WCVI-TV
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WCVI-TV is a full-power television station in Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
transmitting its digital signal on channel 23. WCVI is owned by Virgin Blue Inc. The station has been affiliated with The CW Television Network
since September 2006.
Despite being on the island of St. Croix
, WCVI's signal reaches the entire territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
as a secondary affiliation; this arrangement was discontinued when that network ceased operations on May 1, 2006. The station has since joined The CW Television Network
following the shutdown of both UPN and The WB
. The CW which is a 50/50 joint venture between CBS Corporation
and Time Warner
took to the air on September 18, 2006. Prior to 2000, UPN programming was seen via satellite from New York's WWOR-TV
.
Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Christiansted is a town on Saint Croix, one of the main islands composing the United States Virgin Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States. It is a former capital of the Danish West Indies and home to the Christiansted National Historic Site...
transmitting its digital signal on channel 23. WCVI is owned by Virgin Blue Inc. The station has been affiliated with The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
since September 2006.
Despite being on the island of St. Croix
Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Saint Croix is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States. Formerly the Danish West Indies, they were sold to the United States by Denmark in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies of...
, WCVI's signal reaches the entire territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
History
WCVI launched as an affiliate with the United Paramount Network (UPN). At one point, the station also carried Urban America TelevisionUrban America Television
Urban America Television was an over-the-air television broadcast network in the United States. According to the company's website, the network had 70 affiliate stations. UATV had a reach of 22 million households in the United States. It was a successor to the earlier American Independent...
as a secondary affiliation; this arrangement was discontinued when that network ceased operations on May 1, 2006. The station has since joined The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
following the shutdown of both UPN and The WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
. The CW which is a 50/50 joint venture between CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation is an American media conglomerate focused on commercial broadcasting, publishing, billboards and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. The President and CEO of the company is Leslie Moonves. Sumner Redstone, owner of National Amusements, is CBS's...
and Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
took to the air on September 18, 2006. Prior to 2000, UPN programming was seen via satellite from New York's WWOR-TV
WWOR-TV
WWOR-TV, virtual channel 9 , is the flagship station of the MyNetworkTV programming service, licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey and serving the Tri-State metropolitan area. WWOR is owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, and is a sister station to Fox network flagship...
.
Programming
WCVI airs The CW's primetime schedule as well as religious programming, movies, infotainment, and various other syndicated programming.- Street CourtStreet CourtStreet Court is a courtroom television series syndicated for one season by Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina-based Litton Entertainment and hosted by Michael Mazzariello, also referred to as Judge Mazz...
- CheatersCheatersCheaters is a weekly syndicated hidden camera reality television series that documents people who are suspected of committing adultery, or cheating, on their partners. Investigations are headed by the "Cheaters Detective Agency". The show is hosted by Joey Greco, the show airs on Saturday nights...
- This Is Your DayThis is Your DayThis is Your Day is a Christian television show hosted by pastor Benny Hinn and broadcast several times a week in the United States by the Trinity Broadcasting Network, the Daystar Television Network, Revelation TV, Grace TV, VisionTV, INSP Networks, The God Channel and various local affiliates to...
- Eye for an Eye (TV series)Eye for an Eye (TV series)Eye for an Eye is a television program that has run in syndication since 2004.The program is a variation on popular thirty minute Reality shows. Eye For an Eye is presided over by Judge "Extreme Akim" Anastopoulo, with bailiff and former boxer Big Sugar Ray Phillips. The series was formerly hosted...
- MissingMissing (TV series)Missing, hosted by Alex Paen, is a weekly syndicated TV series in the United States profiling real cases of missing persons. The series debuted in 2003....
External links
- CW 23 WCVI-TV - Station Website