WFFF-DT2

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WFFF-DT2 | station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = The CW Burlington
analog =
Comcast 20
Charter 11
digital =
43 (WFFF-DT 44.2, UHF)
affiliations = The CW| founded = September 27, 2007
location = Burlington, Vermont /
Plattsburgh, New York
callsign_meaning = see WFFF-TV
owner = Smith Media, LLC
licensee = Smith Media License Holdings, LLC
effective_radiated_power = 47 kW (digital)
HAAT = 839 m (digital)
facility_id = 10132 (digital)
coordinates = coord|44|31|32.0|N|72|48|54.0|W|type:landmark (digital)
homepage = none

WFFF-DT2 is the CW-affiliated television station for the state of Vermont (except Bennington County) and Upstate New York. The station is a second digital subchannel of Fox affiliate WFFF-TV which is owned by Smith Media, LLC. Over-the-air, WFFF-DT2 broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 43 from WFFF's transmitter which is located on Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest elevation. The station is also offered on area cable systems. In Vermont, it is located on Comcast channel 20. In Upstate New York, it can be viewed on Charter channel 11.

In the Upper Valley region of Vermont and New Hampshire, the station is offered on Comcast digital cable channel 167. The station is known on-air as "The CW Burlington". WFFF-DT2's parent station has studios on Mountain View Drive in Colchester, Vermont. Syndicated programming on the station includes: "Reba", "Roseanne", "Reno 911!", "COPS", "", and other popular titles. The station airs the nationally syndicated morning show, "The Daily Buzz", on weekday mornings from 6 to 9.

History

Even before the creation of WFFF-DT2, the main channel has had some history with The CW. Back on January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB announced that they would cease broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW, the letters representing the first initial of its corporate parents: CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. Up until The CW's launch on September 18, it was unknown if there would be an affiliate in the Burlington / Plattsburgh market. Just before that date, it was announced that The CW would air on WFFF in a delayed basis at 10 P.M. (as did programming from The WB).

As was the case with The WB, The CW was also available on cable in the area via WPIX from New York City. Before it was confirmed that WFFF would be a secondary CW affiliate, there was a possibility that the a new television station, WCWF, was to become affiliated with the network. On September 27, 2007, WFFF moved The CW to its second digital subchannel. For Vermont cable viewers, WFFF-DT2 replaced WPIX. Until December 31, 2007, the station was not available on Charter's basic tier system in Upstate New York. On that date, WFFF-DT2 took WPIX's channel location. There is currently no website for this channel.

External links

* [http://www.fox44.net WFFF-TV/DT "Fox 44"]
* [http://www.cwtv.com The CW]