WVLT-DT2

WVLT-DT2
Knoxville, Tennessee
United States
Branding My VLT
Channels Digital: WVLT-DT 30.2 (UHF)
(to move to 34.2 (UHF))
Virtual: 8.2 (PSIP)
Affiliations MyNetworkTV & Antenna TV[1]
Owner Gray Television
(Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
First air date 2003 (2003)
Call letters' meaning see WVLT-TV
Sister station(s) WVLT-TV
Former affiliations UPN (2003–2006)
Transmitter power 870 kW
1000 kW (CP)
Height 551.3 m (1,809 ft)
551.5 m (1,809 ft) (CP)
Facility ID 35908
Transmitter coordinates 35°59′44.4″N 83°57′23.1″W / 35.995667°N 83.956417°W / 35.995667; -83.956417
Website WVLT Website

WVLT-DT2 is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It is a second digital subchannel of CBS affiliate WVLT-TV (channel 8) that is owned by Gray Television. Over the air, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 30.2 (or virtual channel 8.2 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Sharp's Ridge in North Knoxville. Its parent station shares studios with Crossville-licensed CW affiliate WBXX-TV (channel 20) on Papermill Drive (near I-40/I-75) on the city’s westside.[2]

On cable, the station is available in standard definition on Charter Spectrum channel 15, Comcast Xfinity and WOW! channel 8, and AT&T U-verse channel 21. There is a high-definition feed available on Xfinity channel 1009 and U-verse channel 1021.

History

WVLT-DT2 began broadcasting in 2003 as an affiliate of the United Paramount Network (UPN), and was originally branded as UPN Knoxville. It cleared the whole UPN network schedule. The original UPN affiliate in Knoxville was the now-defunct WEEE-LP, which was also a secondary affiliate of FamilyNet.

In September 2006, UPN and The WB networks ceased operations and merged to create The CW Television Network. WBXX channel 20, the original WB affiliate for Knoxville, took the CW affiliation for Knoxville. The same month, Fox Television Stations launched MyNetworkTV to give UPN and WB stations not selected for the CW another option besides going independent. WVLT-DT2 was announced as Knoxville’s MyNetworkTV affiliate beginning September 2006. Since then, it is branded as My VLT, although for the first few years of MyNetworkTV affiliation, it had a branding of My VLT 2.[3][4][5]

It began broadcasting a 720p high definition signal in Mid 2011.

Programming

Outside of the MyNetworkTV schedule, syndicated programming on WVLT-DT2 includes Mike & Molly, The Office, Extra, and Hot in Cleveland, among others. WVLT-DT2 also runs some programming shared with the main channel. Beginning in September 2016, Antenna TV programming is aired on the subchannel in the overnight hours from 1 to 8 a.m. ET.[6]

From 2009 until 2015, Atlantic Coast Conference football and men's basketball games syndicated by the ACC Network by Raycom Sports were broadcast on WVLT-DT2; the local rights to those games have been moved to the main subchannel, with some games shared with WBXX.

WVLT-DT2, along with the CBS-affiliated main channel of WVLT also airs all Vol TV Network content produced by the University of Tennessee athletic department’s broadcasting arm.

See also

References

  1. ↑ TitanTV Query for WVLT
  2. ↑ WVLT-TV
  3. ↑ Local 8 Now MyVLT | Knoxville, East Tennessee | MyVLT - Home WVLT. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ Morrow, Terry (September 4, 2006).Morrow: Local UPN morphs into My Network Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ Breaking News - MyNetworkTV Adds 30 New Affiliates | TheFutonCritic.com
  6. ↑ TitanTV Query for WVLT


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