WVBK-CA
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| Manchester, Vermont | |
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| City of license | Manchester, Vermont |
| Branding | Outside Television, TV12/20 |
| Slogan | Your Guide to Southern Vermont |
| Channels | Analog: 2 (VHF) |
| Translators | 47 WVBQ-LP Newport - Charlestown, NH |
| Affiliations | Outside Television |
| Owner | Vision 3 Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Founded | January 24, 1996 |
| First air date | 1998 |
| Call letters' meaning | W Vision Broadcasting (owner) K = disambiguation from former sister station WVBG-LP |
| Former callsigns | W49BU (1996-1998) WVBK-LP (1998-2003) |
| Former affiliations | UPN (1998-2000) |
| Transmitter power | 4 W |
| Class | Class A |
| Facility ID | 26996 |
| Website | www.wvbktv.com |
WVBK-CA is the Outside Television affiliate for southern Vermont, licensed in Manchester. The station's over-the-air transmissions are on VHF channel 2, with no digital signal; the 12 and 20 in WVBK's branding refer to its cable slots (as the station's effective radiated power is very low for a Class A station). WVBK is owned by Vision 3 Broadcasting. Programming is also seen on WVBQ-LP channel 47 in Newport and Charlestown, New Hampshire.
[edit] History
WVBK signed on in 1998 as a repeater of WVBG-LP, then Albany, New York's UPN affiliate. It originally broadcast on UHF channel 49, not moving to channel 2 until late 2003. UPN programming ceased to appear on WVBK in 2000, after WVBG lost its affiliation to an Albany cable channel, WEDG-TV, and the station eventually picked up the Resort Sports Network (the predecessor to Outside Television). In the early 2000s, Vision 3 sold off WVBG and its other repeater, WVBX-LP, and WVBK became a separate station. WVBQ signed on in 2006 as a satellite of WVBK.
Vision 3 filed to sell WVBK and WVBQ to New Hampshire 1 Network, a company controlled by William H. Binnie, in November 2010;[1] the deal was called off in June 2011.[2] Vision 3 then filed to sell WVBQ to Cross Hill Communications that November; under the terms of the deal, Cross Hill also holds an option to acquire WVBK.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Binnie buy to lead to something bigger for the Granite State?". Television Business Report. December 28, 2010. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/binnie-buy-to-lead-to-something-bigger-for-the-granite-state.html. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
- ^ Carbonara, Daniel N. (June 29, 2011). "Notification of Non-consummation". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1432811&Service=CA&Form_id=905&Facility_id=26996. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ "APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF A CORPORATE LICENSEE OR PERMITTEE, OR FOR ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE OR PERMIT OF TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 4, 2011. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1450686&Service=TX&Form_id=345&Facility_id=130233. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Station promo
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WVBK
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WVBQ
| Preceded by WVBK-LP |
WVBK-CA 2003-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Coordinates: 43°12′46″N 73°56′3″W / 43.21278°N 73.93417°W
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