Local News on Cable

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LNC5
Hampton Roads area of Virginia
Branding	LNC5
Channels	Cox Cable Channel 5 analog, none digital
Affiliations	none
Owner	Belo Corp.
Founded	1997
Call letters meaning	Local News on Cable
Former affiliations	none
Website	none

Local News on Cable, or LNC5, is a joint venture between WVEC-TV (the local ABC affiliate), Cox Communications Hampton Roads, and The Virginian-Pilot. LNC5 is owned by the Belo Corporation. Launched in late-February 1997 as LNC4 on Cox Cable channel 4 (later moving to channel 5 after the launch of independent station WSKY-TV), LNC5 is available only on Cox Cable in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia and northeast North Carolina (Knotts Island, NC only).

LNC5 airs WVEC's live newscasts and rebroadcasts them throughout the day. On weeknights, LNC airs and produces a 10 p.m. half-hour newscast titled "Pilot 13 News" and a weekend morning edition. LNC occasionally airs live broadcasts of major events in the Hampton Roads area, i.e. arrivals of military members.

On weekends and some holidays (i.e. Christmas), if ABC sports coverage (which airs on WVEC) interferes with WVEC's newscast (usually at 6 p.m.), LNC occasionally airs a live newscast.

[edit] Newscasts

• Rebroadcasts of WVEC-TV newscasts, all day (live simulcasts on Monday-Friday, 5-7 a.m., 12 noon-1 p.m., 5-6:30 p.m., and 11-11:35 p.m., and on weekends from 6-8 a.m., 6-6:30 p.m., and 11-11:35 p.m.)
• Pilot 13 News at 10, 10-10:30 p.m.
• Pilot 13 Weekend News, Saturday 7:30-8 a.m. and Sunday 7-8 a.m.

[edit] External links

• WVEC-TV
• The Virginian-Pilot