WVXF is a Live Well Network-affiliated, full service television station in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands transmitting over digital channel 17. The station is owned by LKK Group and is branded as Live Well Caribbean.

Cable subscribers in the U.S. Virgin Islands can watch WVXF on channel 9. WVXF is also available in Puerto Rico on Choice Cable TV, OneLink Cable, and Liberty Cablevision,and as part of the Puerto Rico locals package on Dish Network

Dish Network

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History

WVXF signed on in 2001 as a CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 affiliate. Prior to WVXF's sign-on, CBS programming was seen on Charlotte Amalie's WBNB-TV

WBNB-TV

WBNB-TV is the former CBS affiliate for the U.S. Virgin Islands, broadcasting from a 316 kW transmitter in Charlotte Amalie, on the island of Saint Thomas.-History:WBNB was the first television station in the Virgin Islands, starting operations in 1961...

, channel 10. However, that station left the air for good following Hurricane Hugo

Hurricane Hugo

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 in 1989, when its transmitter was destroyed and the cash-strapped Benedek Broadcasting

Benedek Broadcasting

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 (owner of several small- and mid-market network affiliates on the mainland) could not afford to rebuild. Between 1989 and 2001, CBS service was available via satellite from New York

New York City

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 (WCBS-TV

WCBS-TV

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), Raleigh

Raleigh, North Carolina

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 (WRAL-TV

WRAL-TV

WRAL-TV, virtual channel 5 , is a television station in Raleigh, North Carolina. WRAL-TV has been the flagship station of Capitol Broadcasting Company since its inception, and is currently the CBS affiliate for the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill/Fayetteville area, known collectively as the Triangle...

), and/or Erie

Erie, Pennsylvania

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 (WSEE-TV

WSEE-TV

WSEE-TV, channel 35, is an CBS-affiliated television station located in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. WSEE-TV is owned by Lilly Broadcasting, and is operated by NBC affiliate WICU-TV through a local marketing agreement. The two stations both share studios on State Street in downtown Erie, and a...

).
On July 1, 2009, shortly after the digital television transition

DTV transition in the United States

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, WVXF switched affiliations, from CBS to This TV

This TV

This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....

. Since July 13, CBS programming is available on TV2

TV2 (Virgin Islands)

TV2 is a CBS-affiliated cable-only TV channel available on Innovative Cable TV in the United States Virgin Islands. TV2 picked up the CBS network on July 13, 2009, just two weeks after WVXF, the area's previous CBS affiliate, switched from CBS to This TV...

. In preparation, DirecTV

DirecTV

DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...

 and Dish Network dropped WVXF in favor of WSEE-TV shortly before the affiliation change (the station has since returned to Dish Network).
In January 2010, WVXF rebranded as "EFN Caribbean", adding some syndicated programing

Television syndication

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 and a local fashion-oriented program, Fashion Today, to its This TV programming. The station relaunched once more on May 1, 2011, joining ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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's Live Well Network as its first primary-channel affiliate.