WSVF-CD2

WSVF-CD2
Harrisonburg, Virginia United States
Branding	CBS The V CBS Valley (alternate)
Slogan	Your New CBS
Channels	Digital: WSVF-CD 43.2 (UHF) Virtual: 43.2 (PSIP)
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
First air date	October 3, 2012 (2012-10-03)
Call letters' meaning	see WSVF-CD
Sister station(s)	WHSV-TV, WCAV, WVAW-LD, WAHU-CD
Transmitter power	13 kW
Height	493 m
Facility ID	190915
Transmitter coordinates	38°23′35.00″N 78°46′14.00″W / 38.3930556°N 78.7705556°W / 38.3930556; -78.7705556 (WSVF-CD)
Website	CBS The V

WSVF-CD2 is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Shenandoah Valley of Western Virginia. It is a second digital subchannel of Fox affiliate WSVF-CD, owned by Gray Television. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 43.2 from a transmitter on the peak of Massanutten Mountain. WSVF-CD2 can also be seen on Comcast channel 4 (SD) and channel 807 (HD). Along with its parent station, the subchannel shares studios with ABC affiliate WHSV-TV on North Main Street/U.S. 11 in Downtown Harrisonburg.

History

Shortly after Gray purchased WAZM-CA (WSVF's former call sign) from Jones Broadcasting,^[1] on July 17, 2012, the company signed an affiliation agreement with CBS for WSVF and two other low-powered CBS affiliates.^[2]^[3] As a result, WSVF-LD became the CBS affiliate for the Shenandoah Valley on October 3, 2012.^[2] It is the first time CBS programming has been seen on a Shenandoah Valley station since WHSV-TV (then WSVA-TV) dropped CBS programming in 1963; since then, WUSA in Washington, D.C. had served as the default CBS affiliate for the Shenandoah Valley. WSVF chose to carry CBS on its second digital subchannel, devoting its primary channel to a high definition version of the Fox channel previously seen on WHSV's second subchannel. Technical limitations do not allow any of WHSV's subchannels outside of the main ABC signal to air in high definition.

On the day WSVF-LD2 joined CBS, it was added to the Harrisonburg DirecTV feed, with Dish Network soon to follow. WSVF-LD2 was added to Comcast's Harrisonburg and Staunton systems on October 24, 2012. It is carried in standard definition on channel 4 in Harrisonburg and channel 10 in Staunton, and in high definition in both cities on channel 807.

Programming

Syndicated programming on WSVF-CD2 includes TMZ on TV, Extra, Access Hollywood, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show among others.

Newscasts

Simulcasts of some local newscasts seen on WHSV-TV are included on the WSVF-CD2 schedule. More specifically, WHSV's two-hour weekday morning newscast, and its weeknight at 5 and nightly 6 p.m. news broadcasts are not seen on WSVF-CD2. In lieu of a locally-produced weekday morning news program, the station airs CBS' late night news program CBS Overnight News and a double-run of the CBS Morning News between 5 and 7 a.m. The station does not carry any newscasts produced by WHSV-TV that are exclusive to the station.

References

↑ Seyler, Dave (April 9, 2012). "Another Class A for Gray". Television Business Report. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
1 2 "Three Gray Stations Sign CBS Affiliations". TVNewsCheck/NewsCheckMedia, LLC. July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
↑ "WHSV-TV3 Adds CBS to Family of Stations in the Valley". WHSV-TV/Gray Television, Inc. July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2012.

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Broadcast television in the Harrisonburg area

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WHSV (3.1 ABC, 3.2 CBS, 3.4 MNTV/MeTV) WAZH-CD 24 (TBN) W30CT/W41DT 30/41 (NBC via WVIR-TV) WSVF-CD (43.1 Fox, 43.2 CBS) WVPT 51/WVPY 42 (51.1/42.1 PBS, 51.2/42.1 Create, 51.3/42.3 V-me)

Outlying area	W29DH-D (29.1 NBC, 29.2 MeTV, 29.3 Comet, 29.4 Grit)

Adjacent locals	Washington, D.C. WRC (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Cozi TV) WTTG (5.1 Fox) WUSA (9.1 CBS) Richmond WTVR (6.1 CBS, 6.2 Antenna TV, 6.3 CBS6 Xtra) WWBT (12.1 NBC, 12.2 MeTV)

Virginia broadcast television areas by city Bristol Bluefield Charlottesville Harrisonburg Norfolk Richmond Roanoke Washington, DC

CBS Network Affiliates in the Commonwealth of Virginia

WTKR 3 (Norfolk) WTVR 6 (Richmond) WDBJ 7 (Roanoke) WCAV 19 (Charlottesville) WSVF-LD 43.2 (Harrisonburg)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Virginia

Gray Television

ABC network affiliates	KCRG KGNS ¹ KJCT KNOE ¹ KOLO KOTA / KHSD KSFY / KABY / KPRY KSPR ² WBKO WHSV WJRT WTOK WTVG WVAW

CBS network affiliates	KALB ¹ KGWN / KSTF KKTV KMVT KNOE KNPL KOLN / KGIN KOSA KWCH / KBSD / KBSH / KBSL KWTX / KBTX KXII KXJB KYLX WAGM ¹ WCAV WCTV / WSWG WDBJ WECP WIBW WIFR WIYE WKYT / WYMT WRDW WSAW WSVF ¹ WTVY WVLT

The CW network affiliates ¹	KBTX KCWY KGWN / KSTF KJCT KNOE KSCW KSFY / KABY / KPRY KWTX KXJB KYCW KYLX WAGT WBKO WBXX WJHG WKYT WMTV WQCW WSWG WTOK WTVG WYMT

Fox network affiliates	KEVN KIIT KNDX / KXND KSVT KXII ¹ WAGM WAHU WBKO ¹ WLUC ¹ WOVA WSVF WZAW

MyNetworkTV affiliates ¹	KKTV KOSA KSNB KXII KYES WAHU WCTV WECP WHSV WIBW WITN WRDW WSAW WSAZ WSWG WTOK WTVY WIYE WVLT

NBC network affiliates	KALB KCWY KFYR / KQCD / KMOT / KUMV KGNS KKCO KNOP KSNB KTUU KVLY KYTV WAGT WEAU WILX WITN WJHG WLUC WMTV WNDU WOWT WRGX WSAZ WTAP

Other Stations	TEL KGNS ¹ KKCO ¹ UNI KDCU ³ Ind. K17DL-D ⁴

Acquisitions	Benedek Broadcasting Hoak Media Schurz Communications

¹ These stations (except for KSCW & WQCW) broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. ² Owned by Schurz Communications, Gray operates KSPR through a SSA. ³ Owned by Entravision Communications, Gray operates KDCU through a JSA. ⁴ Owned by Branson Visitors TV; Gray holds a 50.1% interest in this company.

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