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Overview
In the Buffalo, NY TV market, WIVB-TV is the CBS station licensed to Buffalo, New York.
Station facts
- Call sign
- WIVB-TV
- Network
- CBS
- Virtual channel
- 4
- RF channel
- 36
- City of license
- Buffalo, New York
- TV market
- Buffalo, NY
- Licensee
- Nexstar Media Inc.
- On the air since
- 1948
- Call sign since
- April 1981
- Studio address
- 2077 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14207
- ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV)
- Yes
- FCC facility ID
- 7780
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.wivb.com
Viewers find it on channel 4. That is the virtual channel your TV displays; the signal itself goes out on RF channel 36, which is why a rescan sometimes matters. WIVB-TV also transmits in ATSC 3.0, the NextGen TV standard, which newer sets can receive. WIVB-TV operates on a shared channel with another licensee, an arrangement the FCC allows.
The FCC license is held by Nexstar Media Inc. The station dates back to 1948. The current call sign has been in place since April 1981.
WIVB-TV's main studio, per its FCC filings, is at 2077 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14207. Its website is www.wivb.com.
Among the core children's programs WIVB-TV reported to the FCC for 2025: Lucky Dog Reunions, Extraordinary World with Jeff Corwin and Mission Unstoppable.
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WIVB-TV at a glance
- Network
- CBS
- Channel
- 4 (RF 36)
- Licensed to
- Buffalo, NY
- TV market
- Buffalo, NY
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