WWVW-LP

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WWVW-LP
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Jewelry-TV
analog = 56 UHF
digital = 15 UHF
affiliations = JTV
location = Wheeling, West Virginia
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = W56DX
owner = Abacus Television
founded = 2005
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 12.1 kW (analog)
15 kW (digital)
class = LPTV
facility_id = 264
homepage =

WWVW-LP is an LPTV station located in and licensed to Wheeling, West Virginia. The station is licensed to Abacus Television which owns a chain of LPTV stations in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. WWVW-LP airs Jewelry TV full time.

History

WWVW-LP began operation on August 10, 2000 as W56DX. The station was an AINaffiliate and shopping networks and repeated WBPA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania(now WIIC-LP).

The station was silent for a time between 2002 and 2005 as the station upgraded its facilities to its current power level. The station returned to the air in the summer of 2005 with its new WWVW-LP call sign and began airing Jewelry TV.

WWVW-LP currently holds a construction permit for additional power of 70.9 kW (analog) and for digital facilities on channel 15.

Coverage area

WWVW-LP Coverage area map

ee also

*Jewelry TV
*WIIC-LP
*WBYD-CA
*WSSS-LP

External links

* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?list=0&facid=264 Query the FCC's TV station database for WWVW]