WCVE-TV

WCVE-TV
Channels
BrandingVPM PBS
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerVPM Media Corporation
WCVW, WNVT, WNVC, WVPT, WVPY, WCVE-FM
History
First air date
September 10, 1964 (60 years ago) (1964-09-10)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 23 (UHF, 1964–2009)
  • Digital: 42 (UHF, until 2020)
NET (1964–1970)
Call sign meaning
Central Virginia Educational
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID9987
ERP310 kW
HAAT327.3 m (1,074 ft)
Transmitter coordinates37°30′45.6″N 77°36′4.8″W / 37.512667°N 77.601333°W / 37.512667; -77.601333
Links
Public license information
Websitevpm.org
WCVW
ATSC 3.0 station
  • Richmond, Virginia
Channels
BrandingVPM Plus
Programming
AffiliationsPBS
History
First air date
December 24, 1966 (57 years ago) (1966-12-24)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 57 (UHF, 1966–2009)
  • Digital: 44 (UHF, until 2020)
NET (1966–1970)
Call sign meaning
Disambiguation of WCVE
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID9989
ERP112 kW
HAAT327.3 m (1,074 ft)
Transmitter coordinates37°30′45.6″N 77°36′4.8″W / 37.512667°N 77.601333°W / 37.512667; -77.601333
Links
Public license information
WHTJ
Satellite of WCVE-TV
Channels
BrandingVPM PBS
Programming
Affiliations
History
First air date
May 19, 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-05-19)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 41 (UHF, 1989–2009)
  • Digital: 46 (UHF, until 2020)
Call sign meaning
Home of Thomas Jefferson
Technical information[5]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID9990
ERP300 kW
HAAT335 m (1,099 ft)
Transmitter coordinates37°59′0″N 78°29′1″W / 37.98333°N 78.48361°W / 37.98333; -78.48361 (WHTJ)
Links
Public license information

WCVE-TV (channel 23) is a PBS member television station in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Owned by the VPM Media Corporation (formerly known as the Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation), the station maintains studios and a transmitter at 23 Sesame Street in Bon Air, a suburb of Richmond.

WHTJ (channel 41) in Charlottesville operates as a full-time satellite of WCVE-TV; this station's transmitter is located atop Carters Mountain. WCVE-TV also operates a sister station in Richmond, WCVW (channel 57), whose transmitter is co-located with WCVE-TV.

The three stations were collectively branded as the Community Idea Stations from 2001 until 2019, when Commonwealth Public Broadcasting rebranded its stations as VPM (short for Virginia Public Media), with WCVE-TV and WHTJ becoming VPM PBS and WCVW becoming VPM Plus.[6]

  1. ^ WNVT channel sharing application ENG 02-15-2018
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCVE-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCVW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ WNVC channel sharing application ENG 02-15-2018
  5. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHTJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  6. ^ Curran, Colleen. "Community Idea Stations changing its name to VPM". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved July 31, 2019.