WVBT
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| WVBT | |
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| Virginia Beach, Virginia | |
| Branding | Fox 43 Fox 43 News |
| Slogan | First on Fox |
| Channels | Analog: 43 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | LIN TV (WAVY Broadcasting, LLC) |
| First air date | March of 1993 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Virginia Beach Television |
| Sister station(s) | WAVY-TV |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1994-1995) The WB (1995-1998) |
| Transmitter Power | 5,000 kW (analog) 1,000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 261 m (analog) 241 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 65387 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | myfoxhamptonroads.com |
WVBT, channel 43, is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the Hampton Roads area of southeast Virginia, licensed to Virginia Beach. Its transmitter is located in Suffolk. Owned by LIN TV, the station is sister to NBC affiliate WAVY-TV. The two stations share studios on Wythe Street in downtown Portsmouth. Along with network programming, syndicated shows on the station include: Judge Hatchett, Family Guy, Seinfeld, and Cristina's Court.
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[edit] History
WVBT began operation in March of 1993 with Home Shopping Network programming, along with infomercials and religious shows. It affiliated with The WB network on January 11, 1995. Shortly thereafter, the station came under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with LIN TV and WAVY. In May of 1996, WVBT began broadcasting from a new transmitter.
LIN TV came to an affiliation agreement with Fox in November of 1995 and WVBT became a Fox affiliate in August 1998. WB affiliation was sent to WTVZ. [1] [2] LIN TV purchased the station out-right in February of 2002.
[edit] News operation
When WVBT made the switch to Fox in 1998, WAVY started producing a 10 P.M. newscast. It was not the market's first primetime newscast as CBS affiliate WTKR produced a short-lived newscast on WGNT from 1995 until 1997. [3] ABC affiliate WVEC-TV also produced a 10 o'clock newscast on WPEN-LP from 1995 until they started LNC 4 (now LNC 5) in 1997. [4] WVEC continues to produce a 10 P.M. newscast to this day on that station. The 45-minute broadcast is followed by the Fox 43 Sports Wrap with sports news and highlights.
Fox 43 News at 10 (10 to 10:45 P.M.)
Weeknights
- Anchors:
- Eric Harryman
- Nicole Livas
- Weather:
- Don Slater
- Sports:
- Bruce Rader
Weekends
- Anchors:
- Lori Crouch
- Weather:
- Cheryl Nelson
- Sports:
- Ahmed Fareed
WVBT features additional news personnel from WAVY. See that article for a complete listing.
[edit] Former personalities
- Kerri Furey - weekends
- still at the two stations as co-anchor of WAVY's weekday morning and Noon newscasts
- Stephanie Harris - weekends
- currently WAVY health reporter
- Krista Marino - weeknights
- married to former WAVY reporter Ted Oberg [5] [6]
- now a stay-at-home mom in Houston, Texas
- David Nelson - weeknights
- Cheryl Tan - weekends
- now WAVY weekday morning traffic reporter
- Derek Wing - weekends
- left for KCPQ in Seattle, Washington
- Kelly Wright - weeknights
- now at Fox News Channel [7]
[edit] References
- ^ FOX TO CHANGE AFFILIATION IN SEPTEMBER 1998, FOX PLANS TO MOVE FROM WTVZ IN NORFOLK TO WVBT IN VIRGINIA BEACH
- ^ Locals Still Buzzing About Fox Switch
- ^ Same Stuff On Wtkr News And Wgnt
- ^ Wvec, Wpen Team Up On Prime-Time Programming
- ^ http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=bios&id=3251581
- ^ WHRE will join Cox Cable's lineup in July | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com
- ^ FoxNews.com - Kelly Wright - Bio
[edit] External links
- WVBT "Fox 43"
- WAVY-TV/DT
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WVBT
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WVBT-TV
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