WVCY-TV

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WVCY-TV
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Branding TV-30
Slogan The Christian Alternative
Channels Analog: 30 (UHF)

Digital: 22 (UHF)
Affiliations independent
Owner VCY America, Inc.
First air date January 11, 1983
Call letters’ meaning Wisconsin
Voice of
Christian
Youth
Transmitter Power 1070 kW (analog)
196 kW (digital)
Height 293 m (analog)
286 m (digital)
Facility ID 72342
Transmitter Coordinates 43°5′15.3″N, 87°54′13.6″W (analog)
43°5′45.7″N, 87°54′15.3″W (digital)
Website Official site

WVCY-TV is a conservative Christian television station, affiliated with FamilyNet, in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, viewing area. It broadcasts on Channel 30 (on digital television, Channel 22). The station first went on the air on January 11, 1983.

The station does hold a commercial license, but chooses not to air advertising and asks for viewer support through donations instead for funding. Unlike other religious television stations, it does not carry CCM programming, or signs and wonders televangelists (like Benny Hinn). The station does air some programming from FamilyNet.

WVCY's transmitter operates at a power of 1000 kW, and can be seen through southeastern Wisconsin over the air and on cable television. Besides Wisconsin Public Television's stations during school recesses and vacations, WVCY is the only station in the state to go off-the-air every night.

[edit] Trivia

CBS wanted to purchase WVCY in 1994 when WITI announced it would switch to Fox. CBS had already been turned down by WTMJ, WISN (which had been affiliated with CBS from 1961 through 1977), WVTV (which was a CBS O&O in the 1950s), WCGV, and WJJA. WVCY's ownership though decided to reject the offer and keep the station, so CBS announced an affiliation deal with WDJT just days before WITI switched to Fox.

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Broadcast television in the Milwaukee market  (Nielsen DMA #34)
Local television stations

WTMJ 4 (NBC, WX+ on DT2) - WITI 6 (FOX) - WMKE-CA 7 (A1) - WMVS 10 (PBS/MPTV, World on DT1, V-me on DT2, Kids on DT3, Create on DT4, NOAA WX info/WisDOT traffic on DT5-DT8) - WISN 12 (ABC) - WVTV 18 (The CW) - WCGV 24 (MNTV) - W29DJ 29 (UNK) - WVCY 30 (FN) - WMVT 36 (PBS/MPTV, WMVS-HD on DT1) - WBWT-LP 38 (AZA) - WMLW-CA 41 (IND) - WBME 49 (IND classic TV) - WWRS 52 (TBN, Church on DT2, JCTV on DT3, Enlace on DT4, SoaC on DT5) - WPXE 55 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4) - WDJT 58 (CBS, WMLW on DT2, WBME on DT3) - WYTU-LP 63 (TMD)
Significantly Viewed
Out-of-Market Stations
Reception may vary
Local cable television channels
See also

Broadcast television stations in Madison, Green Bay, Chicago and Grand Rapids, MI
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Other Television Stations in the state of Wisconsin
Spanish Language Stations
ION Television Stations
TBN Stations & Translators
W17CF 17 (Oshkosh/Menasha/Neenah)  · K32GF 32 (Rhinelander)  · W36DH 36 (Waupaca)  · W38CT 38 (Madison)
W44BF 44 (La Crosse)  · W49CB 49 (Green Bay)  · WWRS 52 (Mayville/Milwaukee)  · W65EE 65 (Janesville/Beloit)
FamilyNet Affiliates
Three Angels Station
Other Stations
See also ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MNTV, NBC and PBS stations in Wisconsin