WSKY-TV
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| WSKY-TV | |
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| Manteo, North Carolina | |
| Branding | Channel 4 Hampton Roads |
| Slogan | What to Watch |
| Channels | none analog, 4 (soon) digital |
| Affiliations | Independent |
| Owner | SKY Television LLC |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Call letters meaning | The word SKY (also former moniker) |
| Former affiliations | none |
| Website | http://www.4hamptonroads.com/ |
WSKY-TV, which launched in October 2001, is a full-power/full market independent station serving the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA television market (DMA) and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The station, which is part of the Hampton Roads market, broadcasts on Channel 4 and is licensed to Manteo, North Carolina. Its analog transmitter is located five miles west of Kitty Hawk.
WSKY is carried on Cox Communications Hampton Roads, Hampton Roads' on channel 4, as well as 2 Charter systems in the DMA, Adelphia and Time Warner Cable services, Dish Network, and DirecTV.
While the morning programming consists of mainly infomercials, the day, afternoon, and evening programming consists of local first run entertainment/news, sitcom/drama reruns (both syndicated and non-syndicated), and movies. WSKY also offers a fair amount of first-run syndicated programming, as well as major league and NCAA sporting events.
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[edit] Digital signal and tower collapse
The station's analog signal signed-off in late November 2006, as their digital signal, also on channel 4, was to sign-in from a new tower near Camden County, NC. WSKY had some challenges covering the Northern most area of the metro (Williamsburg, Newport News, Hampton) on its analog signal; which was to be remedied with its new digital tower.
Between 6 and 7 a.m. on the morning of March 2, 2007, in high winds during storms moving through the area, WSKY-DT's tower collapsed, also destroying the transmitter building. The tower was three weeks away from completion. [1] [2]
[edit] Trivia
Before its fall 2001 launch, channel 4 on Cox Cable housed LNC or Local News on Cable, WVEC-TV's 24-hour news station. When WSKY launched, LNC moved up to channel 5 on Cox Cable lineups.
Despite the callsign and former moniker, it is not affiliated in any way with British Sky Broadcasting of the United Kingdom, nor its parent company, News Corporation (who also owns the Fox network).
[edit] References
- ^ Major setback for WSKY-DT. VARTV.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
- ^ Broadcast tower under construction in Camden Co. collapses during storm. WAVY-TV. Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
[edit] Logos
 Logo used from 2001 to 2006. |
 2003 Ident. |
 Logo from 2006-present. |
[edit] External links
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WUND 2 / WUNP 36 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WTKR 3 (CBS) - WGBS-LP 7 (A1) - WAVY 10 (NBC) - WVEC 13 (ABC) - WHRO 15 (PBS) - WYSJ-CA 19 (ShopNBC) - WHRE 21 (TBN) - W25CS 25 (Religious) - WGNT 27 (The CW) - WTVZ 33 (MNTV) - WVBT 43 (Fox) - WPXV 49 (ION) |
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WSKY 4 (Ind) |
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Independent Stations: WSKY 4 (Manteo) - WHKY 14 (Hickory) - WRAY 30 (Wilson) - WGSR 39 (Reidsville) - WAXN 64 (Kannapolis) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MNTV, NBC, and PBS stations in North Carolina | |
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