WVBK-CA
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WVBK-CA | |
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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.