WVNC-LD

WVNC-LD
Watertown, New York
United States
Branding NBC Watertown
Channels Digital: 45 (UHF)
Virtual: 45 (PSIP)
Subchannels 45.1 NBC
Owner SagamoreHill Broadcasting
(SagamoreHill Of Watertowen Licenses, LLC)
First air date December 1, 2016
Former callsigns W45EI-D (2015-2016)
Transmitter power 9 kW
Class DT
Facility ID 188838

WVNC-LD is a low-power television station licensed to Watertown, New York. 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. WVNC-LD's studios are located at 215 Washington Street in Watertown, with transmitting facilities located in Philadelphia;[1] however an application is pending to move its transmitter to NY 126/State Street on Champion Hill.[2] Syndicated programming on WVNC-LD includes Wendy, Family Feud, Access Hollywood, and Celebrity Name Game.

Digital channels

Channel Video Aspect PSIP short name Programming [3]
45.1 1080i 16:9 WVNC Main WVNC-LD programming / NBC

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 to SagamoreHill Broadcasting.[4] The new owners promptly renamed the station WVNC-LD and signed an affiliation deal with the station 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, WSTM-TV in Syracuse and WPTZ in Plattsburgh had served as the default NBC affiliate for the area, while WWNY-TV previously had a secondary affiliation with the network until 1995.[5]

News Operation

WVNC-LD currently does not air any news programming, but planning is underway to open a news department by early 2018.

References


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