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WVEC

WVEC (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Hampton, Virginia, United States, serving the Hampton Roads area as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by the Tegna subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group; Nexstar owns NBC affiliate WAVY-TV (channel 10) and Fox affiliate WVBT (channel 43). WVEC's studios are located on Woodis Avenue in Norfolk; its…

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Owner
Tegna Inc., a subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group · (WVEC Television, LLC)
Affiliations
13.1: ABC · for others, see § Technical information
Branding
13News Now
Channels
Digital: 35 (UHF) · Virtual: 13
City
Hampton, Virginia
ERP
1,000 kW

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WVEC

Nodes83
Edges82
Triples195
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024096
Components1

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WVEC

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related to Move to channel 13 · 47
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related to News operation · 30
WVEC → ABC News, Another, Barbara Ciara, Burden, By, By November, Chisman, December, During, FCC, Hampton Roads, However, Jim Kincaid, Kincaid, Knight Ridder, Landmark Communications, My Friends, Nicholas Johnson, Norfolk, Notes
related to The channel 15 era · 23
WVEC → At, August, CBS, FCC, February, Federal Communications Commission, For, Hampton, Hampton Roads, July, June, NBC, Newport News, The, The FCC, The Peninsula Broadcasting Corporation, TV, UHF, VHF, Virginia
related to Corinthian and Belo ownership · 21
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related to Local News on Cable · 20
WVEC → After, Cable, Cox Communications, February, January, LNC, Local News, News, Norfolk, November, Offered, Pilot, Previously, The, The Virginian-Pilot, WPEN-LP, WSKY-TV, WVBT, WVBT's, WVEC-TV
related to Eastern Shore translators · 11
WVEC → Accomack County, Eastern Shore, Mappsville, On, Onancock, Virginia, W18EG-D, W25AA-D, WAVY-TV, WHRO-TV, WTKR
related to Notable former on-air staff · 11
WVEC → Barrett, Bartusiak, Hank Plante, Kincaid, Miller, Robinson, Sharyn Alfonsi, Verrett, William Whitehurst, WVEC's, Zahn
related to Technical information · 11
WVEC → April, Driver, It, June, May, Suffolk, The, UHF, United States, VHF, WVEC's
Affiliations · 2
WVEC → 13.1: ABC, for others, see § Technical information
Channels · 2
WVEC → Digital: 35 (UHF), Virtual: 13

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channel station 13 news norfolk wvec-tv hampton wavy-tv television nbc new vhf 15 roads affiliate abc uhf broadcasting time local

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WVECAffiliations13.1: ABC1.00infobox
WVECAffiliationsfor others, see § Technical information1.00infobox
WVECBranding13News Now1.00infobox
WVECChannelsDigital: 35 (UHF)1.00infobox
WVECChannelsVirtual: 131.00infobox
WVECCityHampton, Virginia1.00infobox
WVECERP1,000 kW1.00infobox
WVECFacility ID741671.00infobox
WVECFirst air dateSeptember 19, 1953 (1953-09-19)1.00infobox
WVECFormer affiliationsNBC (1953–1959)1.00infobox
WVECFormer channel numbersAnalog: 15 (UHF, 1953–1958), 13 (VHF, 1959–2009)1.00infobox
WVECFormer channel numbersDigital: 41 (UHF, 2002–2009), 13 (VHF, 2009–2020), 11 (VHF, 2020–2024)1.00infobox
WVECHAAT363.9 m (1,194 ft)1.00infobox
WVECLicensing authorityFCC1.00infobox
WVECOwnerTegna Inc., a subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group1.00infobox
WVECOwner(WVEC Television, LLC)1.00infobox
WVECPublic license informationPublic file1.00infobox
WVECPublic license informationLMS1.00infobox
WVECSister stationsNexstar: WAVY-TV, WVBT1.00infobox
WVECTransmitter coordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
WVECWebsitewww.13newsnow.com1.00infobox

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