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Overview
WVIR-TV is a NBC station licensed by the FCC to Charlottesville, Virginia, part of the Charlottesville, VA TV market.
Viewers find it on channel 29. That is the virtual channel your TV displays; the signal itself goes out on RF channel 2, which is why a rescan sometimes matters.
Gray Television Licensee, LLC holds the station's FCC license. It first signed on in 1973. It has used the WVIR-TV call letters since June 1980.
The studio address on file with the FCC is 503 East Market Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902. Schedules and local news are on its website, www.29news.com.
For young viewers, WVIR-TV reported educational and informational shows such as Dog Tales, Jack Hanna's Into the Wild and Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer in its 2025 filing with the FCC.
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Key facts
- Call sign
- WVIR-TV
- Network
- NBC
- Virtual channel
- 29
- RF channel
- 2
- City of license
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- TV market
- Charlottesville, VA
- Licensee
- Gray Television Licensee, LLC
- On the air since
- 1973
- Call sign since
- June 1980
- Studio address
- 503 East Market Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
- FCC facility ID
- 70309
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.29news.com
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Location
WVIR-TV at a glance
- Network
- NBC
- Channel
- 29 (RF 2)
- Licensed to
- Charlottesville, VA
- TV market
- Charlottesville, VA
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