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Overview
WCVE-TV brings PBS to Richmond, Virginia, and is one of the full-power stations serving the Richmond-Petersburg, VA market.
Viewers find it on channel 23. That is the virtual channel your TV displays; the signal itself goes out on RF channel 22, which is why a rescan sometimes matters. The station's subchannels add Create, PBS Kids and World Channel. It shares its broadcast channel with another station under an FCC channel-sharing arrangement.
Subchannels
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 23.1 | PBS |
| 23.2 | Create |
| 23.4 | PBS Kids |
| 23.5 | PBS |
| 23.3 | World Channel |
VPM Media Corporation holds the station's FCC license. WCVE-TV has been on the air since 1964. It has used the WCVE-TV call letters since June 1981.
WCVE-TV's main studio, per its FCC filings, is at 23 Sesame Street, Richmond, VA 23235. You can reach the station online at vpm.org.
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Station facts
- Call sign
- WCVE-TV
- Network
- PBS (subchannels: Create, PBS Kids, World Channel)
- Virtual channel
- 23
- RF channel
- 22
- City of license
- Richmond, Virginia
- TV market
- Richmond-Petersburg, VA
- Licensee
- VPM Media Corporation
- On the air since
- 1964
- Call sign since
- June 1981
- Studio address
- 23 Sesame Street, Richmond, VA 23235
- FCC facility ID
- 9987
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- vpm.org
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Location
WCVE-TV at a glance
- Network
- PBS
- Channel
- 23 (RF 22)
- Licensed to
- Richmond, VA
- Subchannels
- Create, PBS Kids, World Channel
- TV market
- Richmond-Petersburg, VA
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