WCAV
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Charlottesville, Virginia United States |
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| Branding | CBS19 (general) CBS19 News (newscasts) CBS19 Weather Authority (weather) |
| Slogan | Charlottesville News First |
| Channels |
Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 19 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 19.1 CBS 19.3 Fox |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | August 15, 2004 |
| Call letters' meaning | Cavalier (UVA mascot) |
| Sister station(s) | WVAW, WAHU-CD, WHSV-TV, WSVF-CD |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 19 (UHF, 2004–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 155 kW |
| Height | 325.6 m |
| Facility ID | 363 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°59′3″N 78°28′52″W / 37.98417°N 78.48111°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | newsplex.com |
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. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 6 and in high definition on digital channel 806. Owned by Gray Television, WCAV is sister to low-powered ABC affiliate WVAW-LD and low-powered Fox affiliate WAHU-CD. 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 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 was considered to bring Richmond a primary WB station. That area had lacked such an affiliation since the switch of WUPV to UPN in 1997. 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.
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