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WVBG-LD
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HAAT159.4 m (523 ft)
Transmitter coordinates42°32′26.9″N 73°58′23.3″W / 42.540806°N 73.973139°W / 42.540806; -73.973139 (WVBG-LD)
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WVBG-LD (channel 25) is a

Cobleskill-based WYBN-LD (channel 14). WVBG-LD's transmitter is located in Clarksville, New York
.

History

What is now WVBG-LD has its origins in a

construction permit in 1966,[3] went on the air two years later as W04AS.[4] On February 8, 1991, the Otsego-Northern Catskills BOCES transferred the station to the WSKG Public Telecommunications Council;[5] by this point, W04AS was a translator for WSKG-TV in Binghamton
.

On May 17, 1996, WSKG filed an application to move W04AS to channel 25 in

Chatham) and W02CJ (channel 2) in Manchester, Vermont (which was acquired from Ronald and Jan Morlino, two of Vision 3's principals, and converted to W39CE channel 39 in Glens Falls, Saratoga Springs, Easton, and Hudson Falls).[7] The channel 21 signal was dropped from the network by 1997 after it was determined that its coverage area could be served with the channel 25 signal; by then, the group (which, despite each station operating on different channels, was branded simply "TV 25") also included W49BU (channel 49) in Manchester, Vermont.[8] The move to channel 25 was granted a construction permit on October 2, 1997,[6] and issued the call sign W25CF;[9] on November 5, Vision 3's parent company Sharp Vision completed its purchase of the station from WSKG.[10] The call letters were changed to WVBG-LP on December 12, 1997.[11]

Because of the delay in receiving the construction permit, channel 25 was the last of the three stations to go on the air; W39CE (later renamed WVBX-LP; now

independent station,[14] WVBG and its satellites became a UPN affiliate on October 5, 1998;[15] it already carried the UPN Kids block,[14] but the network's primetime programming had previously been seen in the Capital District through secondary affiliations with Fox affiliate WXXA-TV (channel 23)[14] and Pax station WYPX (channel 55),[16] as well as cable carriage of WSBK-TV from Boston.[15][16] However, from its inception, the station could not get carriage on Time Warner Cable,[14] which chose to continue its carriage of WSBK;[15] this was despite acquiring several sports packages, including Big East football and basketball, the Boston Red Sox (the telecasts of which were dropped following a territorial complaint by the New York Yankees),[17] and the Boston Celtics.[18]

WVBG-LP changed its

Resort Sports Network programming.[24]

On June 28, 2001,

color bars.[26] On September 2, 2005, WVBG was granted a construction permit to move to channel 41.[26] The station lost its transmitter site lease on November 30, 2006, forcing the station off-the-air[28] until getting special temporary authority to operate from a new location in Clarksville (the proposed site for the channel 41 operation) a year later.[29] Broadcasting on channel 25 ended on August 10, 2008;[30] on September 3, the station filed for a license to cover construction of the channel 41 facility.[31] On September 15, 2009, WVBG was granted a construction permit to flash cut to digital operation; this facility will change the station's city of license back to Albany and return the transmitter to the Helderberg Escarpment.[32][33] WVBG lost access to its tower in Clarksville on April 8, 2010, due to an ownership dispute involving the tower, forcing the station to suspend broadcasting;[34] it returned to the air on April 6, 2011, from another nearby tower under special temporary authority.[35][36]

Subchannels

The station's signal is

multiplexed
:

Subchannels of WVBG-LD[37]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
25.1 480i
4:3
 YBNBUZR Buzzr
25.2 YBNCOZI Fun Roads
25.3 YBNTHIS This TV
25.4 YBNNEWS Retro TV
25.5 YBNREV Rev'n
25.6 YBNRTO NOST
25.7 YBNLATV
Action TV
25.8 YBNSPRT NewsNet

References

  1. ^
    Albany Times-Union
    . p. D6. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WVBG-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ a b "New York counties get 12 translators" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 12, 1966. p. 47. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  4. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 26, 1968. p. 73. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  5. ^ "Application Search Details (WVBG-LD, 1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Application Search Details (WVBG-LD, 2)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  7. The Business Review
    . Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  8. Albany Times Union
    . p. E1. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  9. ^ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  10. ^ "Application Search Details (WVBG-LD, 3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  11. ^ "Mass Media Bureau Call Sign Actions" (TXT). Federal Communications Commission. December 19, 1997.
  12. Albany Times-Union
    . p. D4. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  13. The Business Review
    . Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  14. ^
    Albany Times-Union
    . p. D4. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  15. ^
    Albany Times-Union
    . p. D6. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  16. ^
    Albany Times-Union
    . p. D1. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  17. Albany Times-Union
    . p. C2. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  18. Albany Times-Union
    . p. C8. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  19. ^ Johnson, William H. (December 3, 1999). "In the Matter of: Complaint of Vision 3 Broadcasting, Inc. Against Time Warner Cable Request for Carriage" (TXT). Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  20. Albany Times-Union
    . p. D7. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  21. Albany Times-Union
    . p. D5. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  22. The Business Review
    . Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  23. The Business Review
    . Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  24. Albany Times-Union
    . p. D1. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  25. ^ "Application Search Details (WVBG-LD, 4)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  26. ^
    The Business Review
    . Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  27. ^ "CapitalGold Dial Guide SoundBoard". May 23, 2003. Archived from the original on May 18, 2004. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  28. ^ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 4, 2006. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  29. ^ "Engineering STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 19, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  30. ^ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 20, 2008. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  31. ^ "APPLICATION FOR A LOW POWER TV, TV TRANSLATOR OR TV BOOSTER STATION LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 3, 2008. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  32. ^ "APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT OR MAKE CHANGES IN A LOW POWER TV, TV TRANSLATOR OR TV BOOSTER STATION". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. July 15, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  33. ^ "DIGITAL LOW POWER TELEVISION/TELEVISION TRANSLATOR BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 15, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  34. ^ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. April 9, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  35. ^ "Engineering STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. March 3, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  36. ^ "Resumption of Operations". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. April 7, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  37. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WVBG
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