Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Company
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Richmond, Virginia United States |
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| Branding | WCVE PBS |
| Slogan | Community Idea Stations |
| Channels |
Digital: 42 (UHF) (shared with WNVT; to move to 22 (UHF)) Virtual: 23 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | September 10, 1964 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Central Virginia Educational |
| Sister station(s) | WCVW, WCVE-FM |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 23 (UHF, 1964–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1964–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 160 kW 150 kW (CP) |
| Height | 346.3 m (1,136 ft) 327.3 m (1,074 ft) (CP) |
| Facility ID | 9987 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°30′45.6″N 77°36′4.8″W / 37.512667°N 77.601333°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | WCVE |
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| Richmond, Virginia United States |
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| Branding | WCVW PBS |
| Slogan | see WCVE-TV infobox |
| Channels |
Digital: 44 (UHF) (to move to 29 (UHF)) Virtual: 57 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | December 24, 1966 |
| Call letters' meaning | Disambiguation of WCVE |
| Sister station(s) | WCVE-TV, WCVE-FM |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 57 (UHF, 1966–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 112 kW 93 kW (CP) |
| Height | 328 m (1,076 ft) 327.3 m (1,074 ft) (CP) |
| Facility ID | 9989 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°30′45.6″N 77°36′4.8″W / 37.512667°N 77.601333°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | WCVW |
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Charlottesville, Virginia United States |
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| Branding | WHTJ PBS |
| Channels |
Digital: 46 (UHF) (shared with WNVC; to move to 26 (UHF)) Virtual: 41 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | May 19, 1989 |
| Call letters' meaning | Home of Thomas Jefferson |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 41 (UHF, 1989–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 165 kW 124 kW (CP) |
| Height | 331.6 m (1,088 ft) 335 m (1,099 ft) (CP) |
| Facility ID | 9990 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°59′0″N 78°29′1″W / 37.98333°N 78.48361°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
(satellite of WCVE-TV) Profile (satellite of WCVE-TV) CDBS |
| Website | WHTJ |
WCVE-TV is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, United States. Owned by the Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 42 (or virtual channel 23 via ) from a transmitter adjacent to its studios at 23 Sesame Street in Bon Air, a suburb of Richmond. WCVE's programming is relayed on a satellite station in Charlottesville, WHTJ (UHF digital channel 46, virtual channel 41), with transmitter atop Carters Mountain. WCVE also operates a sister station in Richmond, WCVW (UHF digital channel 44, virtual channel 57), whose transmitter is co-located with WCVE. The three stations are together known locally as the Community Idea Stations, but in 2008 began using their call letters to identify themselves; each simply refers to itself as "a Community Idea Station."
Prior to the branding change, all three stations were known as Central Virginia's Public TV until 2001.
The community-owned public broadcasting company was established in 1961 by Thomas Boushall (Chairman of the Richmond School Board and an officer of the Bank of Virginia) and a group of concerned citizens to employ television for educational purposes. The patron saints of public broadcasting in central Virginia were Boushall, E. Claiborne Robins, Sr., Mary Ann Franklin, and Bill W. Spiller. Mrs. Franklin first approached Boushall and Henry I. Willett, then Superintendent of Richmond City Schools, with the idea of establishing an educational television station. Boushall and Franklin then recruited Spiller, who was hired in December 1963 and began working for them in January 1964.
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