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'''WVIT-TV'''<span style="line-height:1.5em;">, </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_channel virtual channel]<span style="line-height:1.5em;"> 30, is the </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC NBC]<span style="line-height:1.5em;"> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owned-and-operated_station owned and operated]<span style="line-height:1.5em;"> television station for the state of </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut Connecticut]<span style="line-height:1.5em;">, licensed to </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Britain,_Connecticut New Britain]<span style="line-height:1.5em;">. WVIT has its offices and studios located in </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Hartford,_Connecticut West Hartford]<span style="line-height:1.5em;">, and transmitter based in </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmington,_Connecticut Farmington, Connecticut]<span style="line-height:1.5em;">.</span>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">'''WVIT''', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_channel virtual channel] 30, is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC NBC] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owned-and-operated_station owned and operated] television station for the state of[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut Connecticut], licensed to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Britain,_Connecticut New Britain]. WVIT has its offices and studios located in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Hartford,_Connecticut West Hartford], and transmitter based in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmington,_Connecticut Farmington, Connecticut].</p>
  
 
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==History==
  
==History==
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">WVIT signed on for the first time on February 13, 1953 as '''WKNB-TV''', a sister station to WKNB radio (840 AM, now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRYM WRYM]). The calls stood for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington,_Connecticut '''K'''ensington]-'''N'''ew '''B'''ritain. It is Connecticut's second-oldest television station, and the first on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_high_frequency UHF] band. It originally carried mostly programs from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS CBS], but also carried some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC NBC] programming as well. In both instances,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTNH WNHC-TV] in New Haven often got "first call" on the best NBC and CBS programs, leaving WKNB with what programs WNHC didn't want.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">WVIT signed on for the first time on February 13, 1953 as '''WKNB-TV''', a sister station to WKNB radio (840 AM, now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRYM WRYM]). The calls stood for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington,_Connecticut '''K'''ensington]-'''N'''ew '''B'''ritain. It is Connecticut's second-oldest television station, and the first on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_high_frequency UHF] band. It originally carried mostly programs from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS CBS], but also carried some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC NBC] programming as well. In both instances,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTNH WNHC-TV] in New Haven often got "first call" on the best NBC and CBS programs, leaving WKNB with what programs WNHC didn't want.</p>
   
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">In 1954, only a year after channel 30 signed on, Hartford and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven New Haven] were combined into a single television market. However, WKNB's signal was not strong enough to cover southern Connecticut at the time--a problem that would hamper channel 30 for almost a quarter-century. WKNB became an NBC affiliate in 1955, but a few NBC programs continued to be seen in the market on New Haven's WNHC-TV for another year due to this shortfall in channel 30's coverage.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">In 1954, only a year after channel 30 signed on, Hartford and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven New Haven] were combined into a single television market. However, WKNB's signal was not strong enough to cover southern Connecticut at the time--a problem that would hamper channel 30 for almost a quarter-century. WKNB became an NBC affiliate in 1955, but a few NBC programs continued to be seen in the market on New Haven's WNHC-TV for another year due to this shortfall in channel 30's coverage.</p>
   
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">NBC itself purchased the station in 1957 and renamed it '''WNBC-TV''' (for '''N'''ew '''B'''ritain,'''C'''onnecticut). It planned to boost the station's signal to cover all of the market, but these plans never materialized. In its first stint as an NBC-owned station, channel 30 failed to gain much headway in the ratings, largely because television manufacturers were not required to include UHF tuning capability until 1964. Viewers had to buy an expensive converter to watch WNBC-TV, and even with one the picture was barely viewable. Nonetheless, NBC bought channel 30 as part of an experiment to determine whether UHF could be competitive with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_high_frequency VHF].</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">NBC itself purchased the station in 1957 and renamed it '''WNBC-TV''' (for '''N'''ew '''B'''ritain,'''C'''onnecticut). It planned to boost the station's signal to cover all of the market, but these plans never materialized. In its first stint as an NBC-owned station, channel 30 failed to gain much headway in the ratings, largely because television manufacturers were not required to include UHF tuning capability until 1964. Viewers had to buy an expensive converter to watch WNBC-TV, and even with one the picture was barely viewable. Nonetheless, NBC bought channel 30 as part of an experiment to determine whether UHF could be competitive with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_high_frequency VHF].</p>
   
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">Many viewers northeast of Hartford used outdoor VHF antennas to watch NBC programming via[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBZ-TV WBZ-TV] in Boston, while viewers southwest of Hartford with outdoor TV antennas received NBC via network flagship [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNBC WRCA-TV] New York; reception was often spotty.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">Many viewers northeast of Hartford used outdoor VHF antennas to watch NBC programming via[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBZ-TV WBZ-TV] in Boston, while viewers southwest of Hartford with outdoor TV antennas received NBC via network flagship [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNBC WRCA-TV] New York; reception was often spotty.</p>
   
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">In September 1957, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelers_Companies Travelers Insurance Company] signed on independent WTIC-TV (channel 3, now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFSB WFSB]), Hartford's first and only VHF station. Within a year of its debut (and despite its[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTIC_(AM) radio sister] having been an NBC radio affiliate for over thirty years) WTIC-TV became Connecticut's CBS affiliate, replacing its owned-and-operated station, WHCT-TV (channel 18, now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUVN WUVN]). NBC then realized its UHF experiment would end up as a lost cause and sold WNBC-TV to Transcontinental Properties in 1959. Although Transcontinental Properties technically owned Channel 30, it entered into a limited partnership with the H & E Balaban Corporation (a company founded by Harry and Elmer Balaban, the two youngest brothers of then-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures Paramount Pictures] head [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Balaban Barney Balaban]) to operate the station. (In addition to a share of Channel 30, Elmer Balaban acquired dozens of radio stations in primarily mid-sized markets {and even launched what is today [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univision Univision] O&O [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WQHS-DT WQHS-DT] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio Cleveland, Ohio]} over the next quarter-century, eventually transforming the H & E Balaban Corporation into Balaban Stations by the early-1970s.) In 1960, the calls changed again -- this time to '''WHNB-TV''' (for '''H'''artford-'''N'''ew '''B'''ritain). This change came because NBC wanted the WNBC calls for its flagship [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNBC_(AM) radio] and[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNBC-TV television] combination in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City].</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">In September 1957, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelers_Companies Travelers Insurance Company] signed on independent WTIC-TV (channel 3, now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFSB WFSB]), Hartford's first and only VHF station. Within a year of its debut (and despite its[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTIC_(AM) radio sister] having been an NBC radio affiliate for over thirty years) WTIC-TV became Connecticut's CBS affiliate, replacing its owned-and-operated station, WHCT-TV (channel 18, now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUVN WUVN]). NBC then realized its UHF experiment would end up as a lost cause and sold WNBC-TV to Transcontinental Properties in 1959. Although Transcontinental Properties technically owned Channel 30, it entered into a limited partnership with the H & E Balaban Corporation (a company founded by Harry and Elmer Balaban, the two youngest brothers of then-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures Paramount Pictures] head [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Balaban Barney Balaban]) to operate the station. (In addition to a share of Channel 30, Elmer Balaban acquired dozens of radio stations in primarily mid-sized markets {and even launched what is today [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univision Univision] O&O [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WQHS-DT WQHS-DT] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio Cleveland, Ohio]} over the next quarter-century, eventually transforming the H & E Balaban Corporation into Balaban Stations by the early-1970s.) In 1960, the calls changed again -- this time to '''WHNB-TV''' (for '''H'''artford-'''N'''ew '''B'''ritain). This change came because NBC wanted the WNBC calls for its flagship [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNBC_(AM) radio] and[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNBC-TV television] combination in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City].</p>
   
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">In 1966 WHNB became, once again, one of two NBC affiliates in Connecticut: the network signed with WATR-TV (channel 20) in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbury Waterbury]in order to get its programming into New Haven on a strong (but on UHF) signal. By that time, however, new TV sets were mandated to have UHF tuners, so the practice of viewers northeast of Hartford watching NBC via WBZ and southwest of Hartford watching NBC from WNBC New York gradually ended. Channel 30 itself made up for the shortfall in its market coverage by operating two low-power translators (starting in 1971): W79AI in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrington,_Connecticut Torrington] on channel 79 [http://web.archive.org/web/20091026163453/http://geocities.com/radiojunkie1/W79AI.html [1]].</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">In 1966 WHNB became, once again, one of two NBC affiliates in Connecticut: the network signed with WATR-TV (channel 20) in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbury Waterbury]in order to get its programming into New Haven on a strong (but on UHF) signal. By that time, however, new TV sets were mandated to have UHF tuners, so the practice of viewers northeast of Hartford watching NBC via WBZ and southwest of Hartford watching NBC from WNBC New York gradually ended. Channel 30 itself made up for the shortfall in its market coverage by operating two low-power translators (starting in 1971): W79AI in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrington,_Connecticut Torrington] on channel 79 [http://web.archive.org/web/20091026163453/http://geocities.com/radiojunkie1/W79AI.html [1]].</p>
   
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">WHNB was sold to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom_(1971-2005) Viacom] in 1978, and changed its call letters to '''WVIT''' (for "'''V'''iacom '''I'''nternational '''T'''elevision") to reflect its new ownership. Viacom immediately announced plans to boost WVIT's signal. In 1980, channel 30 signed on with a new transmitter that more than doubled its coverage area, giving it a clear signal to New Haven for the first time. Even with this power boost, some areas of New Haven still didn't get a good signal, so channel 30 built a low-powered translator on channel 59 in that city. Viacom also beefed up WVIT's news operation, which had long been an also-ran behind WFSB and WTNH due to its weak signal in New Haven. After the signal boost, however, it became a factor in the ratings for the first time in decades. WVIT became the market's sole NBC affiliate in March 1982, when WATR-TV's affiliation contract with NBC ended and the station became independent WTXX (it is now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCCT-TV WCCT-TV]). The Torrington translator was turned off in 1987, and the New Haven repeater was shut down in the middle 1990s to allow full-powered WTVU (now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCTX WCTX]) to begin operations.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">WHNB was sold to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom_(1971-2005) Viacom] in 1978, and changed its call letters to '''WVIT''' (for "'''V'''iacom '''I'''nternational '''T'''elevision") to reflect its new ownership. Viacom immediately announced plans to boost WVIT's signal. In 1980, channel 30 signed on with a new transmitter that more than doubled its coverage area, giving it a clear signal to New Haven for the first time. Even with this power boost, some areas of New Haven still didn't get a good signal, so channel 30 built a low-powered translator on channel 59 in that city. Viacom also beefed up WVIT's news operation, which had long been an also-ran behind WFSB and WTNH due to its weak signal in New Haven. After the signal boost, however, it became a factor in the ratings for the first time in decades. WVIT became the market's sole NBC affiliate in March 1982, when WATR-TV's affiliation contract with NBC ended and the station became independent WTXX (it is now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCCT-TV WCCT-TV]). The Torrington translator was turned off in 1987, and the New Haven repeater was shut down in the middle 1990s to allow full-powered WTVU (now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCTX WCTX]) to begin operations.</p>
   
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">With NBC's second acquisition of the station came a greater investment into and expansion of the news department. For most of the time since the turn of the century, WVIT has waged a spirited battle with WTNH, with the two stations regularly trading the runner-up spot in the market behind long-dominant WFSB.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">In August 2007; plans were finalized to begin construction of a new high-definition and "green" studio facility to replace the station's old studio, which had been in use since the station's inception. Ground was broken in October 2007, and construction was completed in Summer 2009. The new facility is located next door to the old studio on the same plot of land, and the old facility was later demolished. On July 16, 2009; WVIT re-branded from ''NBC 30'' to ''NBC Connecticut HD''. In addition, WVIT began broadcasting newscasts in high definition, becoming the first station in the market to do so.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">In August 2007; plans were finalized to begin construction of a new high-definition and "green" studio facility to replace the station's old studio, which had been in use since the station's inception. Ground was broken in October 2007, and construction was completed in Summer 2009. The new facility is located next door to the old studio on the same plot of land, and the old facility was later demolished. On July 16, 2009; WVIT re-branded from ''NBC 30'' to ''NBC Connecticut HD''. In addition, WVIT began broadcasting newscasts in high definition, becoming the first station in the market to do so.</p>
 
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! style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "|Name 
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Channel
  
  +
! style="border:1pxsolidrgb(170,170,170);padding:0.2em;background-color:rgb(242,242,242);"|Programming
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! style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_resolution Video]
  
−
! style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio Aspect]
  
−
! style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "|Programming
  
 
|-
  
|-
  +
| style="border:1pxsolidrgb(170,170,170);padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|30.1
−
| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|30.1
  
−
| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080i 1080i]
 +
| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|WVIT-DT1
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| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16:9 16:9]
 +
| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|Main WVIT-TV Programming / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC NBC] (HD)
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| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC NBC]
  
 
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|-
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| style="border:1pxsolidrgb(170,170,170);padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|30.2
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| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|30.2
  
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| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/480i 480i]
 +
| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|WVIT-DT2
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| style="border:1pxsolidrgb(170,170,170);padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|Cozi TV
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| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4:3 4:3]
  
−
| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Weather_Plus NBC Weather Plus]
  
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|-
  
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| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|30.3
  
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| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/480i 480i]
  
−
| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4:3 4:3]
  
−
| style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; "|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Sports Universal Sports]
  
 
|}
  
|}
−
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">30.2 carried [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Weather_Plus NBC Weather Plus]; national network operations for that service ended in December 2008. Currently [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Plus NBC Plus] airs on that channel. This utilizes the same graphics as Weather Plus, with a new 'NBC Plus' logo and without the on camera meteorologist segments.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">30.2 carried [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Weather_Plus NBC Weather Plus]; national network operations for that service ended in December 2008. Currently [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Plus NBC Plus] airs on that channel. This utilizes the same graphics as Weather Plus, with a new 'NBC Plus' logo and without the on camera meteorologist segments.</p>
   
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">In June 2009, WVIT left channel 30 and moved to channel 35 when the analog to digital conversion completed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Analog_to_Digital_0-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVIT#cite_note-Analog_to_Digital-0 [1]]</sup></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">In June 2009, WVIT left channel 30 and moved to channel 35 when the analog to digital conversion completed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Analog_to_Digital_0-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVIT#cite_note-Analog_to_Digital-0 [1]]</sup></p>
 
==Current on-air staff==
  
==Current on-air staff==
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">'''Anchors'''</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">'''Anchors'''</p>
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*'''Brad Drazen''' - Hot Coffee Weekdays @ 4:30AM/NBC CT Today 5 - 7 AM
  
*'''Brad Drazen''' - Hot Coffee Weekdays @ 4:30AM/NBC CT Today 5 - 7 AM
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">'''Weather Center Meteorologists'''</p>
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*'''Brad Field''' - chief meteorologist, Weeknights @ 5, 5:30, 6 & 11PM
  
*'''Brad Field''' - chief meteorologist, Weeknights @ 5, 5:30, 6 & 11PM
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">'''Sports'''</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">'''Sports'''</p>
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*'''Joe D'Ambrosio''' - sports reporter/Fill-in anchor
  
*'''Joe D'Ambrosio''' - sports reporter/Fill-in anchor
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">'''Traffic'''</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">'''Traffic'''</p>
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*'''Kayla James'''
  
*'''Kayla James'''
   
   
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">'''Reporters'''</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">'''Reporters'''</p>
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*'''Monica Buchanan''' - Reporter
  
*'''Monica Buchanan''' - Reporter
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">'''Notable former staff'''</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">'''Notable former staff'''</p>
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*'''Persefone Contos'''
  
*'''Persefone Contos'''
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===Newscast titles===
  
===Newscast titles===
 
*''WNBC News'' (1957-1960s)
  
*''WNBC News'' (1957-1960s)
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*''Channel 30 News'' (1960s)
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*''Channel 30 News'' (1960s-1970s)
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*''TV-30 News''
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*''NewsCenter'' 30 (1970s-1983)
  
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*''30 News'' (1983-1987)
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*''30 News'' (1983–1987)
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*''Connecticut News'' (1987-1992,1998-2000)
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*''Connecticut News'' (1987–1994 & 1998–2000)
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*''News 30'' (1992-1994)
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*''Connecticut News 30'' (1994–1998)
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*''Connecticut News 30'' (1994-1998)
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*''NBC 30 Connecticut News'' (2000–2005)
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*''NBC 30 Connecticut News'' (2000-2005)
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*''NBC 30 News'' (2005–2009)
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*''NBC 30 News'' (2005-2009)
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*''NBC Connecticut News'' (2009–present)
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*''NBC Connecticut News'' (2009-present)
  
   
 
===Station slogans===
  
===Station slogans===
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*TV-30, Proud As A Peacock! (1979-1981; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*''TV-30, Proud as a Peacock!'' (1979-1981; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*TV-30, Our Pride Is Showing (1981-1982; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*''TV-30, Our Pride is Showing'' (1981-1982; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*We're ''TV-30, Just Watch Us Now'' (1982-1983; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*''An Hour's News in Half The Time''/''Catch 30'' (1983-1987)
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*''An Hour's News in Half The Time''/''Catch 30'' (1983–1987)
 
*''Catch 30 There! Be There!'' (1983-1984; localized version of the NBC ad campaign)
  
*''Catch 30 There! Be There!'' (1983-1984; localized version of the NBC ad campaign)
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*''Catch 30, Let's All Be There! ''(1984-1986; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*''Catch 30, Let's All Be There ''(1984-1986; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*''Come Home To Channel 30'' (1986-1987; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*''Come Home to Channel 30'' (1986-1987; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*''Come on Home To Channel 30'' (1987-1988; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*''Come on Home to Channel 30'' (1987-1988; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*Come Home To The Best, Only on Channel 30 (1988-1990; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*''Come Home to the Best, Only on WVIT'' (1988-1990; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*''Channel 30, is The Place To Be!'' (1990-1991; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*''Channel 30, is The Place to Be!'' (1990-1992; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*''It's A Whole New Channel 30'' (1992-1993; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
−
*''Live. Local. Late-Breaking.'' (1998-2005)
  
  +
*''The Stars Are Back on Channel 30'' (1993-1994; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
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*''Connecticut's News Leader'' (2005-present)
  
−
*''Connecticut's Only Local News in High Definition.'' (2009-2010)
 +
*''Live, Local, Late-Breaking.'' (1998–2005)
  ⚫
*''Connecticut's News Leader'' (2005–present)
⚫
*''We are Connecticut'' (2011-present)
  
  +
* ''NBC Connecticut, More Colorful ''(2009-2010; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
  ⚫
*''We are Connecticut ''(2011–present)
   
 
==Logos==
  
==Logos==
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<gallery widths="175" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center">
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Catch_30_WVIT_1983.png|"Catch 30" campaign logo from 1983
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Wnbc3059.jpg|WNBC Channel 30 - The Leadership Station logo from 1959
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Wvit_30_nbc.png|NBC 30 logo from 1994 to 2000
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Screen Shot 2016-10-20 at 11.20.04 PM.png|WHNB TV30 logo from 1976
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Screen Shot 2016-10-20 at 11.20.14 PM.png|WHNB Newscenter 30 logo from 1976
⚫
NBC_30_Conn.png|NBC 30 Connecticut logo from 2000 to 2005
  
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s-l1600 (60).jpg|WVIT 30 News 6PM & 11PM Weeknight - Make The Movie - Tonight promo from 1979
⚫
WVIT_NBC30.png|WVIT's NBC30 logo used from 2005 until July 2009.
  
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s-l1600 (61).jpg|WVIT 30 News 6PM & 11PM Weeknight - Reliable promo from 1980
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WVIT-TV's WVIT 30 Video ID From Late 1982.jpg|WVIT-TV's WVIT 30 Video ID From Late 1982
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18342651_1303888123052153_1464823402612969546_n.jpg|WVIT 30 News 6PM And 11PM Weeknight - Joanne Nesti And Bob Mayer - Weeknights promo from late November 1982
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ScreenHunter_71747 May. 26 20.46.jpg|WVIT 30 - Just Watch Us Now promo for November 21, 1982
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Catch_30_WVIT_1983.png|WVIT Catch 30 logo from 1983
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ScreenHunter_66612 Mar. 08 22.02.jpg|WVIT 30 News open from 1983
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ScreenHunter_66608 Mar. 08 21.55.jpg|WVIT 30 News Digest bumper from 1983
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ScreenHunter_46277 May. 10 23.33.jpg|WVIT Catch 30 - Eight Is Enough - Weekdays id from Mid 1983
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ScreenHunter_46276 May. 10 23.27.jpg|WVIT Channel 30 - Sign-On id from early 1984
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ScreenHunter_46273 May. 10 23.19.jpg|WVIT Catch 30 station id from late 1984
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ScreenHunter_46275 May. 10 23.26.jpg|WVIT Catch 30 - Sign-Off id from 1985
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ScreenHunter_46274 May. 10 23.22.jpg|WVIT Catch 30 - Hartford Whalers Hockey: Whalers Vs. Montreal - Saturday id for March 9, 1985
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ScreenHunter_66611 Mar. 08 21.59.jpg|WVIT 30 - Connecticut's NBC Station ident from late 1985
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ScreenHunter_66617 Mar. 08 22.10.jpg|WVIT 30 - License To Win Sweepstakes - Weekdays ident for Spring 1986
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ScreenHunter_66616 Mar. 08 22.09.jpg|WVIT 30 News 6PM And 11PM Weeknight - 30 More Reasons To Watch - All Month Long promo for May 1986
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ScreenHunter_66619 Mar. 08 22.15.jpg|WVIT 30 News 6PM And 11PM Weeknight - 30 More Reasons To Watch - All Month Long ident for May 1986
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ScreenHunter_66614 Mar. 08 22.04.jpg|WVIT 30 - Lottery ident from Tuesday Night, May 13, 1986
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ScreenHunter_66615 Mar. 08 22.07.jpg|WVIT 30 News 11PM Weeknight - Tonight ident for May 13, 1986
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ScreenHunter_66618 Mar. 08 22.13.jpg|WVIT 30 News 11PM Weeknight - Spring Like Weather - Tonight ident for May 13, 1986
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ScreenHunter 66609 Mar. 08 21.55.jpg|WVIT 30 News Digest bumper from Tuesday Night, May 13, 1986
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ScreenHunter_66727 Mar. 10 16.00.jpg|WVIT 30 News 11PM Weeknight - Next promo for May 13, 1986
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ScreenHunter_66613 Mar. 08 22.02.jpg|WVIT 30 News 11PM Weeknight open from May 13, 1986
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ScreenHunter_66610 Mar. 08 21.55.jpg|WVIT 30 - Boston Red Sox Baseball: Red Sox vs. Texas - Sunday ident for May 18, 1986
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ScreenHunter_46270 May. 10 23.14.jpg|WVIT 30 - Connecticut's NBC Station id from Summer 1986
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ScreenHunter_46269 May. 10 23.12.jpg|WVIT 30 News 11PM Weeknight open from July 23, 1986
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ScreenHunter_46271 May. 10 23.15.jpg|WVIT 30 News 11PM Weeknight - Ahead bumper from July 23, 1986
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ScreenHunter_66743 Mar. 10 19.40.jpg|WVIT 30 News 11PM Weeknight close from July 22, 1986
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ScreenHunter_46272 May. 10 23.17.jpg|WVIT 30 News - Toby Moffett id for November 1986
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Wvit_30_nbc.png|WVIT NBC 30 logo from 1994
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NBC_30_Conn.png|WVIT NBC 30 Connecticut logo from 1998
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WVIT_NBC30.png|WVIT's NBC30 logo used from 2005
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ScreenHunter_46268 May. 10 23.05.jpg|NBC News Special Report: State Of The Union 2007 open w/WVIT-TV New Britain/Hartford/New Haven byline from January 23, 2007
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ScreenHunter 60067 Sep. 14 17.27.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News open from late January 2012
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ScreenHunter_66625 Mar. 09 07.32.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News - Weather Alert open from late January 2012
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ScreenHunter_66630 Mar. 09 07.39.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News - Weather With Ryan Hanrahan open from late January 2012
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ScreenHunter_66626 Mar. 09 07.34.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News - Sports With Joe D'Ambrosio open from late January 2012
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ScreenHunter_66628 Mar. 09 07.37.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News 6PM Weeknight open from January 26, 2012
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ScreenHunter_66627 Mar. 09 07.36.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News 6PM Weeknight close from January 26, 2012
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ScreenHunter_46278 May. 10 23.35.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News open from Mid-June 2016 - Breaking News Variation
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ScreenHunter_46281 May. 10 23.41.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News 5AM open from Mid-June 2016
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ScreenHunter_46287 May. 10 23.49.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News Today Live Update bumper from Mid-June 2016
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ScreenHunter_46280 May. 10 23.39.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News 11PM open from Mid-June 2016 - Breaking News Variation
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ScreenHunter_46284 May. 10 23.43.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News 11PM open from Mid-June 2016
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ScreenHunter_46283 May. 10 23.43.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News - Right Now open from Mid-June 2016
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ScreenHunter_46279 May. 10 23.37.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News - Developing Story open from Mid-June 2016
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ScreenHunter_46282 May. 10 23.42.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News - First Alert Weather open from Mid-June 2016
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ScreenHunter_66723 Mar. 10 15.31.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News - K7 open from Mid-June 2016
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ScreenHunter_60027 Sep. 13 22.55.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut - Steve Harvey - Weekdays promo/id from Mid-June 2016
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ScreenHunter_46286 May. 10 23.47.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News 4PM open from November 2016
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ScreenHunter_46285 May. 10 23.46.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News 6PM open from November 2016 - Breaking News Variation
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ScreenHunter_60032 Sep. 13 23.05.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut - Think Fast Contest promo for January 2017
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Nbc-ct_station_logo.png|WTIC NBC CT logo from early January 2017
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Logo_ct_2x.png|WVIT NBC CT logo #2 from early January 2017
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ScreenHunter_60030 Sep. 13 23.00.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut - Think Fast PSA promo from early January 2017
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ScreenHunter_60031 Sep. 13 23.03.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut & Dunkin' Donuts - New England Patriots Playoff Tickets Giveaway promo for January 9, 2017 through January 12, 2017
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ScreenHunter_60029 Sep. 13 22.57.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News - NBC Connecticut Responds promo from early February 2017
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ScreenHunter 60064 Sep. 14 17.19.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News 6PM Weekend open from March 11, 2017
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ScreenHunter 60066 Sep. 14 17.21.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News 6PM Weekend close from March 11, 2017
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ScreenHunter_60019 Sep. 13 22.51.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News 4PM Weekday open from June 8, 2017
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ScreenHunter_60072 Sep. 14 17.56.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News 11PM open from late July 2017
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ScreenHunter 59941 Sep. 13 19.34.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News 11PM open from late July 2017 - Breaking News Variation
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ScreenHunter_60078 Sep. 14 18.04.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News - First Alert Weather open from early August 2017 - Red Variation
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ScreenHunter_60077 Sep. 14 18.02.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News Today Update open from early August 2017
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ScreenHunter_60076 Sep. 14 18.00.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News 4PM open from early August 2017
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ScreenHunter_66725 Mar. 10 15.38.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News 4PM Weekday open from August 2, 2017
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ScreenHunter_60071 Sep. 14 17.51.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News 11PM Weeknight open from August 16, 2017
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ScreenHunter_66724 Mar. 10 15.33.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News 11PM Weeknight open from August 22, 2017
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ScreenHunter_60013 Sep. 13 21.12.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News - Tracking Harvey open from late August 2017
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ScreenHunter_60011 Sep. 13 21.12.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News 11PM Weekend: Delay Edition open from August 27, 2017
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ScreenHunter_66715 Mar. 10 01.02.jpg|WVIT NBC Connecticut News 11PM Weekend: Delay Edition open from January 6, 2018
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ScreenHunter_71752 May. 26 21.14.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News - DroneRanger: Winter Weather promo from late January 2018
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ScreenHunter_71753 May. 26 21.17.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News - First Alert Weather - Most Accurate Forecast promo from early February 2018
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ScreenHunter 66746 Mar. 10 19.52.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News - First Alert Weather: Snow Monster promo from early February 2018
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ScreenHunter_71754 May. 26 21.21.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News - First Alert Weather - Most Accurate Forecast promo from early March 2018
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ScreenHunter_66747 Mar. 10 19.54.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News Today 9AM Weekend open from March 10, 2018
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ScreenHunter_71755 May. 26 22.03.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News 4PM - First Alert Weather: In Your Town - Starting Thursday promo for April 26, 2018
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ScreenHunter_71751 May. 26 21.09.jpg|WVIT CT News 11PM Weeknight - At A Price: A Troubleshooter Investigation - This Week promo for the week of April 30, 2018
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ScreenHunter_71749 May. 26 21.00.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News - First Alert Weather Update bumper @ 249PM from May 15, 2018
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ScreenHunter_71750 May. 26 21.03.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News 6PM Weeknight close from May 15, 2018
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ScreenHunter_71758 May. 26 22.28.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News - Storm Aftermath open from Mid-Late May 2018
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ScreenHunter_71757 May. 26 22.25.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News 11PM Weeknight open from May 24, 2018
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ScreenHunter_71756 May. 26 22.23.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News 4PM Weekday close from May 25, 2018
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ScreenHunter_81593 Aug. 31 15.00.jpg|WVIT NBC CT App: Episodes Of Your Favorite NBC Shows ident from Summer 2018
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ScreenHunter_81594 Aug. 31 15.12.jpg|WVIT NBC CT News 11PM Weekend: Delay Edition open from August 26, 2018
 
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==External links==
  
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*[http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/ WVIT website]
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*[http://www.necrat.com/wvit_protv.html WVIT Tower]
  
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071231185025/www.geocities.com/radiojunkie1/W79AI.html UHF Morgue: W79AI, former WVIT translator]
  
 
*[http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=WVIT Query the FCC's TV station database for WVIT]
  
*[http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=WVIT Query the FCC's TV station database for WVIT]
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Revision as of 03:04, 14 October 2018

WVIT-TV, virtual channel 30, is the NBC owned and operated television station for the state of Connecticut, licensed to New Britain. WVIT has its offices and studios located in West Hartford, and transmitter based in Farmington, Connecticut.

WVIT-TV
WVIT 2009 Logo
New Britain/Hartford/

New Haven, Connecticut

Branding NBC Connecticut HD (general)

NBC Connecticut News(newscasts)

Slogan Connecticut's News Leader

We are Connecticut

Channels Digital: 35 (UHF)

Virtual: 30 (PSIP)

Subchannels 30.1 - NBC

30.2 - Cozi TV

Affiliations

NBC

Cozi TV (DT2)

Owner NBCUniversal

(NBC Telemundo License, LLC)

First air date February 13, 1953
Call letters' meaning [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom_International Viacom

International] Television (reference to former ownerViacom)

Former callsigns WKNB-TV (1953-1957)

WNBC-TV (1957-1960) WHNB-TV (1960-1978)

Former channel number(s) Analog:

30 (UHF, 1953-2009)

Transmitter power 250 kW
Height 434 m
Facility ID 74170
Transmitter coordinates 41°42′3″N 72°49′55.1″W
Website www.nbcconnecticut.com

History

WVIT signed on for the first time on February 13, 1953 as WKNB-TV, a sister station to WKNB radio (840 AM, now WRYM). The calls stood for Kensington-New Britain. It is Connecticut's second-oldest television station, and the first on the UHF band. It originally carried mostly programs from CBS, but also carried some NBC programming as well. In both instances,WNHC-TV in New Haven often got "first call" on the best NBC and CBS programs, leaving WKNB with what programs WNHC didn't want.

In 1954, only a year after channel 30 signed on, Hartford and New Haven were combined into a single television market. However, WKNB's signal was not strong enough to cover southern Connecticut at the time--a problem that would hamper channel 30 for almost a quarter-century. WKNB became an NBC affiliate in 1955, but a few NBC programs continued to be seen in the market on New Haven's WNHC-TV for another year due to this shortfall in channel 30's coverage.

NBC itself purchased the station in 1957 and renamed it WNBC-TV (for New Britain,Connecticut). It planned to boost the station's signal to cover all of the market, but these plans never materialized. In its first stint as an NBC-owned station, channel 30 failed to gain much headway in the ratings, largely because television manufacturers were not required to include UHF tuning capability until 1964. Viewers had to buy an expensive converter to watch WNBC-TV, and even with one the picture was barely viewable. Nonetheless, NBC bought channel 30 as part of an experiment to determine whether UHF could be competitive with VHF.

Many viewers northeast of Hartford used outdoor VHF antennas to watch NBC programming viaWBZ-TV in Boston, while viewers southwest of Hartford with outdoor TV antennas received NBC via network flagship WRCA-TV New York; reception was often spotty.

In September 1957, the Travelers Insurance Company signed on independent WTIC-TV (channel 3, now WFSB), Hartford's first and only VHF station. Within a year of its debut (and despite itsradio sister having been an NBC radio affiliate for over thirty years) WTIC-TV became Connecticut's CBS affiliate, replacing its owned-and-operated station, WHCT-TV (channel 18, now WUVN). NBC then realized its UHF experiment would end up as a lost cause and sold WNBC-TV to Transcontinental Properties in 1959. Although Transcontinental Properties technically owned Channel 30, it entered into a limited partnership with the H & E Balaban Corporation (a company founded by Harry and Elmer Balaban, the two youngest brothers of then-Paramount Pictures head Barney Balaban) to operate the station. (In addition to a share of Channel 30, Elmer Balaban acquired dozens of radio stations in primarily mid-sized markets {and even launched what is today Univision O&O WQHS-DT in Cleveland, Ohio} over the next quarter-century, eventually transforming the H & E Balaban Corporation into Balaban Stations by the early-1970s.) In 1960, the calls changed again -- this time to WHNB-TV (for Hartford-New Britain). This change came because NBC wanted the WNBC calls for its flagship radio andtelevision combination in New York City.

In 1966 WHNB became, once again, one of two NBC affiliates in Connecticut: the network signed with WATR-TV (channel 20) in Waterburyin order to get its programming into New Haven on a strong (but on UHF) signal. By that time, however, new TV sets were mandated to have UHF tuners, so the practice of viewers northeast of Hartford watching NBC via WBZ and southwest of Hartford watching NBC from WNBC New York gradually ended. Channel 30 itself made up for the shortfall in its market coverage by operating two low-power translators (starting in 1971): W79AI in Torrington on channel 79 [1].

WHNB was sold to Viacom in 1978, and changed its call letters to WVIT (for "Viacom International Television") to reflect its new ownership. Viacom immediately announced plans to boost WVIT's signal. In 1980, channel 30 signed on with a new transmitter that more than doubled its coverage area, giving it a clear signal to New Haven for the first time. Even with this power boost, some areas of New Haven still didn't get a good signal, so channel 30 built a low-powered translator on channel 59 in that city. Viacom also beefed up WVIT's news operation, which had long been an also-ran behind WFSB and WTNH due to its weak signal in New Haven. After the signal boost, however, it became a factor in the ratings for the first time in decades. WVIT became the market's sole NBC affiliate in March 1982, when WATR-TV's affiliation contract with NBC ended and the station became independent WTXX (it is now WCCT-TV). The Torrington translator was turned off in 1987, and the New Haven repeater was shut down in the middle 1990s to allow full-powered WTVU (now WCTX) to begin operations.

Viacom purchased Paramount Pictures in 1994, and all of Viacom's stations became part of the Paramount Stations Group. Within the next year, following the launch of the United Paramount Network venture it co-owned with Chris-Craft Industries, Paramount/Viacom began to sell off its non-UPN affiliated stations. WVIT, which was Viacom's first station purchase in 1978, ended up being the last non-UPN outlet sold in 1997. As part of a three-way deal, which closed on December 8 of that year, WVIT was sold to former owner NBC, while Paramount/Viacom ended up with WLWC in Providence, Rhode Island and WWHO in Columbus, Ohio, two stations owned by Fant Broadcasting which NBC operated by way of local marketing agreements.

With NBC's second acquisition of the station came a greater investment into and expansion of the news department. For most of the time since the turn of the century, WVIT has waged a spirited battle with WTNH, with the two stations regularly trading the runner-up spot in the market behind long-dominant WFSB.

In August 2007; plans were finalized to begin construction of a new high-definition and "green" studio facility to replace the station's old studio, which had been in use since the station's inception. Ground was broken in October 2007, and construction was completed in Summer 2009. The new facility is located next door to the old studio on the same plot of land, and the old facility was later demolished. On July 16, 2009; WVIT re-branded from NBC 30 to NBC Connecticut HD. In addition, WVIT began broadcasting newscasts in high definition, becoming the first station in the market to do so.

Digital programming

The station's digital signal, UHF 35, is multiplexed:

Channel  Name  Programming
30.1 WVIT-DT1 Main WVIT-TV Programming / NBC (HD)
30.2 WVIT-DT2 Cozi TV

30.2 carried NBC Weather Plus; national network operations for that service ended in December 2008. Currently NBC Plus airs on that channel. This utilizes the same graphics as Weather Plus, with a new 'NBC Plus' logo and without the on camera meteorologist segments.

In June 2009, WVIT left channel 30 and moved to channel 35 when the analog to digital conversion completed.[1]

Current on-air staff

Anchors


  • Brad Drazen - Hot Coffee Weekdays @ 4:30AM/NBC CT Today 5 - 7 AM
  • Yvonne Nava - NBC CT Today 5 - 7 AM & 11 AM
  • Lisa Carberg - NBC CT @ 5 & 6 PM
  • Keisha Grant - NBC CT @ 5, 5:30 & 11 PM
  • Gerry Brooks - NBC CT @ 5:30, 6 & 11 PM
  • Shirley Chan - NBC CT- Weekend Mornings Saturdays @ 6 & 9AM, Sundays @ 6:30- 8AM & 9AM
  • Kerri Lee Mayland - NBC CT - Weekend Mornings Saturdays @ 6 & 9AM, Sundays @ 6:30 - 8AM & 9AM
  • Lauren Petty - NBC CT - Weekend Evenings @ 6 & 11PM; this weekend segment reporter


Weather Center Meteorologists


  • Brad Field - chief meteorologist, Weeknights @ 5, 5:30, 6 & 11PM
  • Bob Maxon - Hot Coffee Weekdays @ 4:30AM/ NBC CT Today morning meteorologist @ 5 - 7 AM & 11AM
  • Ryan Hanrahan - weekend evenings @ 6 & 11PM
  • Darren Sweeney - weekend mornings Sat. @ 6 & 9AM, Sun. 6:30 - 8AM & 9AM


Sports


  • Joe D'Ambrosio - sports reporter/Fill-in anchor
  • Kevin Nathan - sports director/weeknight anchor @ 6 & 11PM
  • Ben Sosenko - weekend anchor/Sunday Sports Replay 11:20-11:45PM
  • Mike Ratte- Fill-in anchor


Traffic


  • Kayla James


Reporters


  • Monica Buchanan - Reporter
  • Debra Bogstie - Reporter
  • Brynn Gingras - Reporter
  • Doug Greene - Reporter
  • Ryan Hanrahan - Meteorologist/Reporter
  • Jason Hawkins - Feast TV Segment Reporter
  • Marla Matthews - Reporter
  • Tom Monahan - Political Contributor
  • Amy Parmenter - Reporter
  • Lauren Petty - Anchor/Reporter; This Weekend segment reporter
  • Amanda Raus - Reporter
  • Jeff Stoecker - Reporter
  • Ben Sosenko - Fill-in sports/Reporter
  • Jeff Saperstone - Reporter
  • Kerri Lee Mayland - Anchor/Reporter
  • Shirley Chan - Anchor/Reporter



Notable former staff


  • Persefone Contos
  • Debra Alfarone
  • Diana Perez
  • Susan Goodman
  • Logan Byrnes
  • Brian Shactman
  • Mindi Ramsey
  • Erika Tarantal
  • Anjuli Porter
  • Tom Lewis
  • Garett Argianas
  • Joann Nesti
  • Janet Peckinpaugh
  • Melissa Mandak
  • Mark (the Shark) Christopher
  • Chris Wragge

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

  • WNBC News (1957-1960s)
  • Channel 30 News (1960s-1970s)
  • TV-30 News
  • 30 News (1983–1987)
  • Connecticut News (1987–1994 & 1998–2000)
  • Connecticut News 30 (1994–1998)
  • NBC 30 Connecticut News (2000–2005)
  • NBC 30 News (2005–2009)
  • NBC Connecticut News (2009–present)

Station slogans

  • TV-30, Proud as a Peacock! (1979-1981; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
  • TV-30, Our Pride is Showing (1981-1982; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
  • We're TV-30, Just Watch Us Now (1982-1983; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
  • An Hour's News in Half The Time/Catch 30 (1983–1987)
  • Catch 30 There! Be There! (1983-1984; localized version of the NBC ad campaign)
  • Catch 30, Let's All Be There (1984-1986; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
  • Come Home to Channel 30 (1986-1987; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
  • Come on Home to Channel 30 (1987-1988; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
  • Come Home to the Best, Only on WVIT (1988-1990; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
  • Channel 30, is The Place to Be! (1990-1992; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
  • It's A Whole New Channel 30 (1992-1993; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
  • The Stars Are Back on Channel 30 (1993-1994; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
  • Live, Local, Late-Breaking. (1998–2005)
  • Connecticut's News Leader (2005–present)
  • NBC Connecticut, More Colorful (2009-2010; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
  • We are Connecticut (2011–present)

Logos

References

  1. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf

External links

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