WVBT
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| Virginia Beach, Virginia | |
| Branding | FOX43 |
| Slogan | First on FOX |
| Channels | 43 (UHF) analog, 29 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | LIN TV |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Call letters meaning | Virginia Beach Television |
| Former affiliations | The WB (1995-1998) |
| Website | www.fox43tv.com |
WVBT is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate serving the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA television market (Designated Market Area). The station is licensed to Virginia Beach. WVBT's transmitter is located in Suffolk, Virginia. WVBT broadcasts its analog signal on Channel 43, and is sister station to WAVY-TV.
WVBT began operation in March 1993 with Home Shopping Network programming, along with infomercials and religious shows. It affiliated with the WB network in January 1995, and shortly thereafter came under a local marketing agreement with LIN's WAVY-TV Channel 10.
LIN came to an affiliation agreement with Fox in November 1995, [1] [2] and WVBT became a Fox affiliate in August 1998, sending the WB affiliation to WTVZ. LIN purchased the station out-right in February 2002.
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[edit] FOX 43 News at Ten
When WVBT made the switch to FOX in 1998, WAVY started producing a 10 p.m. newscast: FOX 43 News at Ten. The newscast is not the market's first primetime newscast, WTKR produced a short-lived newscast on WGNT from 1995 to about 1996/97; and WVEC produced a newscast on WPEN-LP from 1995 until they started LNC4 in 1997, where WVEC continues to produce a 10 p.m. newscast to this day.
The 45-minute newscast is broadcast by WAVY anchors, reporters, and meteorologists. It is followed by the FOX 43 SportsWrap, with sports news and highlights.
[edit] Personalities
[edit] Anchors
- David Nelson and Nicole Livas - Weeknights
- Cheryl Tan - Weekends
[edit] Meteorologists
- Don Slater - Weeknights
- Jim Lawrence - Weekends
[edit] Sports
- Bruce Rader - Weeknights
- Ahmed Fareed - Weekends
[edit] Former Personalities
- Kelly Wright - Anchored weeknight newscast from its inception until 2002. Now at FOX News Channel [3]
- Krista Marino - Anchored weeknight newscast from its inception until 2001. Married to former WAVY reporter Ted Oberg [4] [5]. Now a stay-at-home mom in Houston.
- Kerri Furey - Anchored weekend newscast. Still at WAVY/WVBT, co-anchors sister station WAVY's morning and noon newscasts.
- Derek Wing - Anchored weekend newscast after Kerri Furey until 2004. Now at KCPQ in Seattle [6]
[edit] Logos
 Logo used as a WB affiliate. |
 Logo from 1998 until the present, when WVBT became a FOX affiliate. |
[edit] External links
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WUND 2 / WUNP 36 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WTKR 3 (CBS) - WSKY 4 (Ind) - WGBS-LP 7 (A1) - WAVY 10 (NBC) - WVEC 13 (ABC) - WHRO 15 (PBS) - WYSJ-CA 19 (ShopNBC) - WHRE 21 (TBN) - W25CS 25 (Religious) -WGNT 27 (The CW) - WTVZ 33 (MNTV) - WVBT 43 (Fox) - WPXV 49 (i) |
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| Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Virginia | |
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WHSV-DT 3.2 (Harrisonburg) - WAHU-CA 27 (Charlottesville) - WFXR 27 / WWCW 21 (Roanoke / Lynchburg) - WRLH 35 (Richmond) - WVBT 43 (Virginia Beach) |
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| See also: ABC, CW, CBS, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Virginia | |
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Corporate Staff: Gary R. Chapman (President & CEO) | Vincent L. Sadusky | Greg Schmidt | Scott Blumenthal | Edward L. Munson, Jr. | William S. Banowsky | Peter S. Brodsky | Royal W. Carson, III | Dr. William H. Cunningham | Randall S. Fojtasek | Wilma H. Jordan | Michael A. Pausic |
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CBS Network Affiliates: KRQE / KBIM / KREZ | WANE | WISH | WIVB | WLFI | WPRI | WTHI |
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Fox Network Affiliates: KASA6 | WALA | WLUK | WNAC4 | WUPW | WVBT |
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NBC Network Affiliates: KNSD1 | KXAN | KXAS1 | WAND3 | WAVY | WDTN | WOOD | WWLP |
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The CW Network Affiliates: KNIN2 | KNVA4 | KSCW2 | WBPG | WNLO | WWHO |
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My Network TV Affiliates: KNVA4 | WCTX | WNAC4 | WNDY | WXSP |
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Other stations: KBOP (Independent)1a | KBVO (TeleFutura) | WAPA / WTIN / WNJX (Independent)5 | WIIH (Univision) | WJPX / WKPV / WIRS / WJWN (MTV)5 |
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1Co-owned with NBC Universal in a joint venture (76% owned by NBC, 24% owned by LIN). |
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1aOwned by Commercial Broadcasting Corp., and operated by the NBC / LIN joint ventutre (see note 1) |
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2Co-owned with Banks Broadcasting in a joint venture (50/50); however, LIN does not control these stations. |
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3Co-owned with Block Communications in a joint venture (33% owned by LIN, 67% owned by Block Communications), |
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4LIN operates these stations under a local marketing agreement. |
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5Acquisition by InterMedia Partners, LP is now awaiting FCC approval. |
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6Acquisition pending from Raycom Media, LIN operates the station under a local marketing agreement while the sale is finalized. |
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Annual Revenue: $443.5 million USD | Employees: 2,414 (full time) | Stock Symbol: NYSE: TVL | Website: www.lintv.com |
