WXVT-LD

WXVT-LD
Cleveland/Greenwood/
Greenville, Mississippi
United States
City Cleveland, Mississippi
Branding Delta CBS (general)
The Delta News (newscasts)
Slogan You're Watching Delta CBS, WXVT Cleveland (general)
News That Works For You (newscasts)
Channels Digital: 17 (UHF)
Virtual: 17 (PSIP)
Subchannels 17.1: CBS
Translators WNBD-LD 33.2 (UHF) Grenada
Owner Northwest Broadcasting
(Cala Broadcast Partners LLC)
First air date November 7, 1980 (1980-11-07)
(as WXVT)
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)
(as WXVT-LD)
Last air date December 12, 2016 (2016-12-12)
(as WXVT)
Call letters' meaning We're XV (Roman numeral 15) Television
Sister station(s) WABG-TV, WFXW, WNBD-LD
Former callsigns WXVT, W17DI-D, WFXW-LD
Former channel number(s) Analog:
15 (UHF, 1980–2009)
Digital:
15 (UHF/PSIP, until 2018)
Transmitter power 15 kW
Height 251.3 m (824 ft)
Class LD
Facility ID 181144
Transmitter coordinates 33°22′23.0″N 90°32′25.0″W / 33.373056°N 90.540278°W / 33.373056; -90.540278
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.deltanews.tv

WXVT-LD is a low-powered CBS affiliated television station licensed to Cleveland, Mississippi, United States and serving the Delta area of Northwestern Mississippi. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on virtual and UHF channel 17 from a transmitter located in O'Reilly, Mississippi. Owned by Northwest Broadcasting, WXVT shares administrative and studio buildings on Washington Avenue in Greenville with two sister stations: Greenwood-licensed dual ABC/Fox affiliate WABG-TV (channel 6) and Grenada-licensed low-powered NBC affiliate WNBD-LD (channel 33).

History

Its first broadcast was on November 7, 1980,[1] under the call sign WXVT. It was a CBS affiliate for its entire existence. Before this, WJTV in Jackson had served as the default affiliate. The station was originally owned by Big River Broadcasting. Future sister station WABG was actually the Delta's original CBS affiliate when it launched back in October 1959. However, a few months later, WJTV complained that WABG was encroaching on its service area. This is because WABG's signal reaches the far northern fringes of the Jackson market. Big River Broadcasting sold the station to Lamco Communications in 1984. Lamco then sold WXVT to a local ownership group in 1991. Saga Communications purchased WXVT in 1999. David Cavileer became the VP/General Manager and remodeled the station and news set.

On May 4, 2012, an application was filed with the FCC to transfer ownership of WXVT from Saga Communications to H3 Communications. H3 Communications is owned by the adult children of Charles Harker, president of Commonwealth Broadcasting Group, which owns WABG and WNBD. On January 28, 2013, the FCC granted the sale of WXVT, and it was completed two days later.[2][3] Commonwealth then took over WXVT's operations, effectively bringing all of the Delta's Big Three network stations under the control of one company.

In 2015, WXVT and WABG appeared in a TruTV reality series Breaking Greenville. It premiered January 29, 2015 and ended on March 26, 2015.

H3 Communications agreed to sell WXVT to Cala Broadcast Partners for $3.7 million on October 30, 2015;[4] concurrently, Cala would purchase WABG-TV, WNBD-LD, and WFXW-LD from Commonwealth Broadcasting Group.[5] Cala is jointly owned by Brian Brady (who owns several other television stations, mostly under the Northwest Broadcasting name) and Jason Wolff (who owns radio and television stations through Frontier Radio Management).[5] On November 30, 2015, Cala assigned its right to purchase WXVT to John Wagner for $100,000.[4] The sale was completed on August 1, 2016. Due to broadcast problems during newscast and transmitter issues, WXVT went silent on December 12, 2016 and the CBS affiliation moved to NBC affiliate WNBD-LD.

On January 1, 2017, Cable One removed channels owned by Northwest Broadcasting (WXVT, WABG-TV, WABG-DT2 and WNBD-LD) after the two companies failed to reach an agreement. On February 1, 2017, the channels were restored to Cable One's lineup under a new carriage deal.

On June 26, 2017, the station became low-powered, re-licensed to Cleveland, moved to RF Channel 17, and changed its call sign to WXVT-LD.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[6]
17.11080i16:9WXVT-TVMain WXVT-LD programming / CBS
17.2720pWNBD-LDSimulcast of WNBD-LD / NBC

Availability

On cable, Delta CBS can be seen on Suddenlink channel 8 and in high definition on digital channel 710. WXVT-LD can also be seen on Cable One channel 8 and in high definition on digital channel 1008.

On satellite, Delta CBS can be seen on DirecTV and Dish Network on channel 15.

Programming

Syndicated programming on the station includes Jeopardy!, Inside Edition, Judge Mathis, Judge Judy, and Wheel of Fortune, among others.

Newscasts

As of August 2016, all four networks including WABG-TV (ABC & Fox), WXVT-LD (CBS), and WNBD-LD (NBC) have consolidated under one branding, The Delta News. The Delta News studios and offices are located on Washington Avenue in Greenville. The new ownership includes news on all four networks.

References

  1. ↑ Television & Cable Factbook 1988 Edition (PDF). 1988. p. A-587. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1538748.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  3. ↑ https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101539488&formid=905&fac_num=25236
  4. 1 2 "Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License (WXVT)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License (WABG-TV)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WPTZ
  • "Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License (WABG-TV)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  • "For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License (WXVT)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 3, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  • CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, 1 August 2016, Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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