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WSVI
WSVI Logo.png
Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Branding WSVI ABC 8 USVI HD
Slogan The Virgin Islands Very Own: NewsChannel 8"
Channels Digital: 20 (UHF)
Subchannels 8.1 ABC
Translators WFIG-LP 5 Charlotte Amalie
WZVI 43.1 Charlotte Amalie
Owner Figgie Family Equity Fund Ltd.
(sale pending to Atlas News and Information Services Inc.)
(Alpha Broadcasting Corporation)
First air date November 10, 1965
Call letters' meaning United States Virgin Islands
Former channel number(s) 8 (1965-2009, analog)
Transmitter power 1.1 kW
Height 312 m
Class Full service
Facility ID 2370
Transmitter coordinates 17°45′13.7″N 64°47′54.5″W / 17.753806°N 64.798472°W / 17.753806; -64.798472
Website WSVI.tv

WSVI is an ABC-affiliated, full-power television station in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands transmitting over digital channel 8.1. The station is owned by the Figgie Family Equity Fund.

WSVI has a satellite, WZVI channel 43, in Charlotte Amalie, as well as an analog translator, WFIG-LP channel 5.

The station signs off after Jimmy Kimmel Live nightly at 2:05am AST (1:05 am AST March to November) and does not air overnight programming over their broadcast signal. A majority of the station's non-network schedule consists of paid programming outside of required E/I programming and their weeknight-only 11 pm local newscasts. This is likely because the U.S. Virgin Islands receives other broadcast networks and superstations from the mainland via cable and satellite, thus the need for WSVI to maintain a full broadcast schedule of syndicated programming outside of network hours for island residents and tourists is negated, since those stations usually contain that syndicated programming in their schedules.

WSVI's newscasts are available online via their YouTube channel.

In April 2011, the Figgies agreed to sell the station to Atlas News and Information Services of Las Vegas, Nevada, pending FCC approval.[1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ TV Newscheck: "Full-Power TV On St. Croix Goes For $350K", May 2, 2011
  2. ^ FCC Document: "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE" for WSVI, dated April 28, 2011.

[edit] External links
Saint Thomas, USVI

WFIG-LP 5 (ABC) • WTJX (12.1 PBS) • WVGN-LP 14 (NBC) • WVXF (17.1 LWN) • WMNS-LP 22 (TV2/CBS) • W29CB 29 (3ABN) • WBIV-LP 38 (Ind) • WZVI (43.1 ABC)
Saint Croix, USVI

W05AW 5 (PBS) • WSVI (8.1 ABC) • WCVI (23.1 The CW) • WJWM-LP 34 (Ind) • WEYA-LP 52 (Ind) • WEON-LP 60 (Fox)
British Virgin Islands
Local cable channels
Defunct stations

WBNB 10 (CBS, Saint Thomas) • WVIF 15 (Pax/Ind, Saint Croix)
ABC Network Affiliates in the U.S. Territories
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