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WAHU airs an hour long extension of ''Good Morning Charlottesville'' weekday mornings at 7 and a nightly 10 o'clock broadcast. On weeknights, WCAV delays the '']'' until 7 in favor of an extra half-hour of local news. All broadcasts, except the extension of ''Good Morning Charlottesville'' on WAHU, are streamed live on the "Charlottesville Newsplex" website. WVAW airs ''Cavalier Sports Weekly'' on Sunday mornings at 10:30 with a repeat on WCAV at 11:30 and again twelve hours later on this station. WAHU airs an hour long extension of ''Good Morning Charlottesville'' weekday mornings at 7 and a nightly 10 o'clock broadcast. On weeknights, WCAV delays the '']'' until 7 in favor of an extra half-hour of local news. All broadcasts, except the extension of ''Good Morning Charlottesville'' on WAHU, are streamed live on the "Charlottesville Newsplex" website. WVAW airs ''Cavalier Sports Weekly'' on Sunday mornings at 10:30 with a repeat on WCAV at 11:30 and again twelve hours later on this station.

==News team==
'''Anchors'''
*Bo Sykes - weekday mornings and Noon
*Cheryn Stone - weekday mornings and reporter
*Jim Hanchett - News Director seen weeknights at 5 and 5:30
*Jennifer Black - weeknights at 5, 5:30, and 7
*Dan Schutte - weeknights at 6, 6:30, and 11
*Tiffani Sargent - weeknights at 6, 6:30, and 11
*John Rodgers - weeknights at 7 and 10
*Carlos Vergara - weekends

'''''Weather Authority Meteorologists'''''
*Travis Koshko (] Seal of Approval) - Chief seen weekday mornings and Noon
*Brantley Ussery - weeknights from 5 to 6:30 and 11
*Stacy Berman - weeknights at 7 and 10
*Myles Henderson - weekends

'''Sports'''
*Marc Davis - Director seen weeknights at 6, 6:30, 7, 10, and 11
*Matt Parsons - weekends and reporter
*Jed Gamber - reporter and fill-in anchor
*Jacquie Franciulli - news producer

'''Reporters'''
*Beth Duffy - Special Correspondent
*Chris Stover - website producer
*Jessica Jaglois - producer
*Laura Mammarella - producer
*Sara Ross - producer
*Bianca Spinosa
*Mark Tenia
*Stephanie Satchell
*Liz Palka

==Former personalities==
* Tom Abbott - now at ]
* Sarah Batista - now at ] in ]
* Ric Barrick - now Director of Communications for the city of ]
* Venton Blandin - now at ] in ]
* Kris Budden - now at ] in ]
* Christina Butler - now at ] in ]
* Rod Cowan - now at ] in Harrisburg
* Elizabeth Donatelli - now at ] in ]
* Lisa Ferrari - now Director of Events at the Alzheimer's Association of Charlottesville
* Hailey Frances - now at ] in ]
* Autria Godfrey - now at Fox News Channel and ] game night host
* Michael Gorsegner - now at ] in ]
* Katie Graham - now at ] in ]
* Zach Heffner - now playing for the ] lacrosse team
* Stephanie Hockridge - now at ] in ]
* Whitney Holmes - now at ] in ]
* Matt Homes - now in ]
* Bo Kane - now an actor in ]
* Lauren Knight (Raftery)- now out of the TV business
* Summer Knowles - now at ] in ]
* Vanessa Murdock - now at ] in ]
* Jummy Olabanji - now at ] in Norfolk
* Althea Paul - now at ] in ]
* Kory Raftery - now with Pacific Gas and Electric Company
* Jeremy Settle - now at ] in ]
* Philip Stewart - now at ] and News Channel 8 in Washington D.C.
* Dave Strumpf - now in ]
* Lindsey Ward - now at ] in ]
* Marcus Washington - now at ] in ]


==External links== ==External links==

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WCAV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Charlottesville, Virginia. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter on Carters Mountain south of the city. The station is the flagship of a cluster of Gray Television-owned stations based in Charlottesville. This includes low-powered ABC affiliate WVAW-LD and low-powered Fox affiliate WAHU-LD. All three share studios, known as the "Charlottesville Newsplex", on 2nd Street Southeast in Downtown Charlottesville. In addition, some behind-the-scenes duties are run alongside that of sister station WHSV-TV in Harrisonburg (which the "Newsplex" has a resource sharing alliance with). WCAV can be seen on Comcast channel 6 and is known on-air as CBS 19. Syndicated programming on the station includes: Entertainment Tonight, Judge Judy, Martha Stewart, and Rachael Ray. WCAV can also be seen on WVAW's second digital subchannel on UHF channel 16.2 from the same transmitter.

Digital programming

Their signal is multiplexed.

Channel Video Aspect Programming
19.1 1080i 16:9 main WCAV programming / CBS HD
19.2 480i 4:3 WCAV-DT2 "CBS 19 Weather Now" (The Local AccuWeather Channel)
19.3 480i 4:3 WAHU-LD "Fox 27"

History

File:Charlottesvillenewsplex.jpg
Previous "Charlottesville Newsplex" logo.

WCAV began broadcasting on August 15, 2004 becoming the market's first CBS affiliate and first station to mount a challenge against established NBC affiliate WVIR-TV. Previously, the analog UHF channel 19 allocation had been considered to bring Richmond a primary WB station. That area had lacked such an affiliation since the switch of WUPV to UPN in 1998. Charlottesville had previously received CBS programming on cable from Richmond's WTVR-TV and Washington D.C.'s WUSA. When it launched, WCAV immediately replaced WUSA on local cable systems. During 2007, the station first swapped analog cable channel allocations with WTVR. After that, the Richmond station moved to the digital tier.

Shortly after WCAV's sign-on, owner Gray Television signed on ABC affiliate WVAW-LP on UHF channel 16. That station was formerly a low-powered repeater (on UHF channel 64) of Harrisonburg's WHSV-TV and it replaced that station on Charlottesville-area cable systems. In early-2005, the two stations were joined by new Class A Fox affiliate WAHU-CA on UHF channel 27. Since 2006, the three stations have been the official flagships of University of Virginia sports. In June 2006, WCAV received the runner-up award for "Outstanding News Operation" by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters. WWBT in Richmond was the winner in that category. In 2007, the station received the "Outstanding Sports Coverage" award for a commercial television station from the Virginia Association of Broadcasters. That same year, their web address finished runner up to WVEC in Norfolk for outstanding website.

Beth Duffy, formerly of WVIR, returned to the airwaves on WCAV on April 16, 2007. The station is not related to the former WCAV-FM (now WKAF-FM) in Brockton, Massachusetts. On September 21, WCAV launched The Local AccuWeather Channel on its second digital subchannel and live streaming video on their website. Known on-air as "CBS 19 Weather Now", it was added to Comcast digital channel 209 in December. Programming consists of local weather updates and national weather forecasts provided by AccuWeather. After performing a flash-cut, its broadcasts have been digital-only since February 16, 2009. Of all of the Richmond and Washington D.C. stations replaced on the main tier for the new Charlottesville ABC, CBS, and Fox affiliates only WTTG survived. On Comcast digital cable, Richmond channels include WRIC-TV and WTVR. WUSA is not on digital cable nor is any other district station. Other Comcast providers north and west of Charlottesville do pick up Washington and Richmond locals either on the main tier or digital lineup.

News operation

File:Wcav news open.png
Their news open.

WCAV and its sister stations employ the largest television news team dedicated exclusively to the Charlottesville market. While WVIR dedicates a large portion of its staff to adjacent area, WCAV focuses its coverage solely on the counties that comprise the Charlottesville viewing area. As the primary station in the "Charlottesville Newsplex" operation, it airs the most local newscasts. WVAW simulcasts the second hour of Good Morning Charlottesville on weekday mornings and airs local news on its own weeknights at 7. Weeknights at 11, that station simulcasts WCAV. There are no weekend local newscasts on WVAW.

WAHU airs an hour long extension of Good Morning Charlottesville weekday mornings at 7 and a nightly 10 o'clock broadcast. On weeknights, WCAV delays the CBS Evening News until 7 in favor of an extra half-hour of local news. All broadcasts, except the extension of Good Morning Charlottesville on WAHU, are streamed live on the "Charlottesville Newsplex" website. WVAW airs Cavalier Sports Weekly on Sunday mornings at 10:30 with a repeat on WCAV at 11:30 and again twelve hours later on this station.

News team

Anchors

  • Bo Sykes - weekday mornings and Noon
  • Cheryn Stone - weekday mornings and reporter
  • Jim Hanchett - News Director seen weeknights at 5 and 5:30
  • Jennifer Black - weeknights at 5, 5:30, and 7
  • Dan Schutte - weeknights at 6, 6:30, and 11
  • Tiffani Sargent - weeknights at 6, 6:30, and 11
  • John Rodgers - weeknights at 7 and 10
  • Carlos Vergara - weekends

Weather Authority Meteorologists

  • Travis Koshko (NWA Seal of Approval) - Chief seen weekday mornings and Noon
  • Brantley Ussery - weeknights from 5 to 6:30 and 11
  • Stacy Berman - weeknights at 7 and 10
  • Myles Henderson - weekends

Sports

  • Marc Davis - Director seen weeknights at 6, 6:30, 7, 10, and 11
  • Matt Parsons - weekends and reporter
  • Jed Gamber - reporter and fill-in anchor
  • Jacquie Franciulli - news producer

Reporters

  • Beth Duffy - Special Correspondent
  • Chris Stover - website producer
  • Jessica Jaglois - producer
  • Laura Mammarella - producer
  • Sara Ross - producer
  • Bianca Spinosa
  • Mark Tenia
  • Stephanie Satchell
  • Liz Palka

Former personalities

External links

Broadcast television in the Charlottesville area
Virginia broadcast television areas by city
Bristol
Bluefield
Charlottesville
Harrisonburg
Norfolk
Richmond
Roanoke
Washington, D.C.
CBS network affiliates licensed to and serving the Commonwealth of Virginia
Primary*
Secondary**
(*) – indicates station is in one of Virginia's primary TV markets
(**) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Virginia
See also
ABC
CBS
CW
Fox
Ion
MyNetworkTV
NBC
PBS
Other stations in Virginia
Gray Media
sorted by primary channel network affiliations
ABC
CBS
Fox
NBC
The CW
MyNetworkTV
Telemundo
Other
Radio stations
Programming
Other assets
Acquisitions
  • Owned by American Spirit Media; Gray operates these stations through an SSA.
  • Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting; Gray operates these stations through an SSA.
  • Owned by Tegna Inc.; Gray operates these stations through an SSA.
  • Owned by Gray; E. W. Scripps Company operates this station through an SSA.
  • Owned by Tougaloo College and operated by American Spirit Media through a JSA; Gray provides limited engineering support through an SSA.
  • Owned by Branson Visitors TV; Gray holds a 50.1% interest in this company.
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