WVXF

WVXF
Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

Branding	This Caribbean (on DT1) Fox U.S. Virgin Islands (on DT2)
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 17 (PSIP)
Subchannels	17.1 This TV 17.2 Fox
Translators	WSJP-LD 18.4 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico (rebroadcasts WVXF-DT1)
Owner	Caribbean Broadcasting Network
Founded	2001
First air date	1999
Call letters' meaning	backronym for Virgin Islands FoX
Sister station(s)	WVGN-LD WSJP-LD WSJX-LP
Former channel number(s)	17 (analog, 1999-2000, 2001-2009)
Former affiliations	Fox (1999-2000) Silent (2000-2001) CBS (2001-2009) This TV (2009-2011) Live Well Network (2011-2014)
Transmitter power	4.2 kW
Height	454 m
Facility ID	3113
Transmitter coordinates	18°21′19″N 64°56′49″W / 18.35528°N 64.94694°W / 18.35528; -64.94694
Website	wvxftv.com

WVXF, channel 17, is a Fox-affiliated, full service television station in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands transmitting over digital channel 17. The station is owned by Caribbean Broadcasting Network. The station broadcasts Fox in high definition on their DT2 subchannel, with This TV on the main channel in standard definition; this is a quirk of the Fox subchannel's former analog home of WEON-LP, which had a high definition simulcast placed on WVXF-DT2 until the station went dark in order to consolidate Caribbean Broadcasting Network's Virgin Islands operations onto WVXF.

Innovative Cable Services carries WVXF-DT2 on channel 6, and WVXF-DT1 on channel 9. WVXF is also available in Puerto Rico on Choice Cable TV, Liberty Cablevision, and as part of the Puerto Rico locals package on Dish Network.

History

WVXF signed on in 1999 as a CBS affiliate. Prior to WVXF's sign-on, CBS programming was seen on Charlotte Amalie's WBNB-TV, channel 10. However, that station left the air for good following Hurricane Hugo in 1989, when its transmitter was destroyed and the cash-strapped Benedek Broadcasting (owner of several small- and mid-market network affiliates on the mainland) could not afford to rebuild. Between 1989 and 2001, CBS service was available via satellite from New York (WCBS-TV), Raleigh (WRAL-TV), and/or Erie (WSEE-TV).

On July 1, 2009, shortly after the digital television transition, WVXF switched affiliations, from CBS to This TV. Since July 13, CBS programming is available on TV2. In preparation, DirecTV and Dish Network dropped WVXF in favor of WSEE-TV shortly before the affiliation change (the station has since returned to Dish Network).

In January 2010, WVXF rebranded as "EFN Caribbean", adding some syndicated programing and a local fashion-oriented program, Fashion Today, to its This TV programming.^[1] The station relaunched once more on May 1, 2011, joining ABC's Live Well Network as its first primary-channel affiliate, along with giving WEON's Fox feed a high definition home on the second subchannel, which eventually became its sole channel when WEON-LP went dark on December 31, 2011.^[2] In late 2014, WVXF-DT1 reverted to This TV, ahead of Live Well ending national distribution in April 2015.

Digital Television

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP short name	Programming
17.1	480i	4:3	WVXF-SD	This Caribbean
17.2	720p	16:9	WVXF-HD	Main WVXF programming / Fox

References

↑ "CBN focuses WVXF on fashion, entertainment programming". Puerto Rico Daily Sun. January 20, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
↑ "Local TV Station WVXF-Caribbean Brings a New Network to the Market". St. Thomas Source. April 28, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.

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Television stations in the Virgin Islands

Saint Thomas, USVI	WFIG-LP 5 (ION) WTJX-TV (12.1 PBS, 12.2 Kids, 12.3 Signature) WVXF (17.1 This TV, 17.2 Fox) WVGN-LD (19.3 NBC) WMNS-LP (22.1 TV2/CBS) W24DO-D (24.1 Silent) W29CB 29 (3ABN) W33DD-D (33.1 Tutu tourist info) W36DX-D (36.1 3ABN, 36.2 Latino, 36.3 Proclaim!, 36.4 D2D, 36.5 Radio, 36.6 Radio Latino, 36.7 Radio74) WZVI (43.1 ION) W47DS-D (47.1 DrTV) W49DO-D (49.1 AntTV, 49.2 Fam/Ind) W50CQ (50.1 TBN, 50.2 Church, 50.3 JUCE/Smile, 50.4 Enlace, 50.5 TBN Salsa) W50EG-D (50.1 DrTV)

Saint Croix, USVI	W05AW-D (5.1 PBS, 5.2 Kids, 5.3 Signature) WSVI (8.1 ION) W18CV (18.1 TBN, 18.2 Church, 18.3 JUCE/Smile, 18.4 Enlace, 18.5 TBN Salsa) WCVI-TV (23.1 LeSEA, 23.2 WHT, 23.3 Cozi TV) W26EF-D (26.1 Rel.) WJWM-LP 34 (Ind) W35CE (35.1 TBN, 35.2 Church, 35.3 JUCE/Smile, 35.4 Enlace, 35.5 TBN Salsa) WBIV-LP 38 (Ind) W39DP-D (39.1 Rel.) W43DA-D (43.1 EstrellaTV, 43.2 DrTV) W45DQ-D (45.1 H&I) WEYA-LP 52 (Ind)

British Virgin Islands	CBN 5/51 (IND)

Local cable channels	TV2 (CBS) BVI Visitors Channel Island Tour Network Island Showcase CalaWeather Cala Classics ESPN Caribbean SportsMax Legislative Access Channel Government Channel Innovative Community Bulletin Board Innovative Community Calendar

Defunct stations	WBNB-TV 10 (CBS, Saint Thomas) WWCW 15 (Rel., Saint Croix) WVIF 15 (Pax/Ind, Saint Croix) WVGI 17 (Ind, Saint Thomas) W23AD 23 (WBNB-TV/CBS, Saint Croix) W27BP 27 (WBNB-TV/CBS, Saint Thomas) W43BJ 43 (WSVI/ABC, Saint Thomas) WAIG 43 (Ind, Saint Thomas) W45AB 45 (WSVI/ABC, St. Croix) WEON-LP 60 (Fox, Frederiksted)

Mainland US stations available on cable and satellite	WGN-TV (The CW, Chicago) WWOR-TV (MNTV, New York City) WTVJ (NBC, Miami) WENY-TV (ABC, Elmira) WPLG (ABC, Miami) WFOR-TV (CBS, Miami) WSVN (Fox, Miami)

U.S. Territories broadcast television Puerto Rico American Samoa Guam US Virgin Islands Insular Areas See also Communications in the Northern Mariana Islands the Federated States of Micronesia Palau Communications in the Marshall Islands Hawaii

Other television stations in the U.S. Territories

Guam	KTKB-LD (26.1 The CW)

Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands	WVXF (17.1 This TV, 17.2 FOX) W29CB 29 (3ABN)

Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands	WSVI 8 (ION) WCVI 23 (LeSEA) WJWM-LP 34 (Ind) W35CE 35 (TBN)

San Juan, Puerto Rico	WKAQ 2 (TEL) WVTE 3 (Rel) WAPA 4 (Ind) WSTE 7 (Ind) WWXY-LD 8 WRUA 8 (Ind) WLII 11 (UNI) WORO 13 (Ind/Rel) WTCV 18 (Ind) WECN 18 (Rel) WSJN-CD 20 (Rel) WJPX 24 (MundoMax) WSJU 31 (Ind) WDWL 36 (TBN) WMTJ 40 (PBS) WIRS 42 (America TeVe) W44CK-D 44 (3ABN) WVQS-LD 50 (CTNi) WRFB 51 (Ind) WUJA 58 (Rel) WVSN 68 (Rel)

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	WORA 5 (UNI) WSTE 7 (Ind) WOLE 12 (TEL) WOST 16 (Ind) WSJP-LD 18.3 (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) WNJX 22 (Ind) WELU 32 (Rel) WJWN 38 (CV) WVEO 44 (Ind) WQHA 50 (Rel) W63BF 63 (Rel) WTPM-LP 67 (Rel)

Ponce, Puerto Rico	WSTE 7 (Ind) W08AB 8 / W54AQ 54 (Rel) WSUR 9 (UNI) WTIN 14 (Ind) WKPV 20 / WIRS 42 (CV) WXWZ-LP 22 (A1) WQTO 26 (PBS) WQQZ-CA 33 (Ind) WIDP 46 (Rel) WVOZ 48 (Ind)

Arecibo, Puerto Rico	WSTE 7 (Ind) WIMN-CA 20 (Rel) WQSJ-LP 48 (Rel) WCCV 54 (Rel) WMEI 60 (Ind)

Pago Pago, American Samoa	K11UU-D 11 (Rel Ind) KJCP 38 (TBN/JUCE TV)

Defunct	WVIF 15 (Pax/Ind) WBIV-LP 38 (Ind) WEYA-LP 52 (Ind)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in US Territories

FOX Network Affiliates in the U.S. Territories

KEQI-LP 22 (Dededo, Guam) WSJP-LD 18.2 (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) WVXF 17.2 (Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in US Territories

Caribbean Broadcasting Network

WSJP-LD (The CW/FOX) WSJX-LP (LATV) WVGN-LD (NBC) WVXF (FOX)

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