&sq=&lang=&file=File:WTVE_logo_1956.png){kind=logo} Logo used when the station returned to the air in May 1956 | |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | WTVE, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | June 15, 1953 |
Last air date | February 13, 1957 (3 years, 243 days) |
Call sign meaning | "Television Elmira" |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 7.94 kW[1] |
| HAAT | 898 feet (274 m) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°01′52″N 76°47′05″W / 42.03111°N 76.78472°W |
WTVE (channel 24) was a television station in Elmira, New York, United States, which operated from 1953 to 1954 and again from 1956 to 1957. It was the first station to sign on in the Elmira area. It broadcast from studios on Market Street in Elmira and a transmitter on Comfort Hill, also known as South Mountain, near Ashland. Economic problems surrounding early UHF television stations played a major role in its demise and in its pursuit of a VHF channel assignment for Elmira, which was first granted and then taken away. It lost $350,000 (equivalent to $2.9 million in 2023 dollars) in 44 months of broadcasting.
- ^ Television Factbook (PDF). Spring 1957. p. 178. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 3, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022 – via World Radio History.