WIVB-TV

WIVB-TV
Buffalo–Niagara Falls, New York; Toronto–Niagara Falls, Ontario; ; United States–Canada;
City	Buffalo, New York
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF), shared with WNLO; Virtual: 4;
Branding	WIVB 4; News 4
Programming
Affiliations	4.1: CBS; 4.2: QVC;
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group; (Nexstar Media Inc.);
Sister stations	WNLO
History
First air date	May 14, 1948; (76 years ago)
Former call signs	WBEN-TV (1948–1977)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (VHF, 1948–2009); Digital: 39 (UHF, until 2018), 32 (UHF, 2018–2019);
Former affiliations	NBC (primary 1948–1949, secondary 1949–1954); DuMont (secondary, 1948–1955); ABC (secondary, 1948–1956); United (secondary, 1967);
Call sign meaning	"IV" (Roman numeral 4) "Buffalo"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	7780
ERP	800 kW
HAAT	415 m (1,362 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°39′33″N 78°37′32″W / 42.65917°N 78.62556°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.wivb.com

WIVB-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Buffalo, New York, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside CW owned-and-operated station WNLO (channel 23). WIVB-TV and WNLO share studios on Elmwood Avenue in North Buffalo; through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WNLO's spectrum from a tower in Colden, New York.