WCVI-TV

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WCVI-TV
File:Wcvi tv logo.png
Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Branding WCVI TV 23
Slogan Serving the U.S. Virgin Islands
Channels Digital: 23 (UHF)
Affiliations 23.1 LeSEA network =
Owner LeSEA Broadcasting Corporation
(LeSEA Broadcasting of St. Croix, Inc.)
First air date May 16, 1997
Call letters' meaning Christiansted
Virgin
Islands
Former callsigns WATU (1997)
Former channel number(s) 39 (analog)
(1997-2009)
Former affiliations UPN (1997-2006)
The CW (2006-2014)
Transmitter power 0.659 kW
Height 124.2 m
Facility ID 83304
Transmitter coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Website www.wcvi.tv

WCVI-TV is a full-power television station in Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands transmitting its digital signal on channel 23. WCVI is owned by LeSEA Broadcasting Corporation. The station has been affiliated with World Harvest Television since July 2014.

Despite being on the island of St. Croix, WCVI's signal reaches the entire territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

History

WCVI-TV was founded as WATU on May 16, 1997, but then changed its Call letters to the current WCVI-TV that same year on June 30, as an affiliate of the United Paramount Network (UPN). Before then, UPN programming was seen via satellite from New York's WWOR-TV. At one point, the station also carried Urban America Television as a secondary affiliation; this arrangement was discontinued when that network ceased operations on May 1, 2006. That September, WCVI joined The CW Television Network following the shutdown of both UPN and The WB.

On April 17, 2014, Virgin Blue reached a deal to sell WCVI-TV to LeSEA Broadcasting Corporation; the sale was completed on July 27, 2014, with LeSEA assuming ownership on July 28, 2014.[1] Upon acquisition, WCVI dropped its CW programming in exchange for programs from LeSEA and World Harvest. It was unknown where CW network programming will be carried in the USVI area at the time of the transaction becoming final.

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
23.1 480i 4:3 WCVI-D1 Main WCVI programming / LeSEA
23.2 WCVI-D2 World Harvest Television
23.3 WCVI-D3 Cozi TV

Logos

  • WCVI's logo as a UPN affiliate from 2002 to 2006.

  • WCVI's logo as a CW affiliate on analog channel 39 from 2006 to 2009.

  • WCVI's logo as a CW affiliate on digital channel 23 from 2009 to 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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