MHz Networks
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| WNVT: Goldvein, Virginia WNVC: Fairfax, Virginia |
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| Branding | MHz Networks |
| Channels | Analog: WNVT: none, was 53 WNVC: 56 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | MHz Networks |
| Owner | Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | WNVT: March 1, 1972 WNVC: June 1, 1983 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Northern Virginia Television |
| Former channel number(s) | WNVT: 53 (1972-2003) WNVC: none |
| Former affiliations | PBS (1972-2001) |
| Transmitter Power | WNVT: 160 kW (digital) WNVC: 1230 kW (analog) 7.3 kW (digital) |
| Height | WNVT: 229 m (digital) WNVC: 223 m (analog) 173.7 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | WNVT: 10019 WNVC: 9999 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | WNVT: WNVC: |
| Website | www.mhznetworks.org |
MHz Networks is a Northern Virginia based independent, non commercial broadcaster operated by Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation. The legal call letters for the two stations comprising MHz Networks are WNVC, analog channel 56, digital channel 57; and WNVT, digital channel 30, ex-analog channel 53. Rebranded as MHz Networks,' WNVC is licensed to Fairfax, Virginia with studios in Falls Church, Virginia [1] and WNVT is licensed in Goldvein, Virginia, and shares studio facillities in Falls Church, Virginia.
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[edit] History
WNVT first signed on March 1, 1972 on channel 53 as a public broadcasting station independent of PBS. On June 6, 1981 Channel 56 signed on as a similar station (as WIAH) and in 1982, changed its call letters to WNVC. Since channel 56 signed on, the two stations were operated from the same Northern Virginia studios, and were run as sister stations. The WNVT studios were originally at Northern Virginia Community College. When the station was under construction, the school offered an AA in Broadcast Engineering Technology. Ray Harrison was the CE. Prior to WNVT, channel 53 had a brief experimental transmission from somewhere in downtown D.C.
In 2001, the two stations became known as MHz Networks, with WNVC becoming MHz and WNVT becoming MHz2. In 2003, WNVT became digital-only on channel 30. WNVC remains available in analog on channel 56, and digital on channel 57.
[edit] Programming
Both stations feature international programming 24 hours daily. Program Schedule
- MHz Worldview (MHz1) (30.1, 57.1) International programming (in English or with English subtitles)
- MHz2 (30.2) 24-hour SABC News International programming (in English)
- MHz3 (30.3) 24-hour France 24 news programming (in English language|English)
- MHz4 (30.4) 24-hour Nigerian Television Authority programming (in English)
- MHz5 (30.5) 24-hour Russia Today TV news programming (in English)
- MHz6 (57.2) 24-hour NHK World TV programming (in English)
- MHz7 (57.3) 24-hour Beste van Vlaanderen en Nederland (in Dutch and English)
- MHz8 (57.4) 24-hour Macroview TV - MAC TV programming (in Mandarin and English)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- MHz Networks Official Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WNVC
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WNVT
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WNVC-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WNVT-TV
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