branding abc 16 general cbs 19 news newscasts slogan where charlottesville news comes first channels digital 16 uhf virtual 16 psip subchannels 16.1 abc affiliations abc owner gray television gray television licensee llc first air date 1979 ; 37 years ago 1979 call letters meaning va virginia postal abbreviation sister station s wcav wahu cd whsv tv wsvf cd former callsigns w64ao 1979 2004 wvaw lp 2004 2009 former channel number s analog 64 uhf 1979 2004 16 uhf 2004 2009 transmitter power 15 kw height 324 m facility id 4687 transmitter coordinates 37 59 3 n 78 28 52 w 37.98417 n 78.48111 w 37.98417 ; 78.48111 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website newsplex.com wvaw ld is the low powered abc affiliated television station for charlottesville virginia . it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on uhf channel 16 from a transmitter on carters mountain . the station can also be seen on comcast channel 3 and in high definition on digital channel 803 . owned by gray television wvaw is sister to cbs affiliate wcav and low powered fox affiliate wahu cd . all three share studios known as the charlottesville newsplex on 2nd street southeast in downtown charlottesville . in addition some behind the scenes duties are run alongside that of sister station whsv tv in harrisonburg which the newsplex has a resource sharing alliance with . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channel 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 newscasts 5 references 6 external links history edit what is now wvaw ld originally began in 1979 on analog uhf channel 64 with the call sign w64ao . the station was a low powered repeater of whsv which was the area s default abc affiliate even though richmond s wric tv puts a strong signal into charlottesville . in 2004 w64ao moved to uhf channel 16 gained the wvaw lp call letters and became the market s first abc affiliate not long after wcav signed on . however it was still officially licensed as a translator station according to the federal communications commission fcc . in early 2005 after the launch of wcav and wvaw gray television launched a third station in the area fox affiliate wahu ca . since 2006 the three have been the official flagships of university of virginia sports . wvaw was temporarily taken off the air by a fire on its transmitter tower at the top of carters mountain on november 9 2006 . the signal was restored on november 13 . on december 28 wvaw moved to comcast channel 3 . of all of the richmond and washington stations replaced on the main tier for the new charlottesville abc cbs and fox affiliates only wttg survived . on comcast digital cable richmond channels include wric and wtvr tv . wusa is not on digital cable nor is any other district station . other comcast systems north and west of charlottesville do pick up washington and richmond locals either on the main tier or digital lineup . on october 27 2009 wvaw s digital transmitter had a glitch over the air . the signal was put on wahu dt2 for a short time and the problem was fixed a day later . digital television edit digital channel edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 16.1 720p 16 9 abc16 main wvaw ld programming abc analog to digital conversion edit wvaw shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 16 on february 16 2009 and flash cut its digital signal into operation uhf channel 16 . 2 it also changed its calls to the current wvaw ld with ld standing for low powered digital . programming edit syndicated programming on the station includes inside edition ellen . newscasts edit wvaw and its sister stations employ the largest television news team dedicated exclusively to the charlottesville market . while wvir dedicates some staff to adjacent areas wvaw focuses its coverage solely on the counties that comprise the charlottesville viewing area . as the primary station in the charlottesville newsplex operation wcav airs the most newscasts . wvaw simulcasts the second hour of good morning charlottesville on weekday mornings 6 00 7 00 a.m. cbs19 news weeknights at 5 00 5 30 and 6 00 and 19news nightcast weeknights at 11 00 p.m. references edit rabbitears tv query for wvaw dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit wvaw ld abc 16 wvaw ld mobile query the fcc s tv station database for wvaw ld query tv fool s coverage map for wvaw ld biafn s media web database information on wvaw lp 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 abc network affiliates in the commonwealth of virginia whsv 3 harrisonburg tv3 winchester 3 whsv dt3 winchester harrisonburg wric 8 petersburg wset 13 lynchburg wvec 13 hampton wvaw ld 16 charlottesville see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in virginia v t e gray television abc network affiliates kcrg kgns 1 kjct knoe 1 kolo kota khsd ksfy kaby kpry kspr 2 wbko whsv wjrt wtok wtvg wvaw cbs network affiliates kalb 1 kgwn kstf kktv kmvt knoe knpl koln kgin kosa kwch kbsd kbsh kbsl kwtx kbtx kxii kxjb kylx wagm 1 wcav wctv wswg wdbj wecp wibw wifr wiye wkyt wymt wrdw wsaw wsvf 1 wtvy wvlt the cw network affiliates 1 kbtx kcwy kgwn kstf kjct knoe kscw ksfy kaby kpry kwtx kxjb kycw kylx wagt wbko wbxx wjhg wkyt wmtv wqcw wswg wtok wtvg wymt fox network affiliates kevn kiit kndx kxnd ksvt kxii 1 wagm wahu wbko 1 wluc 1 wova wsvf wzaw mynetworktv affiliates 1 kktv kosa ksnb kxii kyes wahu wctv wecp whsv wibw witn wrdw wsaw wsaz wswg wtok wtvy wiye wvlt nbc network affiliates kalb kcwy kfyr kqcd kmot kumv kgns kkco knop ksnb ktuu kvly kytv wagt weau wilx witn wjhg wluc wmtv wndu wowt wrgx wsaz wtap other stations tel kgns 1 kkco 1 uni kdcu 3 ind. k17dl d 4 acquisitions benedek broadcasting hoak media schurz communications 1 these stations except for kscw & wqcw broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels . 2 owned by schurz communications gray operates kspr through a ssa . 3 owned by entravision communications gray operates kdcu through a jsa . 4 owned by branson visitors tv ; gray holds a 50.1 % interest in this company . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wvaw ld & oldid 737904181 categories abc network affiliatesgray televisiontelevision channels and stations established in 1979digital low power stationstelevision stations in virginia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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