WVCY-TV

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Coordinates: 43°5′26″N 87°53′50″W / 43.09056°N 87.89722°W / 43.09056; -87.89722
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WVCY-TV
kW
HAAT316 m (1,037 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°5′26″N 87°53′50″W / 43.09056°N 87.89722°W / 43.09056; -87.89722
Translator(s)W26EE-D Wittenberg UHF 26 / virtual 30
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.vcyamerica.org/tv30, vcy.tv

WVCY-TV (channel 30) is a

WIS 190) in Shorewood
.

History

WVCY's actual studio facility for channel 30 and 107.7 FM is based a mile northeast of the VCY America building.

The station first signed on the air on January 11, 1983; it has operated as a religious station since its sign-on.

Attempted purchase by CBS

On May 23, 1994, Fox signed an

New World Communications to shift the network affiliations of the company's stations in 12 markets to Fox starting in the fall of 1994.[4] Locally, the deal included WITI, which would switch from CBS to Fox in December 1994. With only months to find an affiliate, CBS approached WVCY's owners to purchase the station and make it an owned-and-operated station of that network. Offers to affiliate with the network had already been turned down by NBC affiliate WTMJ-TV (channel 4), ABC affiliate WISN-TV (channel 12, which had been affiliated with CBS from 1961 to 1977), WVTV (channel 18; which had earlier been a CBS owned-and-operated station in the 1950s), WCGV-TV (channel 24) and WJJA (channel 49, now WMLW-TV
).

The board of VCY America, along with station founder and VCY America chairman Vic Eliason, decided to reject the offer and retain ownership of the station. Eliason cited a number of factors. He claimed CBS' $10 million offer was "unreasonably low". He added that on a more fundamental level, he believed selling to a commercial operator, let alone a commercial network, "would be an act of consummate irresponsibility and a betrayal of trust for all our faithful supporters who believe in Christian family values", especially given that channel 30 billed itself as "an alternative to the swill that passes as network television".[5] Even if CBS had purchased the station, the situation would have been immediately complicated as WVCY-TV then transmitted from WCGV's tower under a non-compete clause that precluded WVCY's operation as a commercial station in exchange for transmitting from the site, and would have required an immediate transmitter move or pay-out to WCGV's owners to nullify the clause.[6]

Ultimately, CBS aligned itself with then low-profile independent WDJT-TV (channel 58), which had also initially declined an offer to affiliate with CBS, just days before WITI switched to Fox.

Programming

VCY America's studio building in the Miller Valley neighborhood of Milwaukee.

Although WVCY operates under a commercial license,

weather forecast as part of its station identification
, a practice long discontinued by most commercial television stations.

The station aired programming from FamilyNet (forerunner to the current day

CBN News broadcasts stating that CBN's views are not those of VCY America. A limited amount of programming from the Christian Television Network
also airs on the station.

WVCY also carries some government hearings and presidential speeches, along with simulcasts of state political debates and the

public television organizations, and is the last commercial station in the state to continue to program weekday afternoon children's programming, a block that includes a rotation of series including Davey and Goliath
, Becky's Barn and Sunshine Factory.

Besides

sign off the air on a nightly basis.[8]

Technical information

Subchannel

Subchannel of WVCY-TV on the WITI multiplex[9]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
30.1 480i
4:3
 WVCY-DT Main WVCY-TV programming

Analog-to-digital conversion

WVCY-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 30, on February 17, 2009, the original date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to

letterboxed
format.

Spectrum sale and WITI channel sharing arrangement

On April 13, 2017, the results of the

Albuquerque
.

Translator

WVCY-TV operates one translator in northern Wisconsin:

City of license Callsign Channel ERP
HAAT
 Facility ID Transmitter coordinates
Wittenberg W26EE-D 26 15 kW 155 m (509 ft) 189397

44°57′53.9″N 89°00′18.4″W / 44.964972°N 89.005111°W / 44.964972; -89.005111 (W26EE-D)

Former sister stations

WVCY formerly had a sister station in the

Ion Media Networks) in order to concentrate on its Milwaukee operations[15] (that station is now WCWF, which serves as Green Bay's CW
affiliate).

In 1980, VCY was granted a

La Crosse–Eau Claire
market. However, that construction permit expired in 1985.

In 2008, VCY acquired W04CW (channel 4) in

UHF 26 / virtual 30) in Wittenberg, Wisconsin.[17] W04CW's license was returned for cancellation on February 5, 2019.[2]

References

  1. ^ WITI-VCY Milwaukee CSA (Redacted)
  2. ^ a b "Cancellation Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. February 5, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WVCY-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ "Fox Gains 12 Stations in New World Deal". Chicago Sun-Times. May 23, 1994. Archived from the original on October 11, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  5. ProQuest 1401389916
    .
  6. Gale A16335176
    .
  7. ^ FCC (May 5, 2009). Station Search Details – WVCY-TV. Retrieved from http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=72342.
  8. ^ "VCY America".
  9. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WVCY
  10. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  11. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, February 5, 2009. Retrieved from http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/39177437.html
    .
  12. ^ "FCC Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction Auction 1001 Winning Bids" (PDF). April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  13. ^ "Spectrum Auction Channel Changes in the Upper Midwest". Upper Midwest Broadcasting, Northpine.com. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  14. ^ Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application
  15. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, May 30, 1997. Retrieved from http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/1997/06/02/tidbits.html
    .
  16. ^ REC Broadcast Query. Retrieved from http://cdbs.recnet.com/fmq.php?facid=&call=dwvcx&ccode=1&latd=&lond=&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&party=&party_type=LICEN&jaws=0.
  17. ^ Application Search Details fcc.gov. Accessed July 19, 2012

External links

  1. ^ https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=776263#station
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