WVCY-TV is a conservative Christian television station, affiliated with FamilyNet, in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, viewing area. It broadcasts on Channel 30 (on digital television, Channel 22). The station first went on the air on January 11, 1983. Formerly, the station had a sister operation, WSCO in Suring, serving Green Bay on Channel 14 from 1984 to 1987, but the station went dark so VCY America could concentrate on their Milwaukee operations. Channel 14 in Green Bay is now home to WIWB.
The station does hold a commercial license, but chooses not to air advertising and asks for viewer support through donations instead for funding. Unlike other religious television stations, it does not carry CCM programming, or signs and wonders televangelists (like Benny Hinn). The station does air some programming from FamilyNet.
WVCY's transmitter operates at a power of 1000 kW, and can be seen through southeastern Wisconsin over the air and on cable television. Besides Wisconsin Public Television's stations during school recesses and vacations, WVCY is the only commercial station in the state to go off-the-air every night.
Attempted purchase by CBS
CBS wanted to purchase WVCY in 1994 when WITI announced it would switch to Fox. CBS had already been turned down by WTMJ, WISN (which had been affiliated with CBS from 1961 through 1977), WVTV (which was a CBS O&O in the 1950s), WCGV, and WJJA. WVCY's ownership though decided to reject the offer and keep the station, so CBS announced an affiliation deal with WDJT just days before WITI switched to Fox.
External links
|
Broadcast television in the Milwaukee market (Nielsen DMA #34) |
|
| Local television stations |
WTMJ 4 (NBC, WX+ on DT2) - WITI 6 (FOX) - WMKE-CA 7 (A1) - WMVS 10 (PBS/MPTV, World on DT1, V-me on DT2, Kids on DT3, Create on DT4, NOAA WX info/WisDOT traffic on DT5-8) - WISN 12 (ABC) - WVTV 18 (The CW) - WCGV 24 (MNTV) - W29DJ 29 (UNK) - WVCY 30 (FN) - WMVT 36 (PBS/MPTV, WMVS-HD on DT1) - WBWT-LP 38 (AZA) - WMLW-CA 41 (IND) - WBME 49 (MeTV) - WWRS 52 (TBN, Church on DT2, JCTV on DT3, Enlace on DT4, SoaC on DT5) - WPXE 55 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4) - WDJT 58 (CBS, WMLW on DT2, WBME on DT3) - WYTU-LP 63 (TMD)
|
|
Significantly Viewed
Out-of-Market Stations
Reception may vary |
|
|
| Local cable television channels |
|
|
Wisconsin broadcast television markets: Eau Claire • Green Bay • Madison • Marquette, MI • Milwaukee • Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN • Superior/Duluth, MN • Wausau
See also: Chicago TV, Grand Rapids TV |
|
|
