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Overview
Licensed to Portsmouth, Virginia, WAVY-TV carries NBC programming for viewers in the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA market.
On screen it is channel 10, though WAVY-TV actually transmits on RF channel 19. Digital TVs map the two automatically after a channel scan. WAVY-TV also transmits in ATSC 3.0, the NextGen TV standard, which newer sets can receive.
The FCC license is held by Nexstar Media Inc. The station is part of Nexstar Media Group. It first signed on in 1957. It has used the WAVY-TV call letters since June 1981.
WAVY-TV's main studio, per its FCC filings, is at 300 Wavy Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704. Schedules and local news are on its website, www.wavy.com.
In its 2025 children's television report to the FCC, WAVY-TV listed educational programs including Earth Odyssey, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and Ocean Mysteries.
Station facts
- Call sign
- WAVY-TV
- Network
- NBC
- Virtual channel
- 10
- RF channel
- 19
- City of license
- Portsmouth, Virginia
- TV market
- Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA
- Licensee
- Nexstar Media Inc.
- Owner
- Nexstar Media Group
- On the air since
- 1957
- Call sign since
- June 1981
- Studio address
- 300 Wavy Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704
- ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV)
- Yes
- FCC facility ID
- 71127
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.wavy.com
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Location
WAVY-TV at a glance
- Network
- NBC
- Channel
- 10 (RF 19)
- Licensed to
- Portsmouth, VA
- TV market
- Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA
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