Miami Valley Channel

Miami Valley Channel (MVC)
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaMiami Valley area of Ohio
Network
  • UPN (1998–2006)
  • Pax/i (secondary 2001–2006)
HeadquartersDayton, Ohio
Ownership
OwnerCox Media Group
Sister channelsWHIO-TV
History
LaunchedSeptember 19, 1994 (1994-09-19)
ClosedDecember 31, 2006 (2006-12-31)
(12 years, 103 days)
Former names
  • Miami Valley Channel (1994–2001, late 2006)
  • UPN 44 (2001–2004)
  • UPN 17 (2004-late 2006)

The Miami Valley Channel (or MVC), known at various times as UPN 44 and UPN 17, was a local cable television channel based in Dayton, Ohio. MVC launched in September 1994 and ceased operations at the end of 2006. Owned and operated by Cox Media Group, through its local CBS affiliate, WHIO-TV, the channel was available in the Miami Valley area of Ohio on Time Warner Cable (TWC) and TWC's predecessor companies.

The station was the Dayton area's UPN affiliate from October 1998 until the network ceased operations in September 2006.