WVAW-LP
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| WVAW-LP | |
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| Charlottesville, Virginia | |
| Branding | ABC16 |
| Channels | 16 (UHF) analog |
| Affiliations | ABC (as satellite of WHSV-TV until 2004) |
| Owner | Gray Television |
| Founded | 1979 (on channel 64, moved to channel 16 in 2004) |
| Former callsigns | W64AO (1979-2004) |
| Former affiliations | none |
| Transmitter Power | 150 kW |
| Website | www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv |
WVAW-LP (known on air as ABC16) is an ABC-affiliated low-power television station on UHF Channel 16 based in Charlottesville, Virginia. The station is owned by Gray Television.
It originally began in 1979 as W64AO, a low-powered repeater of WHSV-TV in Harrisonburg, then the area's de facto ABC affiliate (even though Richmond's WRIC-TV puts a strong signal into Charlottesville and is still available on cable). In 2004, it moved to channel 16 and became the market's first ABC affiliate not long after its sister station, full-power CBS affiliate WCAV signed on.
WVAW is one-third of an operation collectively known as the "Charlottesville Newsplex", an attempt by Gray Television to take on established NBC affiliate WVIR (owned by locally-based Waterman Broadcasting). After the launch of WCAV and WVAW, Gray launched a startup Fox affiliate, WAHU-CA, on channel 27 in early 2005. All three stations are run out of the same headquarters with some behind-the-scenes duties being run alongside WHSV (with whom the "Newsplex" has a resource sharing alliance).
WVAW ABC 16 was off the air on Thursday, November 9, 2006 - Monday, November 13, 2006. Their analog signal suffered a fire to the tower on the top of Carters Mountain in Virginia. Their analog signal was fixed and back on the air.
In 2006 WCAV, WVAW-LP, WAHU-CA became the official flagship stations of University of Virginia Sports.
[edit] Newscasts
Weekdays
Good Morning Charlottesville (5:00-7:00 am, simulcast with WCAV)
ABC16 News at 7:00 (7:00-7:30 pm)
ABC16 News Nightcast (11:00-11:35 pm)
Weekends
Currently, the only weekend news seen on WVAW is a Sunday night newscast at 11pm. It was first anchored by weekday anchor Lauren Knight. In late 2006, weekday reporter Philip Stewart regularly anchored the broadcast.
[edit] External links
- Charlottesville Newsplex website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WVAW-LP
- Channel Changes in Charlottesville
| Broadcast television in the Charlottesville market (Nielsen DMA #182) | |||
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WVAW-LP 16 (ABC) - WCAV 19 (CBS) - WAHU-CA 27 (Fox/MNTV) - WVIR 29 (NBC/The CW) - WHTJ 41 (PBS) - W50CM 50 (PBS) |
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| ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Virginia | |
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WHSV 3 (Harrisonburg) - TV3 Winchester 3 (WHSV-DT3) (Winchester/Harrisonburg) - WRIC 8 (Petersburg) - WSET 13 (Lynchburg) - WVEC 13 (Hampton) - WVAW-LP 16 (Charlottesville) |
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| See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Virginia | |
| ABC Network Affiliate: KAKE | KOLO | WBKO | WHSV | WTOK | WVAW | TV3 Winchester (WHSV-DT3) (cable only) |
| CBS Network Affiliates: KBTX | KKTV | KOLN/KGIN | KWTX | KXII | WCAV | WCTV | WIBW | WIFR | WKYT | WRDW | WSAW | WSWG | WTVY | WVLT | WYMT |
| The CW Network Affiliates1: KBTX | KKCO | KWTX | WBKO | WJHG | WKYT | WTOK | WYMT |
| Fox Network Affiliates: KXII1 | WAHU | WBKO1 | WHSV1 | WSYM2| WTOK1 | WTAP1 |
| Independent Television Station1: WOWT |
| MyNetworkTV Affiliates1: KKTV (KKTV-DT2) | KOLN/KGIN | KXII | WAHU | WCTV | WHSV | WIBW | WJHG | WRDW | WSAW | WSAZ | WSWG | WTOK | WTVY | WTAP | WVLT |
| NBC Network Affiliates: KKCO | WEAU | WILX | WITN | WJHG | WMTV | WNDU | WOWT | WSAZ | WTAP |
| 1These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. |
| 2Gray and Journal Broadcast Group entered into a "news share" agreement. |
| Annual Revenue: $332.1 USD (2006) | Employees: N/A | Stock Symbol: NYSE: GTN | Website: www.graycommunications.com |
