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WVIR-DT3 is the CW-affiliated television station for Charlottesville and Harrisonburg, Virginia. The station is part of The CW Plus. It is a third digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WVIR-TV owned by the Waterman Broadcasting Corporation. Over-the-air, WVIR-DT3 broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 32.3 (virtual channel 29.3 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Carters Mountain south of the city.
It can also be seen on Comcast channel 12. Known on-air as CW 29, WVIR-DT3's parent station has studios on East Market Street/U.S. 250 Bus in Downtown Charlottesville. A digital repeater of the main channel in Bridgewater, W41DT-D channel 41, offers this third subchannel as well. This broadcasts from a transmitter on Elliott Knob.
History
The origins of WVIR-DT3 began on January 24, 2006 when The WB and UPN announced the two networks would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined service would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of corporate parents "C"BS (the parent company of UPN) and the "W"arner Bros. unit of Time Warner. At the network's launch on September 18, WVIR gained The CW affiliation through The CW Plus. The main station launched a new second digital subchannel to serve as the network's outlet in the Charlottesville and Harrisonburg areas. On September 13, 2007, WVIR began offering NBC Weather Plus on the second digital subchannel. As a result, The CW moved to a new third digital subchannel where it remains today.
Newscasts
Alongside the launch of The CW, WVIR began producing a new nightly prime time newscast on WVIR-DT2 (now WVIR-DT3). Competing with a show already airing on Class A Fox affiliate WAHU-CD (produced by CBS affiliate WCAV), this was originally known as CW 29 News at 10 and featured a separate graphics package and news music theme. Eventually, the broadcast was renamed NBC 29 News at 10 and began mirroring programs seen on the main channel.
Like all CW Plus affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone, WVIR-DT3 offers the nationally syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz on weekday mornings from 6 until 9. On April 19, 2008, WVIR began airing its newscasts in high definition (becoming first in the market to do so). However, the prime time shows on WVIR-DT3 were not included in the upgrade because the digital subchannel only airs in standard definition.
Anchors
- Libby Allison - weeknight news
- Matt Talhelm - weekend news
- Eric Pritchett (NWA Seal of Approval) - weeknight meteorologist
- Clayton Stiver (AMS and NWA Seals of Approval) - weekend meteorologist
- Marty Hudtloff - Sports Director seen weeknights
- Mike Shiers - weekend sports
- Brandi Williams - The Daily Buzz host
- Andy Campbell - The Daily Buzz host
- Mitch English - The Daily Buzz host
- Kia Malone - The Daily Buzz host
Reporters
- Jesse Boeckermann - sports photographer and producer
- Steve Rappaport - "Cville Scene" segment producer
- Cathy Harding - "Cville Scene" segment producer
- Ken Slack - Augusta County Bureau
- Spinach Bentley - The Daily Buzz
- Rita Smith - registered dietitian
- Adam Rhew - State Capitol
- Keith McGilvery
- Dannika Lewis
- Derick Waller
- Stacia Harris
- Julie Bercik
- Henry Graff
- Kasey Hott
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