WVNC-LD is a low-power television station licensed to Watertown, New York, United States. Owned and operated by SagamoreHill Broadcasting, the station operates on virtual channel and UHF digital channel 45 and serves as the NBC affiliate for the Watertown market. The station can also be seen on Charter Spectrum channel 6. WVNC-LD's studios are located at 215 Washington Street in Watertown, with transmitting facilities located along NY 126/State Street on Champion Hill.
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History
On August 28, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission approved the transfer of control of a low-power digital television license in Watertown, W45EI-D, from Sunrise, Florida-based DTV America to SagamoreHill Broadcasting. The new owners promptly renamed the station WVNC-LD and signed it to an affiliation deal with NBC, giving the Watertown area its first full-time NBC affiliate. The new station signed-on December 1, 2016. Prior to WVNC-LD's sign-on, North Country cable systems piped in either WSTM-TV in Syracuse or WPTZ in Plattsburgh, depending on the location. WWNY-TV previously had a secondary affiliation with the network until 1995.
Programming
WVNC-LD's main channel clears the entire NBC schedule, including The More You Know, NBC's E/I-compliant block which, as a low-power station, it is not required to clear. Syndicated programming on WVNC-LD includes The Wendy Williams Show, Family Feud, Access Hollywood, and Steve.
In addition to NBC programming, WVNC-LD operates the Watertown market's Antenna TV affiliate on its LD2 subchannel. On weeknights, WVNC-LD2 also carries programs from the MyNetworkTV programming service, programming all hours outside of MyNetworkTV with the Antenna TV schedule.
News operation
WVNC-LD currently does not air any news programming, but planning is underway to open a news department by early 2018.
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia