The history of WSKY-TV can be traced as early as 1995, when the FCC invited filings for a license to operate a television station in Manteo on channel 4. Six groups applied for the license.[2]
Before its fall 2001 launch, channel 4 on Cox Cable housed LNC or Local News on Cable, WVEC-TV's 24-hourcable news television station. When WSKY launched, LNC moved up to channel 5 on Cox Cable lineups.
The station's analog signal signed off in late November 2006, as its digital signal was to sign-on from a new tower in Camden County, North Carolina. WSKY had some challenges covering the northern part of the market (Williamsburg, Newport News, Hampton) on its analog signal; which was to be remedied with its new digital tower.
Between 6 and 7 a.m. on March 2, 2007, in high winds during storms moving through the area, WSKY-DT's tower collapsed, also destroying the transmitter building. The tower was three weeks away from completion.[3][4] The tower was rebuilt and finished in November 2007. WSKY-DT started broadcasting a test pattern on November 24, 2007,[5] and began regular broadcasts on November 27, 2007.
On January 1, 2009, DirecTV removed the channel from its lineup. The station erroneously did not re-elect for must-carry status on the provider for the next three years, and had no regulatory recourse otherwise to remain on DirecTV.[6] After waiting out the three-year period and successfully filing for must-carry status, the station returned to the DirecTV lineup on January 1, 2012.
On July 15, 2013, Lockwood Broadcast Group announced it would be acquiring 51% of WSKY-TV pending FCC approval.[7] The sale was finalized on November 25.[8]
Newscastsedit
Since its inception, WSKY-TV has aired no local news programming of its own. However, it did air two 11 p.m. weeknight newscasts from CBS affiliate WTKR during that station's coverage of the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. WTKR did broadcast late newscasts at midnight when the coverage concluded.[9]
WSKY-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 4, in November 2006.[11] The station's digital signal moved to VHF channel 9, in mid-May 2010, using PSIP to display WSKY-TV's virtual channel as 4 on digital television receivers.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources WSKY TV news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia See Wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions August 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards You can help The talk page may contain suggestions August 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message WSKY TV channel 4 is an independent television station licensed to Manteo North Carolina United States serving the Hampton Roads area It is the flagship station of the Hampton Virginia based Lockwood Broadcast Group and has studios on Salters Creek Road in Hampton its transmitter is located near South Mills North Carolina Despite WSKY TV being licensed to Manteo the station maintains no physical presence there WSKY TVManteo North CarolinaChesapeake Norfolk Virginia Beach VirginiaUnited StatesCityManteo North CarolinaChannelsDigital 13 VHF Virtual 4BrandingSKY 4ProgrammingAffiliations4 1 Independentfor others see SubchannelsOwnershipOwnerLockwood Broadcast Group Tidewater TV LLC HistoryFoundedMarch 9 2001First air dateOctober 19 2001 22 years ago 2001 10 19 Former channel number s Analog 4 VHF 2001 2006 Digital 4 VHF 2006 2010 9 VHF 2010 2020 Call sign meaningThe word SKY named for its original owner SKY Broadcasting Inc Technical information 1 Licensing authorityFCCFacility ID76324ERP70 kWHAAT306 m 1 004 ft Transmitter coordinates36 31 15 N 76 18 15 W 36 52083 N 76 30417 W 36 52083 76 30417LinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSWebsitewww wbr sky4tv wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Newscasts 3 Technical information 3 1 Subchannels 3 2 Analog to digital conversion 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe history of WSKY TV can be traced as early as 1995 when the FCC invited filings for a license to operate a television station in Manteo on channel 4 Six groups applied for the license 2 Before its fall 2001 launch channel 4 on Cox Cable housed LNC or Local News on Cable WVEC TV s 24 hour cable news television station When WSKY launched LNC moved up to channel 5 on Cox Cable lineups The station s analog signal signed off in late November 2006 as its digital signal was to sign on from a new tower in Camden County North Carolina WSKY had some challenges covering the northern part of the market Williamsburg Newport News Hampton on its analog signal which was to be remedied with its new digital tower Between 6 and 7 a m on March 2 2007 in high winds during storms moving through the area WSKY DT s tower collapsed also destroying the transmitter building The tower was three weeks away from completion 3 4 The tower was rebuilt and finished in November 2007 WSKY DT started broadcasting a test pattern on November 24 2007 5 and began regular broadcasts on November 27 2007 On January 1 2009 DirecTV removed the channel from its lineup The station erroneously did not re elect for must carry status on the provider for the next three years and had no regulatory recourse otherwise to remain on DirecTV 6 After waiting out the three year period and successfully filing for must carry status the station returned to the DirecTV lineup on January 1 2012 On July 15 2013 Lockwood Broadcast Group announced it would be acquiring 51 of WSKY TV pending FCC approval 7 The sale was finalized on November 25 8 Newscasts editSince its inception WSKY TV has aired no local news programming of its own However it did air two 11 p m weeknight newscasts from CBS affiliate WTKR during that station s coverage of the 2009 NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament WTKR did broadcast late newscasts at midnight when the coverage concluded 9 Technical information editSubchannels edit The station s digital signal is multiplexed Subchannels of WSKY TV 10 Channel Res Aspect Short name Programming4 1 1080i 16 9 WSKY HD Main WSKY TV programming4 2 480i StartTV Start TV4 3 Movies Movies 4 4 TheGrio TheGrioAnalog to digital conversion edit WSKY TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal over VHF channel 4 in November 2006 11 The station s digital signal moved to VHF channel 9 in mid May 2010 using PSIP to display WSKY TV s virtual channel as 4 on digital television receivers References edit Facility Technical Data for WSKY TV Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission TV station here could be reality The Coastland Times September 7 1995 Retrieved September 28 2015 Major setback for WSKY DT VARTV com Retrieved March 2 2007 Broadcast tower under construction in Camden Co collapses during storm WAVY TV Retrieved March 2 2007 Database Error For DirecTV viewers WSKY TV channel 4 goes dark HamptonRoads com PilotOnline com Archived from the original on May 22 2011 Station Trading Roundup 4 Deals 1 08M TVNewsCheck com Archived from the original on September 26 2013 CDBS Print Business News RabbitEars TV Query for WSKY List of Digital Full Power Stations PDF Archived from the original PDF on August 29 2013 Retrieved November 17 2016 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WSKY TV amp oldid 1175819130, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
