states city portsmouth virginia branding wavy tv 10 general wavy news 10 newscasts slogan 10 on your side channels digital 31 uhf virtual 10 psip subchannels 10.1 nbc 10.2 bounce tv 10.3 gettv translators see article affiliations nbc 1959 present owner media general sale to nexstar broadcasting group pending wavy broadcasting llc first air date september 1 1957 ; 59 years ago 1957 09 01 call letters meaning wavy and logo are references to atlantic ocean or chesapeake bay ; also rhymes with navy 1 sister station s wvbt former channel number s analog 10 vhf 1957 2009 former affiliations abc 1957 1959 transmitter power 1 000 kw height 280 m 920 ft facility id 71127 transmitter coordinates 36 49 14 n 76 30 41 w 36.82056 n 76.51139 w 36.82056 ; 76.51139 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website wavy.com wavy tv channel 10 is a television station licensed to portsmouth virginia usa serving as the nbc affiliate for the hampton roads area of virginia comprising the cities of portsmouth norfolk newport news virginia beach hampton and environs and the outer banks region of north carolina . wavy tv is owned by media general and is a sister station to fox affiliate wvbt channel 43 . the two stations share studios and offices in downtown portsmouth and wavy tv broadcasts from a transmitter located in the driver neighborhood of suffolk virginia . contents 1 translators 2 history 3 digital television 3.1 digital channels 3.2 analog to digital conversion 4 news operation 4.1 notable current on air staff 4.2 notable former on air staff 5 out of market cable carriage 6 references 7 external links translators edit in addition to its main signal wavy tv is rebroadcast on six translators . 2 3 4 5 both w14dy d and w18eg d are located in the eastern shore of virginia and are municipally owned by accomack county rather than wavy broadcasting llc or media general . those in the greater hampton roads area are owned and operated by media general . call letters channel city of license transmitter location wktd cd 17 portsmouth wavy driver tower witd cd 23 chesapeake wctx cd 35 virginia beach columbus center building wbtd ld 43 suffolk wavy driver tower wttd ld license cancelled 10 hampton downtown at & t tower w14dy d 14 onancock w18eg d 18.1 onancock history edit wavy tv the hampton roads area s third oldest television station began operations on september 1 1957 . it was originally owned by tidewater teleradio along with wavy radio 1350 am now wgpl . it originally signed on as an abc affiliate but traded network affiliations with nbc affiliate wvec tv channel 13 in 1959 due to its radio sister s long affiliation with nbc radio . in 1968 it became the second station owned by what was then known as lin broadcasting . in april 1989 wavy tv moved into its current studio located on wavy street in downtown portsmouth . the station previously broadcast from a former farmers market on middle street also in downtown portsmouth . the wavy street studio is located across the street from the ntelos wireless pavilion and near or across the street from the elizabeth river . shortly after wvbt became the area s wb affiliate in 1995 wavy began operating that station though a local marketing agreement lma . lin tv came to an affiliation agreement with fox in november 1995 and wvbt took the affiliation from original fox affiliate wtvz channel 33 in 1998 . lin tv purchased that station out right in february 2002 . wavy was the first in the market to broadcast a digital signal in 2001 . on march 21 2014 it was announced that media general would acquire lin . 6 the merger was completed on december 19 bringing wavy tv and wvbt under common ownership with wric tv in petersburg and wsls tv in roanoke . 7 digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 8 10.1 1080i 16 9 wavy main wavy tv programming nbc 10.2 480i 4 3 bounce bounce tv 10.3 get tv gettv wavy tv added bounce tv upon its launch on september 26 2011 . 9 analog to digital conversion edit wavy tv discontinued regular programming on its analog signal over vhf channel 10 at 9 a.m. on june 12 2009 as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television . 10 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 31 using psip to display wavy tv s virtual channel as 10 on digital television receivers . 11 as of november 2014 wavy still broadcasts an analog signal on two of its translator stations making nbc the only major network to maintain an analog signal in the hampton roads area . on august 7 2009 wavy began offering mobile tv using blackberry . 12 news operation edit wavy airs thirty hours of local news a week . it operates its own weather radar called super doppler 10 at its studios . it was the first in the area to air a local broadcast at 5 30 in the morning beginning in 1992 and added weeknight 5 00 in 1989 and 5 30 in 1994 newscasts . 13 it is known for being the first hampton roads station to use a helicopter to cover local news after introducing chopper 10 in 1982 . the current bell 206 longranger helicopter has been used since 2000 . 14 on november 20 2015 ; wavy became the first station in the area to use drone aircraft in their newscasts known as drone 10 . 15 when wvbt made the switch to fox in 1998 wavy started producing a nightly 10 o clock newscast on that station . it was not the market s first prime time show as cbs affiliate wtkr produced a short lived newscast on wgnt from 1995 until 1997 . 16 abc affiliate wvec tv also produced a prime time show on wpen lp from 1995 until it started lnc 4 later lnc 5 ; now defunct in 1997 . 17 wvec continued to produce a 10 o clock news on that station until january 30 2009 . the 45 minute broadcast on wvbt is followed by the fox 43 sports wrap with sports news and highlights . on july 21 2008 at noon wavy and wvbt became the first stations in the market and their station group company to produce local newscasts in high definition . this is in contrast to rival wvec s news being produced in 16 9 digital widescreen which is not true high definition but matches the ratio of hd television screens . 18 wvbt added an hour long extension of wavy s weekday morning news on february 2 2009 . the show airs in an entertainment and lifestyle program format . until january 2007 wvbt operated a 24 hour local weather channel on its second digital subchannel 43 2 . known on air as the wavy weather station it was made cable only in 2007 for unknown reasons . it was seen on mediacom channel 9 charter channel 22 and cox digital channel 227 before going dark in 2011 . 19 there were live current conditions updated forecasts and a sweep of super doppler 10 . on september 12 2011 the hampton roads show an hour long local lifestyle and entertainment program moved from wvbt at 8 a.m. to wavy at 11 a.m. with the move weekend sports anchor chris reckling became co host . 20 notable current on air staff edit bruce rader sports director notable former on air staff edit rich brenner sports anchor during 1970s now deceased barbara ciara weekend co anchor from 1983 until 1988 when she left for wvec . now working at wtkr ; also former president of the national association of black journalists lloyd dobyns news co anchor in the 1960s with vern jones ; later a correspondent and anchor with nbc news 1969 1986 where he hosted the news magazine weekend from 1974 1979 ; winner of a peabody award ahmed fareed sports anchor from 2005 2010 now a studio host and reporter at comcast sportsnet bay area rhonda glenn weather reporter talk show host and anchor in the 1960s and 1970s . golf commentator for abc 1978 1994 ; first full time national tv network female sportscaster espn february 6 1981 ; amateur golfer and author of dozens of magazine articles and books on the sport ; manager of communications for the usga deceased hillary howard former weekend meteorologist during the late 1980s now a host for wtop fm in washington d.c. lisa joyner formerly at the best damn sports show period currently host of tv guide channel s infanity emmett miller ; former weekend anchor during the early 1990s most recently anchor at ktla until leaving in october 2010 diana morgan anchor turned actress seen in series such as jag the bold and the beautiful babylon 5 and the west wing and films such as titanic byron pitts military reporter from 1984 86 now at abc news charles pugh anchor reporter in the 1990s ; served as a weekend anchor and reporter at wjbk tv in detroit from 1999 2009 ; was president of the detroit city council until resigning in 2013 thomas roberts consumer reporter weekday afternoon co anchor during the late 1990s former anchor at cnn headline news now a morning anchor at msnbc marny stanier weekend meteorologist ; left for the weather channel in april 1987 stan verrett now an anchor at espn and espnews also worked for wvec kelly wright now at fox news channel terry zahn joined as reporter and weekend anchor in 1981 became lead anchor in 1984 left in 1993 and joined wvec in 1994 where he served as lead anchor until his death in 2000 out of market cable carriage edit in the 1970s and 1980s wavy was once received as far west as lawrenceville brunswick county and halifax and enfield in north carolina . to the north in crisfield maryland it was also once carried there as well . 21 references edit http articles.dailypress.com 1999 05 15 features 9905150026 1 wtkr stations letters http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign wktd cd station http hamptonroads.vartv.com http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign w14dy d station http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign w18eg d station sruthi ramakrishnan 21 march 2014 . media general to buy lin media for 1.6 billion . reuters . retrieved 21 march 2014 . media general completes merger with lin media press release media general retrieved 19 december 2014 rabbitears tv query for wavy http www.vartv.com pdf wavy 2011 09 23.pdf list of digital full power stations permanent dead link http www.wavy.com dpp news dtv wavy analog signal to continue 20090208 eggerton john 2009 08 07 . lin tv develops blackberry app for mobile tv service . broadcasting & cable . retrieved 2009 08 11 . wavy tv 10 news weather traffic sports for hampton roads virginia north eastern north carolina our apologies wavy tv 10 news weather traffic sports for hampton roads virginia north eastern north carolina chopper 10 http wavy.com 2015 11 20 wavy news 10 introduces drone 10 same stuff on wtkr news and wgnt wvec wpen team up on prime time programming 13news takes a wider look at life top stories wvec.com news for hampton roads virginia 1 http hamptonroads.com 2011 09 hampton roads show moves wavytv 10 http fjallfoss.fcc.gov coals7 forms search cablesearchnf.cfm external links edit official website query the fcc s tv station database for wavy tv query tv fool s coverage map for wavy dt biafn s media web database information on wavy tv v t e television stations in the hampton roads region including virginia beach norfolk portsmouth and newport news virginia reception may vary