WVNC-LD (channel 45) is a low-power television station in

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, United States, affiliated with

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and owned by

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. The station's studios are located at

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in downtown Watertown, and its transmitter is located along NY 126/State Street on

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. Due to WVNC-LD's low-power status, its broadcast radius only covers the immediate Watertown area. Therefore, it must rely on

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and

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to reach the entire market.

History

Although the channel 45 frequency had never been used in Watertown prior to 2015, the adjacent channel 46 was the home of

WLOT-LP WLOT-LP, UHF analog channel 46, was a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Watertown, New York, United States. It was relayed on WBQZ-LP (channel 34) in the area to the northwest of Watertown. The stations were owned by Anthony Di ...

, Watertown's

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affiliate, until its owner died in 2005 and the station went dark (its frequency has never been reactivated and would eventually be taken out of service in the late-2010s spectrum reallocation). On August 28, 2016, the

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(FCC) approved the transfer of control of a low-power digital television license in Watertown, W45EI-D, from

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-based

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. The new owners promptly renamed the station WVNC-LD and signed it to an affiliation deal with NBC, giving the Watertown area its first locally-based full-time NBC affiliate. The new station signed on December 1, 2016. Prior to WVNC-LD's sign-on, North Country cable systems received either

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, depending on the location.

WWNY-TV WWNY-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Carthage, New York, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Watertown area. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power, Class A Fox affiliate WNYF-CD (channel 28). B ...

previously had a secondary affiliation with the network until 1995. WPTZ and WSTM-TV are still available on cable along with WVNC-LD.

Programming

WVNC-LD's main channel clears the entire NBC schedule, including ''

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'', NBC's E/I-compliant block which, as a low-power station, it is not required to clear. Syndicated programming on WVNC-LD includes ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In addition to NBC programming, WVNC-LD operates the Watertown market's

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affiliate on its LD2 subchannel. On weeknights, WVNC-LD2 also carries programs from the

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News operation

WVNC-LD currently does not air any local news programming; station officials stated at its launch that planning was underway to open a news department by early 2018. , there is still no local news available on WVNC-LD.

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

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