WVNC-LD

WVNC-LD
Watertown, New York; United States;
Channels	Digital: 24 (UHF); Virtual: 45;
Branding	NBC Watertown; Antenna TV Watertown (LD2);
Programming
Affiliations	45.1: NBC; 45.2: Antenna TV / MyNetworkTV; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	SagamoreHill Broadcasting; (SagamoreHill of Watertown Licenses, LLC);
History
Founded	March 24, 2015
First air date	December 1, 2016 (7 years ago)
Former call signs	W45EI-D (2015–2016)
Former channel number(s)	Digital: 45 (UHF, 2016–2020)
Call sign meaning	Watertown Television North Country
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	188838
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	107.2 m (352 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°58′4.6″N 75°48′21.2″W / 43.967944°N 75.805889°W
Links
Public license information	LMS
Website	www.nbcwatertown.com

WVNC-LD (channel 45) is a low-power television station in Watertown, New York, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting. The station's studios are located at Public Square in downtown Watertown, and its transmitter is located along NY 126/State Street on Champion Hill.^[2]^[3]

Due to WVNC-LD's low-power status, its broadcast radius only covers the immediate Watertown area. Therefore, it must rely on cable and satellite to reach the entire market.

History

Although the channel 45 frequency had never been used in Watertown prior to 2015, the adjacent channel 46 was the home of WLOT-LP, Watertown's UPN affiliate, until its owner died in 2005 and the station went dark (its frequency has never been reactivated and would eventually be taken out of service in the late-2010s spectrum reallocation).

On August 28, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the transfer of control of a low-power digital television license in Watertown, W45EI-D, from Sunrise, Florida–based DTV America Corporation to SagamoreHill Broadcasting.^[4] The new owners promptly renamed the station WVNC-LD and signed it to an affiliation deal with NBC, giving the Watertown area its first locally-based full-time NBC affiliate. The new station signed on December 1, 2016. Prior to WVNC-LD's sign-on, North Country cable systems received either WSTM-TV in Syracuse or WPTZ in Plattsburgh, depending on the location. WWNY-TV previously had a secondary affiliation with the network until 1995.^[5] WPTZ and WSTM-TV are still available on cable along with WVNC-LD.

Programming

WVNC-LD's main channel clears the entire NBC schedule, including The More You Know, NBC's E/I-compliant block which, as a low-power station, it is not required to clear.

In addition to NBC programming, WVNC-LD operates the Watertown market's Antenna TV affiliate on its LD2 subchannel. On weeknights, WVNC-LD2 also carries programs from the MyNetworkTV programming service, filling in programming for all time slots outside of the MyNetworkTV programming schedule with the Antenna TV schedule.^[6]^[7]

News operation

WVNC-LD currently does not air any local news programming; station officials stated at its launch that planning was underway to open a news department by early 2018. As of May 2024^[update], there is still no local news available on WVNC-LD.^{[needs update]}

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WVNC-LD^[8]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
45.1	1080i	16:9	WVNCNBC	NBC
45.2	480i		Antenna	Antenna TV / MyNetworkTV
45.3			ION	Ion Television
45.4			GritTv	Grit
45.5			Bounce	Bounce TV
45.6			CourtTv	Court TV
45.7			QVC	QVC

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WVNC-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "Facility Details « Licensing and Management System Admin « FCC".
^ "RabbitEars.Info".
^ http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1731564.pdf ^{[dead link]}
^ Dwyer, Brian. "NBC will Soon be Local in Watertown; News Department in 2018". Time Warner Cable News. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
^ "Interactive Affiliate Map". AntennaTV.com. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
^ www.nbcwatertown.com
^ RabbitEars TV Query for WVNC-LD

External links

Official website

[1] "Facility Technical Data for WVNC-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] "Facility Details « Licensing and Management System Admin « FCC".

[3] "RabbitEars.Info".

[4] ttp://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1731564.pdf ^{[dead link]}

[5] Dwyer, Brian. "NBC will Soon be Local in Watertown; News Department in 2018". Time Warner Cable News. Retrieved December 1, 2016.

[6] "Interactive Affiliate Map". AntennaTV.com. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

[7] www.nbcwatertown.com

[8] RabbitEars TV Query for WVNC-LD

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v t e Broadcast television in Northern New York and the St. Lawrence Valley, including Watertown
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Full-power	WWNY-TV (7.1 CBS, 7.2 Fox, 7.3 Ion+, 7.4 Outlaw, 7.5 Oxygen, 7.6 MeTV/MNTV) WPBS-TV 16 / WNPI-DT 18 (.1 PBS, .2 Create, .3 FNX / World, .4 PBS Kids) WWTI (50.1 ABC, 50.2 CW+, 50.3 Laff, 50.4 Mystery)
Low-power	WTKJ-LD 19 (Edge) WNYF-CD (28.1 Fox, 28.2 MeTV/MNTV) WWNY-CD (28.1 Fox, 28.2 CBS, 28.3 Ion+, 28.4 Outlaw, 28.5 Oxygen, 28.6 MeTV/MNTV) WVNC-LD / WVNV-LD (45.1 NBC, 45.2 ANT, 45.3 Ion, 45.4 Grit, 45.5 Bounce, 45.6 Court, 45.7 QVC, 45.8 SonLife)
Cable	MSG Network MSG Sportsnet Spectrum News Central New York SportsNet New York YES
Defunct	Spectrum Sports WLOT-LP 46 (UPN / A1, Watertown)
New York State television Albany/Schenectady Binghamton Buffalo Burlington/Plattsburgh Elmira New York City Rochester Syracuse Utica Watertown See also Ottawa-Gatineau Ontario (provincial)

v t e SagamoreHill Broadcasting
sorted by primary channel network affiliations
The CW	KFJX-DT2 ¹ KVCT-DT3 ¹ WLTZ-DT2 ²
Fox	KFJX ¹ KJTV-TV ² KVCT ¹ KXLT-TV ²
NBC	WLTZ ² WNBJ-LD WVNC-LD
CBS	KSWL-LD KZTV ³
Other	KGKC-LD (TMD) KJTV-CD (Ind.) ² KWWE-LD (MyN) WBWP-LD (Ind.) WNCF (ABC) ⁴ WPVS-LD (Silent)
¹ KFJX and KVCT are operated by Morgan Murphy Media under an SSA. ² KJTV, KXLT and WLTZ are operated by Gray Television under an SSA. ³ KZTV is operated by the E. W. Scripps Company under an SSA. ⁴ WNCF is operated by Bahakel Communications under an SSA.