WVTV

WVTV

Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States
Branding	Super 18, The CW Milwaukee
Slogan	Dare to Defy (from CW's branding)
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 18 ()
Affiliations	.1: The CW .2: GetTV
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (WVTV Licensee, Inc.)
First air date	October 3, 1953; 63 years ago (1953-10-03)
Call letters' meaning	Variation of calls of former sister stations WTVT and KTVT under Gaylord Broadcasting ownership
Sister station(s)	WCGV-TV
Former callsigns	WOKY-TV (1953–1955) WXIX-TV (1955–1963) WUHF-TV (1963–1966)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 19 (UHF, 1953–1958) 18 (UHF, 1958–2009) Digital: 61 (UHF, 2003–2009)
Former affiliations	Primary: ABC (1953–1955) DuMont (1953–1955) CBS (1955–1959) Independent (1959–1997) The WB (1997–2006) Secondary: ABC (1960–1981) CBS (1960–1981) NBC (1960–1994)
Transmitter power	745 kW
Height	302.4 m
Facility ID	74174
Transmitter coordinates	43°5′46.2″N 87°54′15″W / 43.096167°N 87.90417°W / 43.096167; -87.90417Coordinates: 43°5′46.2″N 87°54′15″W / 43.096167°N 87.90417°W / 43.096167; -87.90417
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	super18tv.com

WVTV, virtual channel and UHF digital channel 18, is a CW-affiliated television station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WCGV-TV (channel 24). The two stations share studio facilities located on Calumet Road in the Park Place office park near the I-41/U.S. 45 Interchange on Milwaukee's northwest side, and its transmitter is located on North Humboldt Boulevard in Milwaukee's Estabrook Park neighborhood at the MPTV Tower (sharing the tower site with the transmitters of WCGV, and Milwaukee PBS member stations WMVS and WMVT).

WVTV is the second-oldest continuously operating station in Milwaukee. The station first signed on the air on October 3, 1953 as WOKY-TV, broadcasting on UHF channel 19. It was owned by Bartell Broadcasters, along with WOKY radio (920 AM). The station originally operated as a primary ABC and secondary DuMont affiliate. On October 21, 1954, CBS purchased WOKY-TV for $335,000 and announced it was moving its programming there from its original affiliate in the city, WCAN-TV (channel 25, now defunct). The purchase resulted in a call letter change to WXIX (referencing the Roman numeral for 19) on February 27, 1955. It then moved into WCAN's former studio on North 27th Street, where it remained until being sold by CBS less than four years later.

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