History. In the late 1970s, the Hampton Roads area was unique in that it was one of the smallest media markets to have four commercial television stations: NBC affiliate WAVY-TV (channel 10), CBS station WTAR-TV (channel 3, now WTKR), ABC affiliate WVEC-TV (channel 13), and then-independent station WYAH-TV (channel 27, now CW affiliate WGNT)—the latter of which was owned by the then-Portsmouth-based Christian Broadcasting Network. In 1976, Loving and McDonald formed a group of investors under the Television Corporation of Virginia banner, and they secured a construction permit for Norfolk's vacant channel 33 two years later, in May 1978. WHSV-DT4, Harrisonburg/Staunton, TVX Broadcast Group (founding/former owner). Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station maintains studios on Waterside Drive in Norfolk; its transmitter is located in Suffolk, Virginia. WTVZ considered launching a local 10 p.m. newscast in 1991 and 1994, and in 2003 using Sinclair's News Central format. This also made WTVZ one of the few stations to have been affiliated with both News Corporation-owned networks, Fox and MyNetworkTV. The station ran a general entertainment format similar to WYAH but with a little less religious programming (for example, it ran the PTL Club between 10 a.m. and noon). On May 8, 2017, Sinclair Broadcast Group entered into an agreement to acquire Tribune Media—which has operated CBS affiliate WTKR and CW affiliate WGNT through a shared services agreement with their owner, Dreamcatcher Broadcasting, since 2013—for $3.9 billion, plus the assumption of $2.7 billion in debt held by Tribune, pending regulatory approval by the FCC and the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. WVBT (channel 43), the market's original WB affiliate, signed an affiliation deal with Fox in November 1995, but was forced to wait until Fox's affiliation contract with WTVZ expired before joining the network. 33 (UHF, 1979–2009)Digital:38 (UHF, 2006–2009). On March 2, 2006, Sinclair announced that WTVZ and sixteen of its sister stations would become MyNetworkTV affiliates, that affect in September. In February 1987 TVX purchased Taft Broadcasting's Fox affiliates and independent stations, all of which were located in larger markets such as Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Miami. Besides vintage movies, WTVZ aired a lot of cartoons, classic and recent off network sitcoms, and a few drama shows. The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company . In 1986, TVX affiliated all of its stations, including WTVZ, with the Fox Broadcasting Company. We have created a browser extension. WTVZ began operations on September 24, 1979 as the area's fifth commercial station. Former UPN affiliate WGNT became The CW's Hampton Roads affiliate. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. That's it. In 1989, WTVZ was sold to Sullivan Broadcasting. WTVZ-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 33, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, United States, serving the Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia (comprising the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, Virginia Beach and environs), and the Outer Banks region of northeastern North Carolina. In January, 2016 Comet was placed on 33.3, and Grit was subsequently moved to 33.4. This includes an option, exercisable between July 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013, for Fox parent News Corporation to buy a combination of six Sinclair-owned stations (two CW/MyNetworkTV duopolies and two standalone MyNetworkTV affiliates) in three out of four markets; WTVZ is included in the Fox purchase option, along with stations in Cincinnati (WSTR-TV), Raleigh (WLFL and WRDC) and Las Vegas (KVCW and KVMY). On December 31, 2014, Grit replaced ZUUS Country on 33.3. and religious programming, such as CBN's own The 700 Club. [18] In late April 2009, the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 38 to channel 33. Throughout the 1990s, classic sitcoms, older movies, and older cartoons made way for more talk/reality shows, court shows, and more first run prime time shows from The WB. Former UPN affiliate WGNT became The CW's Hampton Roads affiliate. The Alternate TV Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Full purchase is currently pending. The station's plans to start a newscast have never come to fruition. In 1986, TVX affiliated all of its stations, including WTVZ, with the Fox Broadcasting Company. Owned by South Sound Broadcasting, Sinclair programs this station, as a simulcast of KOMO (AM). TVX also bought independent stations in Raleigh and Greensboro, North Carolina, New Orleans, and Little Rock, Arkansas and launched new independents in Nashville, Memphis, San Antonio and Buffalo, New York throughout the mid-1980s. On July 2, 2014, WTVZ added GetTV on 33.2. 1 1979–1984 2 1984–1985 3 1985–1987 4 1987–1989 5 1989–1994 6 1994-1996 7 1996–1998 8 1998–2006 9 2006–present Add a photo to this gallery Add a photo to this gallery Add a photo to this gallery Add a photo to this gallery The WB33 logo first used when the station swapped affiliation with WVBT in 1998. WTVZ began operations on September 24, 1979 as the area's fifth commercial station. WTVZ-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 33, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, United States, serving the Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia (comprising the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, Virginia Beach and environs), and the Outer Banks region of northeastern North Carolina. The station was acquired by the Sinclair Broadcast Group in 1996. On February 4, 2016, the American Sports Network diginet replaced GetTV (which moved to WAVY 10.3) on 33.2. Television Corp. of Virginia would eventually change its corporate name to TVX Broadcast Group, and began expanding outside of Norfolk and launched WRLH-TV (channel 35) in nearby Richmond in 1982. While WTKR is not in conflict with existing FCC in-market ownership rules and would have been acquired by Sinclair in any event, the group was precluded from acquiring WGNT directly as broadcasters are not currently allowed to legally own more than two full-power television stations in a single market (both WTVZ-TV and WGNT rank below the ratings threshold that forbids common ownership of two of the four highest-rated stations by total day viewership in a single market). The station is owned by Adelphia Communications and is a part of a duopoly with Virginia Beach-licensed Fox affiliate WVBT. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WTVZ-TV carried The Tube Music Network on digital subchannel 33.2 from July to December 2006. While WTKR is not in conflict with existing FCC in-market ownership rules and would have been acquired by Sinclair in any event, the group was precluded from acquiring WGNT directly as broadcasters are not currently allowed to legally own more than two full-power television stations in a single market (both WTVZ-TV and WGNT rank below the ratings threshold that forbids common ownership of two of the four highest-rated stations by total day viewership in a single market). On March 2, 2006, Sinclair announced that WTVZ and sixteen of its sister stations would become MyNetworkTV affiliates, that affect in September. On May 15, 2012, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Fox agreed to a five-year affiliation agreement extension for Sinclair's 19 Fox-affiliated stations until 2017. Formerly separately licensed as WCGV-TV and merged with WVTV's spectrum, but remains on its former channel number as a separate station, U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, federally mandated transition from analog to digital television, FOX AFFILIATE PLANS TO LAUNCH OWN NEWSCAST, WTVZ PONDERS A JUMP INTO THE 10 P.M. NEWS POOL, Sinclair Reups With Fox, Gets WUTB Option, http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65306/sinclair-in-an-acquisition-state-of-mind, "Sinclair Broadcast Group to buy Tribune Media for $3.9 billion plus debt", "Sinclair Broadcast Group Sets $3.9 Billion Deal to Acquire Tribune Media", "Sinclair Broadcast to buy Tribune Media for $3.9 billion, giving it control over 215 local TV stations", "Sinclair Broadcast nears deal for Tribune Media", "Tribune Terminates $3.9 Billion Sinclair Merger, Sues Broadcast Rival", "Tribune Kills Sinclair Merger, Files Suit", "Tribune Media pulls out of Sinclair Broadcast merger", "Tribune Ends Deal With Sinclair, Dashing Plan for Conservative TV Behemoth", "Tribune Ends Deal with Sinclair, Files Breach of Contract Suit", "Tribune withdraws from Sinclair merger, saying it will sue for 'breach of contract, BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WTVZ-TV, Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, sorted by primary channel network affiliations, t. https://the-alternate-tv.fandom.com/wiki/WTVZ-TV?oldid=1154. However, the company began to run into financial troubles due to debt incurred from the Taft purchase, and proceeded to sell its smaller-market stations one by one. This includes an option, exercisable between July 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013, for Fox parent News Corporation to buy a combination of six Sinclair-owned stations (two CW/MyNetworkTV duopolies and two standalone MyNetworkTV affiliates) in three out of four markets; WTVZ is included in the Fox purchase option, along with stations in Cincinnati (WSTR-TV), Raleigh (WLFL and WRDC) and Las Vegas (KVCW and KVMY). WTVZ-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 33, is a television station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, United States, serving as the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia (comprising the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, Virginia Beach and environs), and the Outer Banks region of northeastern North Carolina. Television channels and stations established in 1979, https://tvstations.fandom.com/wiki/WTVZ?oldid=12884. Less than one month after the FCC voted to have the deal reviewed by an administrative law judge amid "serious concerns" about Sinclair's forthrightness in its applications to sell certain conflict properties, on August 9, 2018, Tribune announced it would terminate the Sinclair deal, intending to seek other M&A opportunities. WTVZ kept its Fox affiliation until August 1998, when it became a WB affiliate as a result of a corporate deal between Sinclair and The WB. In February 1987, TVX purchased Taft Broadcasting's Fox affiliates and independent stations, all of which were located in larger markets such as Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Miami. MyNetworkTV affiliate in Norfolk, Virginia, Television station in Virginia, United States, Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with. WVBT began operation on March 22, 1993 with Home Shopping Network programming along with infomercials and religious shows. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation (which split from Viacom in December 2005) and Time Warner's Warner Bros. Entertainment (the division that operated The WB) announced that they would dissolve UPN and The WB, and move some of their programs to a newly created network operated as a joint venture between the companies, The CW Television Network, to launch on September 18, 2006. WDCA, Arlington/Washington, DC Like virtually every independent station (including UPN (before 2006), Fox, MyNetworkTV (after 2006), and WB/CW stations), the weekday cartoons also gradually disappeared from about 2000 to 2006, due to changes in the broadcast industry in general.

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