WNVT
kW | |
HAAT | 327.3 m (1,074 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 37°30′45.6″N 77°36′4.8″W / 37.512667°N 77.601333°W |
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Public license information |
Branding | VPM World |
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Programming | |
Affiliations | World Channel |
Ownership | |
WHTJ | |
History | |
First air date | May 25, 1983Fairfax, Virginia; license moved to Culpeper in 2018[7]) | (in
Former call signs | WIAH (1981–1982) |
Former channel number(s) |
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MHz Worldview (until 2020) | |
Call sign meaning | Northern Virginia College |
Technical information[8] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 9999 |
ERP | 300 kW |
HAAT | 335 m (1,099 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°59′0″N 78°29′1″W / 37.98333°N 78.48361°W |
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Public license information |
WNVT (channel 23.3
History
Early history
WNVT first signed on March 1, 1972, on channel 53 as
The Central Virginia Educational Television Corporation (later Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation, now VPM Media Corporation) purchased the station in 1974.
As WNVT's transmitter was located in
On weekends in the late 1980s, WNVC had an unusual reputation for sports coverage. The station showed as many syndicated
After a week of foreign films aired during a 1993 pledge drive drew unexpected interest and inspired a new course for the Washington-area outlet,
WNVT continued as a standard PBS member station through 1999, though it did not air the network's evening programming.
MHz Networks
In 2001, the two stations became known as MHz Networks, with WNVC becoming MHz1 and WNVT becoming MHz2. WNVT's daily educational programming was branded as "MHz Learn", and it continued relaying MuchMusic USA in the evenings.[23]
In 2003, WNVT became digital-only on channel 30 due to the cost of running both analog and digital signals simultaneously in its largely rural coverage area.[24] The station dropped MuchMusic USA in 2003 for the Russian-language programming service "Russian World TV".[25] The Russian programming was dropped in 2005.[26]
WNVC signed on its digital signal on channel 57 later in 2004. On September 1, 2008, WNVC ceased broadcasting in analog permanently and took its digital signal
MHz Networks' national multicast channel
In 2013, Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation spun off the MHz Networks unit and sold the WNVC and WNVT towers. CPBC remained in control of the stations' licenses, and MHz Networks programmed them under contract.[29][30][31]
Spectrum reallocation auction; relocation
CPBC announced on March 31, 2017, that it had sold the licenses of WNVC and WNVT in the
Both stations indicated they would continue over-the-air operations by sharing the channel of another station. CPBC stated it would attempt to find an in-market sharing partner, but was unable to do so, instead choosing to share with its own
The two stations suspended operations from their existing transmitter sites in
MHz Networks announced that it would move its twelve streams of programming to local cable operators.[34] However, cable providers were not willing to carry the channels without the force of must-carry rules that apply to over-the-air stations, and MHz was unable to reach a deal to lease subchannels from another station. Consequently, MHz Worldview became unavailable over-the-air in the broadcaster's home market.[35] The company has since announced it would shut down its over-the-air service on March 1, 2020.[36] On February 3, WNVT and WNVC converted to being member stations of World Channel, a news/documentary network that is also aired on most PBS member stations.[37]
Subchannels
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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23.3 | 480i | 16:9 |
World | Main WNVT programming / World Channel |
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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41.3 | 480i | 16:9 |
World | Main WNVC programming / World Channel |
See also
- MHz Networks
- Powerhouse (1982 PBS and Nickelodeon kids and teens series produced by the station when branded as Northern Virginia ETV)
- Inside/Out (1972–73 series distributed by National Instructional Television, some episodes produced by WNVT/Northern Virginia ETV)
- List of independent television stations in the United States
- List of television stations in Washington, D.C.
References
- ^ a b WNVT channel sharing application ENG 02-15-2018
- ^ RabbitEars.info.
- ^ a b WNVT Form 2100 Community of License Change
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNVT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b WNVC channel sharing application ENG 02-15-2018
- ^ RabbitEars.info.
- ^ a b WNVC Form 2100 Community of License Change
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNVC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Bredemeier, Kenneth (March 4, 1972). "Channel 53 On the Air". Washington Post. p. B1.
- ^ Bauer, Pat (July 25, 1980). "Public TV Station Ensnarled In Fairfax Cable Competition". Washington Post.
- ^ Digilio, Alice (February 17, 1977). "WNVT tries for more clarity". Washington Post.
- ^ "In brief" (PDF). Broadcastign. December 27, 1976. p. 20.
- ^ "WMDO-CD Facility Data". FCCData.
- ^ "Insights on New Stations" (PDF). Television News. WTFDA. August 1983.
- ^ Steinberg, Dan (March 21, 2014). "When D.C. public television showed college basketball". Washington Post.
- ^ Brennan, Patricia (March 13, 1988). "Following the bouncing basketball". Washington Post.
- ^ a b c Brennan, Patricia (January 25, 1998). "Going Global; The Little Station That Embraces the World". Washington Post. p. Y06.
- ^ Sun, Lena H. (December 4, 1994). "Tiny public TV station has global view". Washington Post.
- ^ Ginsberg, Steven (July 4, 1999). "TV Station Can't Afford Relocation To Stafford; WNVT's Decision A Blow to College". Washington Post. p. V01.
- ^ "A day in D.C." (PDF). Broadcasting. May 22, 1995. p. 47.
- ^ a b c "MHz in DC". MHz Networks. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017.
- ^ Hughes, Dave (January 1, 2000). "WNVT Goes MuchMusic". DCRTV.
- ^ "Channels 53 and 56 Change Names". DCRTV. September 30, 2001.
- ^ "Hard economics cause WNVT to return to [sic] analog spectrum". TvTechnology.
- ^ Hughes, Dave (August 8, 2003). "WNVT Goes Russian". DCRTV.
- ^ Hughes, Dave (May 14, 2005). "MHz2 To Drop Russian". DCRTV.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2009.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Russia-backed TV channel RT is gone from DC-area broadcasts". WTOP. Associated Press. April 2, 2018.
- ^ "Minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors" (PDF). Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation. August 21, 2013.
- ^ "Minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors" (PDF). Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ a b Blackwell, John Reid (March 31, 2017). "WCVE's owner to get nearly $182 million from broadcast spectrum auction". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
- ^ "FCC Spectrum Auction FAQs" (PDF). Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ "At town hall meeting, Va. pubcaster shares plans for spectrum auction millions". Current.
- ^ "WNVC & WNVT in D.C. to go off-the-air April 1". MHz Networks. March 5, 2018.
- ^ "MHz Networks Shifts Distribution Model and Methods in D.C. DMA". MHz Networks. March 17, 2018.
- ^ Here's How to Keep Watching MHz Worldview Programming After March 1st MHz Networks, January 8, 2020
- ^ "VPM WORLD Launches February 3". Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ a b "VPM TV Schedule | VPM".