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City | Richmond, Virginia |
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Branding | CBS 6 |
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History | |
First air date | April 22, 1948 |
Former call signs | WTVR (1948–1966) |
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Call sign meaning | Television Richmond |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 57832 |
ERP | 410 kW |
HAAT | 346 m (1,135 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°30′45.6″N 77°36′4.8″W / 37.512667°N 77.601333°W |
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Website | wtvr |
WTVR-TV (channel 6) is a television station in Richmond, Virginia, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. Its studios are located on West Broad Street on Richmond's West End, and its transmitter is located in Bon Air near the studios of PBS member stations WCVE-TV and WCVW.[2] WTVR-TV's former transmitter is located behind the station's studio, and only WTVR-FM broadcasts from that tower today. It still remains as part of WTVR-TV's history.
WTVR-TV is one of only a few stations in the country to have been affiliated with all three of the original major American television networks.