Miami Valley Channel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Miami Valley Channel, also known as UPN 17, was a local cable channel in Dayton, Ohio, owned and operated by Cox Enterprises, through its local CBS affiliate, WHIO-TV. It was seen on local Time Warner Cable channels 17 and 6, with the number varying by each local cable system.
The station was used as the UPN affiliate until UPN ceased operations on September 15, 2006. The station aired a 10:00PM edition of NewsCenter 7 anchored by Donna Jordan.
The channel was started in 1994 as a joint venture between Viacom Cable, Continental Cablevision (both Time Warner today) and WHIO-TV. It gained the UPN affiliation in 1995. It later was renamed "UPN 17", after its cable slot on Time Warner.
On September 16, 2006 the channel changed its name back to "The Miami Valley Channel" (MVC) as it still aired its regular daytime programming including The Greg Behrendt Show, Dr. Phil and selected shows from the i network.
After 12 years, The Miami Valley Channel was shut down at midnight on January 1, 2007 due to the network not having a major affiliation and was dropped from Time Warner Cable's lineup.[1] Viewers that tuned into MVC on January 1 saw a message from Time Warner Cable that stated, "The Miami Valley Channel (MVC) programming is no longer carried on Time Warner Cable. MVC was the former UPN network affiliate. UPN stopped broadcasting their signal in August of 2006 and MVC is no longer in operation as of December 31, 2006." This was caused by WBDT becoming Dayton's CW affiliate, while My Network TV airs on a digital subchannel for WRGT.[2][3]
|
||||||||
