WVMA-CD

WVMA-CD
Channels
BrandingAntenna TV 22.1
Programming
AffiliationsAntenna TV
Ownership
OwnerWoodland Communications, LLC
OperatorVision Communications
History
First air date
  • 1994; 30 years ago (1994) (as a translator of WGMU-LP)
Former call signs
  • W69DG (1999)
  • W17CI (1999–2014)
  • W47ES-D/-CD (2014)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID48413
ClassCD
ERP15 kW
HAAT307.8 m (1,010 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°2′0″N 72°22′2″W / 43.03333°N 72.36722°W / 43.03333; -72.36722
Translator(s)
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Public license information

WVMA-CD (channel 17) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Winchendon, Massachusetts, United States (which is technically part of the Boston television market), but primarily serving western New Hampshire. The station is owned by Woodland Communications, a company controlled by Bill and Paige Christian, partners in Waypoint Media, and has an affiliation with the classic television network Antenna TV. WVMA-CD's studios are located on Pleasant Street in Claremont, New Hampshire, and its transmitter is located near Scovill Road in Walpole, New Hampshire.[2][3]

Despite Winchendon being technically part of the Boston television market, the station's signal is unable to reach Boston due to its low-power status, along with the transmitters being located in rural New Hampshire, far away from the other Boston market stations' transmitters. To circumvent this, the station is simulcast on the sixth digital subchannel of Boston-licensed low-power station WCRN-LD (channel 31).[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WVMA-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WVMA-CD - TV Station Profile - FCC Public Inspection Files". publicfiles.fcc.gov. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "WVMA-CD WINCHENDON, MA". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved December 12, 2020.