TV3 Winchester

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TV3 Winchester
Winchester-Front Royal-Berryville- Woodstock, Virginia (cable) Harrisonburg, Virginia (digital television)

Branding	TV3 Winchester (general) TV3 Winchester News (news)
Slogan	In Your Community'
Channels	Analog: 3 (Comcast cable) & 101 (ShenTel cable) Digital: WHSV-DT 49.3 & 42.3 (UHF) Virtual: WHSV-DT 3.3 (PSIP)
Affiliations	ABC (primary) This TV (secondary)
Owner	Gray Television
First air date	March 5, 2007
Call letters' meaning	Refers to cable channel allocation on Comcast
Sister station(s)	WHSV-TV
Website	www.tv3winchester.com

TV3 Winchester was the primary ABC and secondary This TV television station in Winchester, Virginia from 2007 until it ceased operations Dec. 5, 2013. Owned by Gray Television, it was sister station to Harrisonburg ABC affiliate WHSV-TV and maintained studios on Millwood Avenue and U.S. 50 in Winchester. The channel is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 3 in Frederick, Clarke and Warren counties and ShenTel Cable channel 101 in Shenandoah County.

Even though TV3 Winchester operated mainly as a cable-only outlet, it could also be seen through a widescreen standard definition simulcast on WHSV's second digital subchannel in order to reach the Harrisonburg market. This signal could be seen on UHF channel 49.3 (virtual channel 3.3 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Massanutten Mountain (west of Stanley). Due to WHSV serving as the ABC affiliate for Harrisonburg, the channel was not available on cable in the area.

Along with Winchester, the station served Frederick, Clarke, Warren and Shenandoah counties in Virginia in news and sports gathering and weather coverage. On December 5, 2013, the station announced that it would cease local broadcasting, including news, effective immediately.^[1]

History

TV-3 Winchester was first announced at a press conference at Shenandoah University in 2005. Ground was broken for the new studios, which is located along Millwood Pike in Winchester, on March 1, 2006. The studios are shared with Shenandoah University's own Public-access television cable TV-only station, "Winchester Community Television". Construction was completed in November 2006 and the station launched on March 5, 2007.

Brad Ramsey, formerly the sports director/anchor and more recently a sales account executive at WHSV, handles general manager duties. Brad brought Tony Versley, an Emmy Award winning broadcast engineer on board as Director of Operations and Doug Stanford, formerly of WHSV, as Director of Creative Services and Promotions.

In 2010, TV3 Winchester began to be simulcasted on WHSV digital translator channel 42 from Signal Knob near Strasburg, Virginia. The new digital translator covers the Northern Shenandoah Valley, including the counties of Frederick, Clarke, Warren and Shenandoah and the cities of Winchester and Front Royal.

Newscasts

Bill DuVall was hired in September 2006 as TV-3's News Director. DuVall most recently worked at WVIR in Charlottesville, Virginia as a co-anchor of NBC29 News at Sunrise. DuVall is no stranger to the area, as he worked at former Fox affiliate WYVN (now WWPX) in Martinsburg, West Virginia from 1991 to 1994. DuVall turned the reins of TV-3 Winchester over to Denise Chandler in 2008.

The station carries local newscasts at 6, 7 and 11 p.m. on the weekdays. Morning newscasts on TV-3 Winchester started in early 2008 before ending in December 2013.

On-air staff

Current on-air staff^[2]

Anchors

Katrina Bush - weekday mornings (5-7 a.m.); also producer

Weather team

Cassie Behofist - meteorologist; weekday mornings (5-7 a.m.), also reporter
Channing Frampton - meteorologist; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m., also reporter
Drew Tuma - meteorologist; weeknights at 6, 7 and 11 p.m.; also reporter

Sports team

Brian Kaufman - sports anchor; weekdays at 6, 7 and 11 p.m., also sports reporter
Ted Goldberg - sports anchor; weekends at 11 p.m., also sports reporter

Reporters

Hattie Cheek - general assignment reporter
Alyssa Raymond - general assignment reporter
Maria Satira - general assignment reporter
Dan Grossman - general assignment reporter
Crystal Rosado - general assignment reporter
Lindsay Cobb - general assignment reporter

References

↑ "TV3 Winchester closes after six years on the air". WJLA. December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
↑ TV3 Winchester Bios

External links

TV3 Winchester Website

v t e Broadcast television in the greater Washington, D.C. area

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WRC-TV 4(.1 NBC, .2 Cozi TV) WTTG 5(.1 Fox) WJLA 7(.1 ABC, .2 Me, .3 LWN) WUSA 9(.1 CBS, .2 Bounce, .3 WX) WDCA 20(.1 MNTV, .2 Movies!) WDDN-LD 23 (DSR) WWTD-LD 49(.1 QVC Over Air, .2 NTDTV, .3 QVC Over Air) WDCW 50(.1 CW, .2 Antenna, .3 This) WPXW 66(.1 ION, .2 Qubo, .3 ION Life, .4 ION Shop)

Public television	WMPT/WFPT 22/62(.1 PBS/MPT, .2 MPT2, .3 V-me) WETA 26(.1 PBS HD, .2 Create), .3 Kids, .4 SD) WNVC 30(.1 MHzDC, .2 NHK, .3 CCTV News, .4 RT (English), .5 AJE, .6 CCTV-9) WNVT 30(.7 F24, .9 Arirang, .10 ETV, .11 VTV4, .12 MHzWV) WHUT 32(.1 PBS HD, .2 SD)

Spanish language	WDCN-LP 6 (audio only) WFDC-DT (14.1 UNI) WZDC-CD (25.1 TMD) WNVT (30.8 RT en Español) WMDO-LD 47(.1 UniMás, .2 LATV) WIAV-LD 58(.1 DW Latino America)

Cable channels	CN8 Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic NewsChannel 8 FPA AIM MASN

Hagerstown	WHAG (25.1 NBC) WWPB 31(.1 PBS/MPT .2 MPT2, .3 V-me) WJAL (68.1 Ind)

Adjacent locals	Baltimore, MD WMAR 2(.1 ABC, .3 WX) WBAL 11(.1 NBC, .2 WX) WJZ (13.1 CBS) WUTB (24.1 MNTV) WBFF (45.1 Fox) WNUV (54.1 CW) WMPB 67(.1 PBS/MPT, .2 MPT2, 67.3 V-me) Winchester, VA WHSV-DT 3(.1 ABC, .2 Fox, .4 MNTV) WAZT-CA 10/WAZC-LP 16/WAZF-CA 28/WAZW-CA 48 (TBN) WDWA-LP 23 (Daystar) WVPY 42(.1 PBS, .2 Create, .3 V-me) West Virginia W07DN-D / W08EE-D / W09CT-D / W23DR-D / W41DK-D 24(.1/.3 PBS/WVPB SD/HD, .2 Create) WWPX 60(.1 ION, .2 Qubo, .3 ION Life)

ATSC-M/H (Mobile DTV) encrypted channels are italicized	WRC (4.1 NBC) WTTG (5.1 Fox) WUSA (9.1 CBS) WHUT 32(.1 PBS, .2 WAMU audio) WPXW-TV (66.1 Qubo)

Virginia broadcast television areas by city Bristol Bluefield Charlottesville Harrisonburg Norfolk Richmond Roanoke Washington, DC West Virginia Broadcast television Bluefield Clarksburg/Weston Huntington/Charleston Parkersburg Washington, DC Wheeling Maryland Broadcast television Baltimore Pittsburgh, PA Salisbury Washington, D.C. Pennsylvania broadcast television Binghamton, New York Buffalo, New York Elmira, New York Erie Johnstown/Altoona/State College New York City Philadelphia Pittsburgh Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Susquehanna Valley (Harrisburg) Washington, DC Youngstown, Ohio

v t e Broadcast television in the Harrisonburg area

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WHSV (3.1 ABC, 3.2 WSVF-CD Fox, 3.3 ABC, 3.4 MNTV/Me-TV) WAZH-CA 24 (TBN) W30CT/W41DT 30/41 (NBC via WVIR-TV) WSVF-CD (43.1 Fox, 43.2 CBS) WVPT 51/WVPY 42 (51.1/42.1 PBS, 51.2/42.1 Create, 51.3/42.3 V-me)

Adjacent locals	Washington, D.C. WRC (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Cozi TV) WTTG (5.1 Fox) WUSA (9.1 CBS) Richmond WTVR (6.1 CBS, 6.2 Antenna TV, 6.3 CBS6 Xtra) WWBT (12.1 NBC, 12.2 Me-TV)

Virginia broadcast television areas by city Bristol Bluefield Charlottesville Harrisonburg Norfolk Richmond Roanoke Washington, DC

v t e ABC Network Affiliates in the Commonwealth of Virginia

WHSV 3 (Harrisonburg) TV3 Winchester 3 (WHSV-DT3) (Winchester/Harrisonburg) WRIC 8 (Petersburg) WSET 13 (Lynchburg) WVEC 13 (Hampton) WVAW-LD 16 (Charlottesville)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Virginia

v t e Gray Television, Inc.

ABC network affiliates	KAKE KJCT¹ KOLO WBKO WHSV WTOK WVAW TV3 Winchester (WHSV-DT3)

CBS network affiliates	KGWN / KSTF KKTV KNPL KOLN / KGIN KWTX / KBTX KXII WCAV WCTV / WSWG WECP WIBW WIFR WIYE WKYT / WYMT WRDW WSAW WSVF WTVY WVLT

The CW network affiliates²	KBTX KGNS KJCT¹ KWTX WBKO WJHG WKYT WSWG WTOK WYMT

Fox network affiliates	KXII² WAHU WBKO² WOVA WSVF

Independent station	WOWT²

MyNetworkTV affiliates²	KKTV KOLN / KGIN KSNB KXII WAHU WCTV WECP WHSV WIBW WITN WRDW WSAW WSAZ WSWG WTOK WTVY WIYE WVLT

NBC network affiliates	KCWY KGNS KKCO WEAU WILX WITN WJHG WMTV WNDU WOWT WRGX WSAZ WTAP

Telemundo affiliates	KGNS KJCT ¹

¹ Owned by Excalibur Broadcasting, LLC, Gray operates KJCT under an SSA. ² These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels.

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