WSVI

WSVI
Channels
BrandingVITN Channel 8
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Atlas News and Information Services Inc.
  • (Alpha Broadcasting Corporation[1])
WZVI
History
First air date
November 10, 1965
(59 years ago)
 (1965-11-10)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 8 (VHF, 1965–2009)
ABC (1965–2015)
Call sign meaning
United States Virgin Islands
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID2370
ERP1.1 kW
HAAT290 m (951 ft)
Transmitter coordinates17°45′13.7″N 64°47′54.5″W / 17.753806°N 64.798472°W / 17.753806; -64.798472
Translator(s)WFIG-LD 8 (5 VHF) Charlotte Amalie
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wsvi.tv

WSVI (channel 8) is a television station serving the United States Virgin Islands that is licensed to Christiansted, Saint Croix, and affiliated with Ion. It is owned by Atlas News and Information Services alongside Charlotte Amalie–licensed independent station WZVI (channel 21). The two stations share studios at the Sunny Isle Shopping Center in Christiansted; WSVI's transmitter is located on Blue Mountain.

WSVI operates a digital translator in Charlotte Amalie, WFIG-LD (VHF channel 5, also mapped to virtual channel 8), with transmitter atop Flag Hill. WSVI serves as the flagship station of the Virgin Islands Television Network.

  1. ^ "Station Profiles « Federal Communications Commission". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSVI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.