WVBK-CA

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WVBK-CA
WVBK-CA
Southern Vermont
City of license Manchester, Vermont
Branding RSN TV12/20
Slogan Your Guide to Southern Vermont
Channels 2 (VHF) analog
Affiliations RSN
Owner Vision 3 Broadcasting, Inc.
Founded 1998
Call letters meaning W
Vision
Broadcasting (owner)
K = disambiguation from former sister station WVBG-LP
Former callsigns W49BU (1996-98)
WVBK-LP (1998-2003)
Former affiliations UPN (1998-2000)
Transmitter Power 4 W
Class Class A
Facility ID 26996
Website www.wvbktv.com

WVBK-CA is the Resort Sports Network affiliate for southern Vermont, licensed in Manchester, Vermont. The station's over-the-air transmissions are on VHF channel 2, with no digital signal; the 12 and 20 in WVBK's branding refer to its cable slots (as the station's effective radiated power is very low for a Class A station). WVBK is owned by Vision 3 Broadcasting.

[edit] History

The station signed on in 1998 as a repeater of WVBG-LP, then Albany, New York's UPN affiliate. It originally broadcast on UHF channel 49, not moving to channel 2 until late 2003. UPN programming ceased to appear on WVBK in 2000, after WVBG lost its affiliation to an Albany cable channel, WEDG-TV, and the station eventually picked up the Resort Sports Network. In the early 2000s, Vision 3 sold off WVBG and its other repeater, WVBX-LP, and WVBK became a separate station.

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