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WVBT, channel 43, is a television station licensed to Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Hampton Roads area of Virginia (comprising the cities of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton and environs), and the Outer Banks region of North Carolina. WVBT is owned by Media General, and is a sister station to NBC affiliate WAVY-TV (channel 10). The two stations share studios and offices located on Wavy Street in Portsmouth, and WVBT broadcasts from a transmitter located in the Driver neighborhood of Suffolk, Virginia. WVBT's programming can also be seen on two Class A repeaters: WPMC-CD (channel 36) in Mappsville, Virginia; and WNLO-CD (channel 45) in Norfolk. ==History== WVBT began operation on March 22, 1993 with Home Shopping Network programming along with infomercials and religious shows. It became a charter affiliate of The WB starting on January 11, 1995. Shortly thereafter, the station's original local owners signed a local marketing agreement (LMA) with LIN TV. Under that agreement, WAVY took over the station's operations, and WVBT moved to WAVY's studios in Portsmouth. In May 1996, WVBT began broadcasting from a new transmitter, giving it a coverage area comparable to the other major Hampton Roads stations. Before then, its over-the-air signal was effectively limited to Virginia Beach and parts of Norfolk. Due to an affiliation deal between The WB and WTVZ's (channel 33) owner, Sinclair Broadcast Group, WVBT was going to lose it's affiliation to WTVZ. LIN TV reached an affiliation agreement with Fox in November 1995, and in August 1998, WTVZ swapped affiliations with WVBT〔(FOX TO CHANGE AFFILIATION IN SEPTEMBER 1998, FOX PLANS TO MOVE FROM WTVZ IN NORFOLK TO WVBT IN VIRGINIA BEACH )〕 ,〔(Locals Still Buzzing About Fox Switch )〕 which LIN purchased outright in 2002. Until January 2007, WAVY operated a 24-hour local weather channel called "WAVY Weather Station" on WVBT's second digital subchannel taking advantage of its 720p signal to present the service without interfering with video quality on either WAVY or WVBT. It was made cable-only in 2007 for unknown reasons, and eventually went dark in 2011. It was seen on Mediacom channel 9, Charter channel 22, and Cox digital channel 227.〔()〕 There were live current conditions, updated forecasts, and a live feed of "Super Doppler 10". On March 21, 2014, it was announced that Media General would acquire LIN. The merger was completed on December 19, bringing WAVY-TV and WVBT under common ownership with WRIC-TV in Petersburg and WSLS-TV in Roanoke.〔(Media General Completes Merger With LIN Media ), Press Release, Media General, Retrieved 19 December 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WVBT」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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