WVBK-CA

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WVBK-CA
city = Manchester, Vermont
station_
station_slogan = Your Guide to Southern Vermont
station_branding = "RSN TV12/20"
analog = 2 (VHF)
digital =
other_chs = 47 WVBQ-LP Newport - Charlestown, NH
affiliations = RSN
founded = 1998
location = Manchester, Vermont
callsign_meaning = W
Vision
Broadcasting (owner)
K = disambiguation from former sister station WVBG-LP
former_callsigns = W49BU (1996-98)
WVBK-LP (1998-2003)
owner = Vision 3 Broadcasting, Inc.
former_affiliations = UPN (1998-2000)
effective_radiated_power = 4 W
HAAT =
class = Class A
facility_id = 26996
homepage = [http://www.wvbktv.com www.wvbktv.com]

WVBK-CA is the Resort Sports Network affiliate for southern Vermont, licensed in Manchester, Vermont. The station's over-the-air transmissions are on VHF channel 2, with no digital signal; the 12 and 20 in WVBK's branding refer to its cable slots (as the station's effective radiated power is very low for a Class A station). WVBK is owned by Vision 3 Broadcasting.

History

The station signed on in 1998 as a repeater of WVBG-LP, then Albany, New York's UPN affiliate. It originally broadcast on UHF channel 49, not moving to channel 2 until late 2003. UPN programming ceased to appear on WVBK in 2000, after WVBG lost its affiliation to an Albany cable channel, WEDG-TV, and the station eventually picked up the Resort Sports Network. In the early 2000s, Vision 3 sold off WVBG and its other repeater, WVBX-LP, and WVBK became a separate station.

External links

* [http://www.wvbktv.com/ Official website]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8816442024772912674 Station promo]
*TVQ|WVBK
*TVQ|WVBQ