WVTV

WVTV
Channels
Branding
  • CW 18
  • My 24 WCGV (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
October 3, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-10-03)
Former call signs
  • WOKY-TV (1953–1955)
  • WXIX (1955–1963)
  • WUHF (1963–1966)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 19 (UHF, 1953–1958), 18 (UHF, 1958–2009)
  • Digital: 61 (UHF, 2003–2009), 18 (UHF, 2009–2019)
  • ABC (1953–1955)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1953–1955)
  • CBS (1955–April 1959)
  • Dark (April−July 1959)
  • Independent (July 1959–1997)
  • ABC/CBS (secondary, 1960–1981)
  • NBC (secondary, 1960–1994)
  • The WB (1997–2006)
Call sign meaning
Call sign changed in 1966 to symbolize a "fresh start"[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID74174
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT318 m (1,043 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°5′48″N 87°54′18″W / 43.09667°N 87.90500°W / 43.09667; -87.90500
Links
Public license information
Websitecw18milwaukee.com

WVTV (channels 18 and 24) is a television station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with The CW and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station's studios are located on Calumet Road in the Park Place office park near the I-41/US 45 interchange on Milwaukee's northwest side; its transmitter is located on North Humboldt Boulevard in Milwaukee's Estabrook Park neighborhood as part of the Milwaukee PBS tower.

WVTV operates a second digital subchannel affiliated with MyNetworkTV which brands as "My 24 WCGV". It uses virtual channel 24.1, formerly utilized by separately licensed WCGV-TV until January 2018, when Sinclair turned in WCGV-TV's license and merged its subchannels onto WVTV's spectrum after selling WCGV-TV's spectrum in the 2016 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) incentive auction.

  1. ^ Drew, Michael H. (April 10, 1966). "Milwaukee Studio Notes". The Milwaukee Journal. p. TV Screen 10.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WVTV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.