WVNC-LD

WVNC-LD

Watertown, New York
United States
City Watertown, New York
Branding "NBC Watertown" (LD1)
"My Antenna TV Watertown" (LD2)
Channels Digital: 45 (UHF/PSIP)
Subchannels 45.1 NBC
45.2 Antenna TV/MNTV[1]
Owner SagamoreHill Broadcasting
(SagamoreHill of Watertown Licenses, LLC)
Founded March 24, 2015
First air date December 1, 2016 (2016-12-01)
Call letters' meaning W TeleVision North Country
Former callsigns W45EI-D (2015–2016)
Transmitter power 9 kW
Class LD
Facility ID 188838
Transmitter coordinates 43°58′4.6″N 75°48′21.2″W / 43.967944°N 75.805889°W / 43.967944; -75.805889Coordinates: 43°58′4.6″N 75°48′21.2″W / 43.967944°N 75.805889°W / 43.967944; -75.805889
Website www.nbcwatertown.com

WVNC-LD is a low-power television station licensed to Watertown, New York, United States. Owned and operated by SagamoreHill Broadcasting, the station operates on virtual channel and UHF digital channel 45 and serves as the NBC affiliate for the Watertown market. The station can also be seen on Charter Spectrum channel 6. WVNC-LD's studios are located on Washington Street in Watertown, with transmitting facilities located along NY 126/State Street on Champion Hill.[2][3]

Digital channels

Channel Video Aspect PSIP short name Programming [4]
45.11080i16:9WVNCMain WVNC-LD programming / NBC
45.2480i4:3WVNC-D2Antenna TV & MyNetworkTV

History

On August 28, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission 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.[5] The new owners promptly renamed the station WVNC-LD and signed it to an affiliation deal with NBC, giving the Watertown area its first full-time NBC affiliate. The new station signed-on December 1, 2016. Prior to WVNC-LD's sign-on, North Country cable systems piped in 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.[6]

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. Syndicated programming on WVNC-LD includes The Wendy Williams Show, Family Feud, Access Hollywood, and Steve.

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.[7][8]

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 October 2018, there is still no local news available on WVNC-LD.

References

  1. ↑ The Official Logo Of WVNC-LD2
  2. ↑ https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=188838&applicationId=25076ff358164b8b0158b0df48964fb5
  3. ↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/tvq.php?request=items&facid=188838
  4. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WVNC-LD
  5. ↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1731564.pdf
  6. ↑ Dwyer, Brian. "NBC will Soon be Local in Watertown; News Department in 2018". Time Warner Cable News. Time Warner Cable News. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Interactive Affiliate Map". AntennaTV.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  8. ↑ www.nbcwatertown.com
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