WCAX-TV

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WCAX-TV

Burlington, Vermont Plattsburgh, New York Montreal, Quebec United States–Canada
City	Burlington, Vermont
Channels	Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 3
Branding	WCAX Channel 3
Programming
Affiliations	3.1: CBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WYCI
History
First air date	September 26, 1954; 70 years ago (1954-09-26)[a]
Former call signs	WMVT (1954–1955)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 3 (VHF, 1954–2009) Digital: 53 (UHF, 2006–2009), 22 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Former affiliations	Fox (secondary, 1994–1997)
Call sign meaning	derived from former sister station WCAX radio (now WVMT)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	46728
ERP	423 kW
HAAT	845 m (2,772 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	44°31′32.6″N 72°48′56.1″W / 44.525722°N 72.815583°W / 44.525722; -72.815583
Translator(s)	23 W23EU-D Rutland
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wcax.com

WCAX-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Burlington, Vermont, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Burlington, Vermont–Plattsburgh, New York market. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Saranac Lake, New York–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WYCI (channel 40). The two stations share studios on Joy Drive in South Burlington, Vermont; WCAX-TV's transmitter is located on Vermont's highest peak, Mount Mansfield.^[2] WCAX was the first television station in Vermont.

Like other network stations serving Burlington and Plattsburgh, WCAX-TV has a large audience in southern Quebec, Canada. This includes the Montreal area, which is 10 times more populous than the station's entire U.S. viewing area. Most Vidéotron cable systems in southern Quebec carry WCAX-TV as their CBS affiliate. The station is also available on every cable system in Vermont, and statewide on DirecTV and Dish Network.

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