virginia wcvw richmond virginia whtj charlottesville virginia united states branding wcve pbs wcvw pbs whtj pbs channels digital wcve 42 uhf wcvw 44 uhf whtj 46 uhf virtual wcve 23 psip wcvw 57 psip whtj 41 psip subchannels xx .1 pbs xx .2 create xx .3 mhz worldview affiliations pbs owner commonwealth public broadcasting corporation first air date wcve september 1964 ; 52 years ago 1964 09 1 wcvw december 1966 ; 49 years ago 1966 12 2 whtj may 19 1989 ; 27 years ago 1989 05 19 call letters meaning wcve central virginia educational whtj home of thomas jefferson sister station s wcve fm former channel number s analog wcve 23 uhf 1964 2009 wcvw 57 uhf 1966 2009 whtj 41 uhf 1989 2009 former affiliations net 1964 1970 transmitter power wcve 160 kw digital wcvw 100 kw digital whtj 165 kw digital height wcve 346.3 m digital wcvw 328 m digital whtj 331.6 m digital facility id wcve 9987 wcvw 9989 whtj 9990 transmitter coordinates wcve 37 30 44 n 77 36 4 w 37.51222 n 77.60111 w 37.51222 ; 77.60111 wcvw 37 30 45 n 77 36 5 w 37.51250 n 77.60139 w 37.51250 ; 77.60139 wcvw whtj 37 58 59 n 78 29 2 w 37.98306 n 78.48389 w 37.98306 ; 78.48389 whtj licensing authority fcc public license information wcvw whtj profile wcvw whtj cdbs website wcve tv wcvw whtj wcve tv is a pbs member television station licensed to richmond virginia . it broadcasts on channel 23 and is owned by commonwealth public broadcasting corporation . the station is a member of pbs of which wcve tv became a charter member . the station signed on for the first time in september 1964 . offices are at 23 sesame street in bon air a suburb of richmond . its transmitter is located a few blocks away on 5 sesame street . wcve s programming is also broadcast by a satellite in charlottesville virginia on channel 41 as whtj . wcve the sister affiliate wcvw and whtj were all together known locally as the community idea stations but in 2008 began using their call letters to identify themselves simply referring to themselves each as a community idea station . prior to the branding change all three stations were known as central virginia s public tv until 2001 . 3 4 contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 see also 5 sources 6 external links 7 references history edit the community owned public broadcasting company was established in 1961 by thomas boushall chairman of the richmond school board and an officer of the bank of virginia and a group of concerned citizens to employ television for educational purposes . the patron saints of public broadcasting in central virginia were boushall e. claiborne robins sr. mary ann franklin and bill w. spiller . mrs. franklin first approached boushall and henry i. willett then superintendent of richmond city schools with the idea of establishing an educational television station . boushall and franklin then recruited spiller who was hired in december 1963 and began working for them in january 1964 . wcve s sister station wcvw tv channel 57 signed on in 1967 . richmond became the first community in virginia to have dual stations and only the eighth in the nation to do so doubling the amount of instructional programming provided to schools in central virginia . over forty years later both wcve and wcvw are still in operation . in 1974 commonwealth public broadcasting took over wnvt tv a fairfax public tv station on the verge of financial insolvency in order to protect instructional television and educational services for schools in northern virginia . in 1981 a second northern virginia station wnvc tv was established . today these two stations provide international programming in english and several other languages tailored to the needs of the washington d.c. area s culturally diverse population . when union theological seminary & presbyterian school of christian education announced its plans to give up its public radio license for wrfk which had assumed a fine music format from wfmv . to ensure public radio would remain in richmond wcve fm radio went on the air as a npr affiliate in 1988 . the following year the company established whtj in charlottesville . before whtj s sign on charlottesville had been one of the few areas in the country without a full powered pbs station ; it had been served by a repeater of harrisonburg s wvpt . a 25 000 square foot 2 300 m tv and radio studio office complex was added in 1991 . after signing off at midnight almost daily for over 40 years wcve and wcvw became 24 hour stations most days of the week in the fall of 2006 . starting in early 2008 the stylized i logo became the station s secondary logo while a new once display the wcve call letters was adopted . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 5 6 7 xx .1 1080i 16 9 wcve hd wcvw hd whtj hd main programming pbs xx .2 480i 4 3 wcve d2 whtj d2 create xx .3 wcve d3 whtj d3 mhz worldview analog to digital conversion edit wcve tv wcvw & whtj shut down all analog signals on march 30 2009 8 wcve tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 23 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 42 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 23 . wcvw shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 57 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 44 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 57 which was among the high band uhf channels 52 69 that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition . whtj shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 41 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 46 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 41 . programming edit like most public television stations this trio broadcasts shows distributed by pbs but they also create a range of local programs . wcve produces virginia currents a program profiling residents of the state both typical and notable which is aired by other pbs stations in virginia such as blue ridge pbs and wvpt . whtj offers charlottesville inside out hosted by musician terri allard . 9 see also edit wcve fm bill w. spiller 1926 2004 sources edit fisher mark d. 2005 a brief history of wfmv virginia s first stereophonic good music station richmond radio group on yahoo ; richmond va external links edit wcve tv official webpage wcve fm information richmond radio yahoo group query the fcc s tv station database for wcve tv query tv fool s coverage map for wcve query the fcc s tv station database for wcvw query tv fool s coverage map for wcvw query the fcc s tv station database for whtj query tv fool s coverage map for whtj biafn s media web database information on wcve tv biafn s media web database information on wcvw tv biafn s media web database information on whtj tv references edit the broadcasting and cable yearbook says september 14 while the television and cable factbook says september 10 . the broadcasting and cable yearbook says december 22 while the television and cable factbook says december 24 . http www.youtube.com watch v da6lhme15z8 http www.youtube.com watch v wdxa8hogl 8 rabbitears tv query for wcve rabbitears tv query for wcvw rabbitears tv query for whtj dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . hook staff 2007 11 15 . inside out fest whtj celebrates local talk with terri . the hook newspaper . charlottesville . retrieved 2008 02 25 . v t e broadcast television in central virginia including richmond and petersburg reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wtvr 6.1 cbs 6.2 antenna tv 6.3 cbs6 xtra wric 8.1 abc 8.2 ion 8.3 gettv wwbt 12.1 nbc 12.2 metv 12.3 escape wrlh tv 35.1 fox 35.2 mntv this tv 35.3 comet wwbk lp 39.1 laff wupv 65.1 the cw 65.2 bounce tv 65.3 grittv public television stations wcve 23.1 pbs 23.2 create 23.3 mhz worldview wcvw 57.1 pbs spanish language stations wztd ld 45.1 tel religious stations wxob lp 17 religious ind. wrid ld 48.1 daystar cable channels the comcast network comcast sportsnet mid atlantic masn defunct stations wflv lp 15 unknown w18cq unknown weri lp 39 unknown wsvl lp 48 unknown wfma lp 52 unknown w59dq unknown wvrn 63 ind virginia broadcast television areas by city bristol bluefield charlottesville harrisonburg norfolk richmond roanoke washington dc v t e broadcast television in the charlottesville area reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wvaw ld 16.1 abc wcav 19.1 cbs 19.2 accuwx 19.3 fox wahu cd 27.1 fox 27.2 mntv metv wvir tv 29.1 nbc 29.2 weather nation tv 29.3 the cw whtj 41.1 pbs 41.2 create 41.3 mhzwv wvpt 51.1 pbs 51.2 create 51.3 v me virginia broadcast television areas by city bristol bluefield charlottesville harrisonburg norfolk richmond roanoke washington dc v t e pbs member stations in the commonwealth of virginia wbra 15 wsbn 47 wmsy 52 roanoke norton marion whro 15 hampton wcve 23 wcvw 57 whtj 41 richmond charlottesville weta 26 arlington washington dc wvpt 51 wvpy 42 staunton front royal see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in virginia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wcve tv & oldid 743131542 categories pbs member stationstelevision stations in richmond virginiatelevision channels and stations established in 1964 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 01 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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