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WVIF
Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Channels	Analog: 15 (UHF)
Affiliations	Independent
Owner	Corporate Media Consultants Group (CMCG St. Croix License, LLC)
First air date	2000
Call letters’ meaning	Virgin Islands Fox (possibly for unrealized FOX affiliation)
Former callsigns	WPXO (2000-2003) WCAV (2003-2004)
Former affiliations	PAX
Transmitter Power	16.2 kW
Height	296 m
Facility ID	84407
Transmitter Coordinates	17°45′14″N 64°47′55″W / 17.75389, -64.79861

WVIF is a full-power television station in Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands licenced to transmit over analog channel 15. The station is owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group.

History

WVIF has been silent for long periods of time, occasionally returning to the air as an independent station. It originally had been planned to affiliate with Fox TV.

The channel assignment is that of the former PAX O&O WPXO, which had operated on channel 15 until its sale (along with WPFO-TV Waterville) in December 2002.^[1] That station had originally been operating under a joint services agreement with Alpha Broadcasting Corporation's WSVI-TV Christiansted but the new owners did not continue the JSA operation due to station financial losses of over a quarter-million dollars.^[2]

Upon assuming control of the station in April 2003, CMCG therefore temporarily discontinued operations, leaving WVIF's channel allocation silent for 12 months less a day; the station returned to the air at 2 PM April 4, 2004 without a network affiliation. It operated briefly as an independent station, relying largely on syndicated core programming, after having failed to obtain cable television carriage and having lost its bid for Fox TV affiliation.

The station again went silent in 2005 ^[3] and remained silent throughout 2006-07 despite attempts to return to operation.^[4]

Located in the University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park, the station had two employees but, as of August 2007^[update], broadcast antenna facilities had not been constructed.^[5]

In 2007, the station's owner had estimated that construction of the necessary facilities "could take at least another year". The use of WVIF production facilities in engaging and training UVI students in various station operation tasks had also been promoted, but as of 2007 no such programme is yet operational.

As of September 2008, the station had moved to a new antenna tower, resuming analog television broadcast operation.^[6]

Digital television

WVIF is not currently operating a digital television station.

WVIF has applied to the Federal Communications Commission for permission to turn off any analog signals and begin broadcast of a digital signal on the same channel (called a "flash-cut") at the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations (February 17, 2009)^[7]

References

External links

• Query the FCC's TV station database for WVIF
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WVIF-TV

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