WVTT-CD
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Olean/Buffalo, New York Erie, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Channels |
Digital: 34 (UHF) Virtual: 25 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | Youtoo America (2013–present) |
| Owner |
Vision Communications (Woodland Communications) |
| First air date | March 7, 1986 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Voice of the Twin Tiers (from WVTT radio) |
| Sister station(s) | WQRS, WGGO, WOEN, WMXO |
| Former callsigns | W20AB (1986–1998) W25AK (1987–1999) WONS-LP (1999–2012) WVTT-CA (2012–2014) |
| Former channel number(s) | 20 (UHF analog, 1986–1998) 25 (UHF analog, 1998–2014) 25 (UHF repeater, 1987–1998) |
| Former affiliations |
ACTS (1986–1988) Tempo Television (1986–1988) FN, A1, AIN, Network One (dates unknown, before 1999) UPN (1999–2003) UATV and Shop at Home (2003–2006) The Sportsman Channel (2006–2009) Colonial Media and Entertainment (2011–2013) |
| Transmitter power | 773 watts (analog) 3 kW (digital) |
| Class | Class A |
| Facility ID | 10868 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°04′50.00″N 78°25′50.00″W / 42.0805556°N 78.4305556°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
WVTT-CD, channel 25, is a television station for the Twin Tiers located in Olean, New York, broadcasting locally as a Youtoo America affiliate. It broadcasts on UHF channel 34, but the station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 15. WVTT-CD is owned and operated by Vision Communications. WVTT-CD is the only locally operated television station in the Southern Tier of Western New York, which encompasses the Jamestown and Olean regions. Syndicated programming on the station includes Storm Stories.
WVTT-CD first signed on March 7, 1986 as W20AB on channel 20 by Choice Olean Television, Inc. and was affiliated with the American Christian Television System (ACTS) and Tempo Television. The station was the first station to broadcast from the city, and the first television station in the Southern Tier of Western New York to prove to be commercially viable; WNYP-TV, an earlier effort based in Jamestown, failed after only three years and was passed on to a religious broadcaster.
Channel 20 was broadcast from the roof of the Palace Theater building in downtown Olean, but its signal was not well received outside of the city proper. The station acquired channel 25 (known then as W25AK) on August 24, 1987 as a repeater of the channel 20 signal, and signed on the air on April 12, 1989. The Palace Theater building was demolished in 1998 causing the channel 20 signal to go dark; its license, however, remains active as of 2013[update]. Channel 25 became the primary channel for the station and changed its call sign to WONS-LP (Olean's News Source) on March 8, 1999, gaining the shared UPN affiliation with Buffalo, New York station WNGS. The new UPN 25 held on to its affiliation until WNGS was added to the Olean-area cable line-up. WONS-LP later began to carry programming from the Urban America Television Network and Shop at Home Network, as well as a small share of local content. WONS-LP has also had past affiliations with Family Net, America One Network (A1), the American Independent Network (AIN), and Network One. The station was also among the initial affiliates of Main Street TV, the forerunner of America One. In 2006, Urban America and Shop at Home both ceased operations. The channel was then affiliated with The Sportsman Channel until that network moved exclusively to cable in 2009. America One Television Network once again lists the station as one of their affiliates. That network merged with Youtoo TV in 2015.
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