Burlington, Vermont/ Plattsburgh, New York |
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Branding | Escape |
Channels |
Digital: WFFF-DT2 43.2 (UHF) Virtual: 44.2 (PSIP) |
Affiliations | Escape (2016–present) |
Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
First air date | September 27, 2007 |
Call letters' meaning | see WFFF-TV |
Sister station(s) | WVNY |
Former affiliations |
The CW (2007–March 2013) Independent (March–September 2013) Dark (October 2013–2016) |
Transmitter power | 47 kW |
Height | 839 m (2,753 ft) |
Facility ID | 10132 |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°31′32.0″N 72°48′54.0″W / 44.525556°N 72.815000°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
WFFF-DT2 is an Escape-affiliated television station serving Vermont's Champlain Valley and Upstate New York's North Country. It is a second digital subchannel of Fox affiliate WFFF-TV that is owned by Nexstar Media Group. Over-the-air, WFFF-DT2 broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 43.2 (or virtual channel 44.2 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Vermont's highest elevation, Mount Mansfield. Its parent station has studios on Mountain View Drive in Colchester, Vermont. The station was formerly a CW-affiliated and later Independent station. The station could also be seen on Charter channel 11 (digital channel 266 on former Time Warner Cable systems) and Comcast channel 20.
During its time as a CW affiliate, WFFF-DT2 carried the branding The CW Burlington, it changed it to 44.2 EFFF when it became independent. Syndicated programming on WFFF-DT2 included Family Feud, COPS, America's Funniest Home Videos, and Friends among others. There was no website for this station besides a link to program listings on its parent station's website. The station temporarily ceased programming after September 30, 2013, and was replaced over the air by a standard definition feed of its parent station a few days later. It resumed operations on August 23, 2016 as an affiliate of Escape.