter location |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKTD-CD | 17 | Portsmouth | WAVY - Driver Tower |
| WITD-CA | 23 | Chesapeake | |
| WCTX-CA | 35 | Virginia Beach | Columbus Center Building |
| WBTD-LD | 43 | Suffolk | WAVY - Driver Tower |
| WTTD-LD | 10 | Hampton | Downtown - AT&T Tower |
| W14DY-D | 14 | Onancock | |
| W18EG-D | 18.1 | Onancock |
History [edit]
WAVY-TV, the Hampton Roads area's third-oldest VHF television station, began operations on September 1, 1957. It was originally owned by Tidewater Teleradio along with WAVY radio (1350 AM, now WGPL). It originally signed-on as an ABC affiliate but swapped with then-NBC affiliate WVEC-TV in 1959 due to its radio sister's long affiliation with NBC radio. In 1968, it became the second station owned by what was then known as LIN Broadcasting. WAND in Decatur, Illinois was the first owned by the company but was sold-off to a new owner in November 2007. As a result, WAVY-TV became the earliest station acquisition that is still owned by LIN TV through various ownership changes within the company along with one name change.
In April 1989 WAVY-TV moved its current studio located on Wavy Street in downtown Portsmouth. It previously broadcast from a former farmers market in another part of Portsmouth. The studio is located across the street from the nTelos Wireless Pavilion and near or across the street from the Elizabeth River.
Shortly after WVBT became the area's The WB affiliate in 1995, WAVY began operating that station though a local marketing agreement (LMA). LIN TV came to an affiliation agreement with Fox in November 1995, and WVBT took the affiliation from original Fox affiliate WTVZ in 1998. LIN TV purchased that station out-right in February 2002. WAVY was the first in the market to broadcast a digital signal in 2001.
Digital television [edit]
Digital channels [edit]
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
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| 10.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WAVY | Main WAVY-TV programming / NBC |
| 10.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Bounce | Bounce TV |
Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display WAVY-TV's virtual channel as "10".
WAVY-TV added Bounce TV upon its launch on September 26, 2011.[6]
Analog-to-digital conversion [edit]
On June 12, 2009 at 9 in the morning, WAVY-TV's digital signal remained on channel 31 when the analog to digital conversion was completed.[7] As of October, 2012, WAVY still broadcasts an analog signal on two of its translator stations, making NBC the only major network to maintain an analog signal in the Hampton Roads area.
On August 7, 2009, WAVY began offering Mobile TV using BlackBerry.[8]
WAVY Weather Station [edit]
The WAVY Weather Station is a local cable channel, formerly seen as a digital subchannel of WAVY-TV and later WVBT-TV 43.2. The WAVY Weather Station broadcasts taped weather segments by WAVY-TV's meteorologists. It also shows live Super Doppler 10 imagery and Super Doppler 10 WeatherNet data.
The WAVY Weather Station started in 1995 as Local Weather Station, or LWS. It was one of the first 24-hour cable weather channels for LIN TV, the name was also used on other LIN-owned stations such as WISH-TV and WANE-TV. The name was changed to WAVY Weather Station in 2003.
The WAVY Weather Station was available over-the-air as a digital subchannel, but was pulled around New Year's Day 2007 when FCC rules were tightened regarding E/I programming and EAS testing and alerts on subchannels.
The WAVY Weather Station can be seen on Cox Cable digital channel 227 in the Greater Hampton Roads area.[9] The WAVY Weather Station can also be seen on other cable systems and channels across Hampton Roads, Northeastern North Carolina, Northern Outer Banks of North Carolina and the Eastern Shore of Virginia.[9]
News operation [edit]
WAVY airs thirty hours of local news a week. It operates its own weather radar, called "Super Doppler 10", at it studios. It was the first in the area to air a local broadcast at 5:30 in the morning (beginning in 1992) and added weeknight 5:00 (in 1989) and 5:30 (in 1994) newscasts.[10] It is known for being the first Hampton Roads station to use a helicopter to cover local news after introducing "Chopper 10" in 1982. The current Bell 206 Longranger helicopter has been used since 2000.[11]
When WVBT made the switch to Fox in 1998, WAVY started producing a nightly 10 o'clock newscast on that station. It was not the market's first prime time show as CBS affiliate WTKR produced a short-lived newscast on WGNT from 1995 until 1997.[12] ABC affiliate WVEC-TV also produced a prime time show on WPEN-LP from 1995 until it started LNC 4 (later LNC 5; now defunct) in 1997.[13] WVEC continued to produce a 10 o'clock news on that station until January 30, 2009. The 45-minute broadcast on WVBT is followed by the Fox 43 Sports Wrap with sports news and highlights.
On July 21, 2008 at noon, WAVY and WVBT became the first stations in the market and their station group company to produce local newscasts in high definition. This is in contrast to rival WVEC's news being produced in 16:9 digital widescreen which is not true high definition but matches the ratio of HD television screens.[14] WVBT added an hour-long extension of WAVY's weekday morning news on February 2, 2009. The show airs in an entertainment and lifestyle program format.
Until January 2007, WVBT operated a 24-hour local weather channel on its second digital subchannel. Known on-air as the "WAVY Weather Station", it is now cable exclusive to address E/I requirement concerns although listings on zap2it.com continue to show it as airing over-the-air.[15] It can be found on Mediacom channel 9, Charter channel 22, and Cox digital channel 227. There are live current conditions, updated forecasts, and a sweep of "Super Doppler 10". According to television listings on WVBT's website, it airs the "Fox AccuWeather Channel" on its second digital subchannel which contradicts zap2it.com and removal of the "WAVY Weather Station".[16]
On September 12, 2011, The Hampton Roads Show, an hour-long local lifestyle and entertainment program, moved from WVBT at 8 a.m. to WAVY at 11 a.m. With the move, weekend sports anchor Chris Reckling became co-host.[17]
News team [edit]
Current on-air staff [edit]
| Anchors | ||
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| Position | Year Joined | |
| Anita Blanton | weeknights at 5:30 p.m. | 2013 |
| Katie Collett | weekday mornings (4:30-7:00 on WAVY and 7:00-8:00 a.m. on WVBT) and weekdays at noon | 2007 |
| Stephanie Harris | weeknights at 5:30 p.m. | 2000 |
| Nicole Livas | weeknights at 5:00, 6:00, 10:00 (WVBT) and 11:00 p.m. | 2001 |
| Chris Reckling | The Hampton Roads Show co-host (weekdays at 11:00 a.m.) | 1989 |
| Don Roberts | weekday mornings (4:30-7:00 on WAVY and 7:00-8:00 a.m. on WVBT), weekdays at noon and The Bottom Line | 1989 |
| Tom Schaad | weeknights at 5:00, 6:00, 10:00 (WVBT) and 11:00 p.m. | 2007 |
| Rob Marciano | weekends at 6:00, 10:00 (WVBT) and 11:00 p.m. | -- |
| TBD | weekend mornings (6:00-8:00 a.m.) | -- |
| Super Doppler 10 Meteorologists | ||
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| Position | Year Joined | |
| Don Slater | Chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 10:00 (WVBT) and 11:00 p.m. | 1981 |
| Jeremy Wheeler | weekday mornings (4:30-7:00 on WAVY and 7:00-8:00 a.m. on WVBT) and weekdays at noon | 2004 |
| Jeff Edmondson | weekend mornings (6:00-8:00 a.m.) | 2012 |
| Tiffany Savona | weekends at 6:00, 10:00 (WVBT) and 11:00 p.m. | 2012 |
| SportsWrap | ||
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| Position | Year Joined | |
| Bruce Rader | Sports Director; weeknights at 6:00, 10:45 (WVBT) and 11:00 p.m. | 1979 |
| Ali Lucia | Reporter, weekends at 6:00, 10:45 (WVBT) and 11:00 p.m. | 2011 |
| Brian Parsons | Sports producer, reporter and fill-in anchor | 1997 |
| Reporters | ||
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| Year Joined | ||
| Ariane Aramburo | Reporter/Co-host, The Hampton Roads Show (weekdays at 11:00 a.m.) | 2011 |
| Anita Blanton | General Assignment | 2013 |
| Lauren Compton | General Assignment | 2012 |
| Andy Fox | Investigative | 1986 |
| Ava Hurdle | Senior Reporter | 1977 |
| Art Kohn | Photojournalist | 1987 |
| John Massey | "Chopper 10" | 2000 |
| Jason Marks | General assignment | 2006 |
| Anne McNamara | General assignment | 2011 |
| Liz Palka | weekday mornings (4:30-7:00 on WAVY and 7:00-8:00 a.m. on WVBT) | 2011 |
| Cheryl Tan | weekday morning traffic (4:30-7:00 on WAVY and 7:00-8:00 a.m. on WVBT) | 2003 |
Notable former staff [edit]
- Barbara Ciara, weekend co-anchor from 1983 until 1988, when she left for WVEC. Now working at WTKR.[18] Also President of the National Association of Black Journalists
- Lloyd Dobyns, news co-anchor in the 1960s with Vern Jones. Later a correspondent and anchor with NBC News (1969–1986) where he hosted the news magazine Weekend from 1974-1979. Winner of a Peabody Award.[19]
- Alveta Ewell, weeknight anchor at 6 and 11 since 1989; retired on February 26, 2013 after more than 24 years.
- Rhonda Glenn, weather reporter, talk show host and anchor in the 1960s and 1970s. Golf commentator for ABC (1978- ). First full-time national TV network female sportscaster (ESPN, February 6, 1981). Amateur golfer and author of dozens of magazine articles and books on the sport. Manager of Communications for the USGA.
- Hillary Howard, former weekend meteorologist during the late 1980s, now a host for WTOP-FM in Washington, D.C.
- Lisa Joyner, formerly at The Best Damn Sports Show Period, currently host of TV Guide Channel's inFANity.[20]
- Diana Morgan, anchor-turned-actress, seen in series such as JAG, The Bold and the Beautiful, Babylon 5 and The West Wing and films such as Titanic.
- Byron Pitts, military reporter from 1984–86, now at CBS News[21]
- Charles Pugh, anchor/reporter in the 1990s. Served as a weekend anchor and reporter at WJBK-TV in Detroit from 1999 - 2009.[22] Currently president of the Detroit City Council.[23]
- Thomas Roberts, consumer reporter/weekday afternoon co-anchor during late 1990s, former anchor at CNN Headline News, now an afternoon anchor at MSNBC.
- Marny Stanier, weekend meteorologist. Left for The Weather Channel in April 1987.
- Stan Verrett, now an anchor at ESPN and ESPNEWS, also worked for WVEC.
- Kelly Wright, now at Fox News Channel.
- Terry Zahn, joined as reporter and weekend anchor in 1981, became lead anchor in 1984, left in 1993 and joined WVEC in 1994, where he served as lead anchor until his death in 2000.
Out-of-market cable carriage [edit]
In the 1970s and 1980s, WAVY was once received as far west as Halifax and Enfield in North Carolina. Lawrenceville, Brunswick County also once carried WAVY.[24]
References [edit]
- ^ http://articles.dailypress.com/1999-05-15/features/9905150026_1_wtkr-stations-letters
- ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WKTD-CD#station
- ^ http://hamptonroads.vartv.com/
- ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=W14DY-D#station
- ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=W18EG-D#station
- ^ http://www.vartv.com/pdf/WAVY_2011_09_23.pdf
- ^ http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/dtv_wavy_analog_signal_to_continue_20090208
- ^ Eggerton, John (2009-08-07). "LIN TV Develops Blackberry App For Mobile TV Service". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
- ^ a b http://web.archive.org/web/20081026033347/http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=682213
- ^ WAVY TV 10 - News, Weather, Traffic, Sports for Hampton Roads, Virginia - North Eastern North Carolina - Our Apologies
- ^ WAVY TV 10 - News, Weather, Traffic, Sports for Hampton Roads, Virginia - North Eastern North Carolina - Chopper 10
- ^ Same Stuff On Wtkr News And Wgnt
- ^ Wvec, Wpen Team Up On Prime-Time Programming
- ^ 13News takes a wider look at life | TOP STORIES | WVEC.com | News for Hampton Roads, Virginia
- ^ http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=49031&channel=43.2&channelCnt=30
- ^ http://www.fox43tv.com/subindex/on_air/whats_on
- ^ http://hamptonroads.com/2011/09/hampton-roads-show-moves-wavytv-10
- ^ WTKR NewsChannel 3: News, Weather and Traffic in Hampton Roads and North Carolina | Barbara Ciara
- ^ VCU School of Mass Communications
- ^ Lisa Joyner Biography | TVGuide.com
- ^ http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/189254-Fifth_Estater_Byron_Pitts.php
- ^ [1]
- ^ Can Detroit's First Openly Gay Pol Save the City?
- ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/coals7/forms/search/cableSearchNf.cfm
External links [edit]
- WAVY-TV website
- WAVY-TV mobile
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WAVY-TV
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for WAVY-DT
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WAVY-TV
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