WIAV-LP

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call_letters = WIAV-LP
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = WIAV TV 58
analog = 58 (UHF)
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other_chs =
affiliations = AsiaVision/IND
founded = August 23, 1989
location = Washington, D.C.
callsign_meaning = W I Asia Vision
former_callsigns = W58BR
owner = AsiaVision, Inc.
former_affiliations = Network One
effective_radiated_power = 35 kW
HAAT = 78 m
class =
facility_id = 2962
homepage = http://www.AsiaVision.tv

WIAV-LP or WIAV TV 58 is a low-power independent television station licensed to Washington, D.C., broadcasting on channel 58 on the UHF band. The station is wholly-owned and operated by AsiaVision, Inc., which owns a small network of low-power stations in the Mid-Atlantic Region, including WRAV-LP, channel 8 in Ocean City, Maryland, and WQAV-LP, channel 34 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. TV 58 is based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and is the anchor station of the Asia Vision TV Network. Various local, national and international broadcastors provide most of the programming.

In the mid-1990s, the station, which originally had the call letters W58BR, became a Network One [http://web.archive.org/web/19971008054731/http://www.n1.com/ "1"] affiliate, offering entertainment that included music videos, out-of-town public access programming, and late night B-Movies.

Currently, the station airs Asian programming during the evening, including a documentary series on Tahitian Noni Juice (R) Products, musical programs, documentaries, Real Estate programs, religious programming, and other paid programming. In the future it will air cartoons and children's programs.

The station broadcasts from a transmitter located in Prince George's County , Maryland on an effective radiated power of 35 kilowatts. Licensed to Washington, D.C., covers only the northeastern portion of the city, the northern Prince George's County, Maryland, portions of Montgomery County, Maryland, and portions of Fairfax County, Virginia.

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