WVIA’s staff and board of directors seized this opportunity in an effort to help secure the future of public service media for our region. WVIA entered into a channel sharing agreement with Dreamcatcher Broadcasting LLC to broadcast both WVIA and WNEP television over a shared channel. This means WVIA TV can stay on the air while sharing the auction proceeds with Dreamcatcher, licensee of WNEP TV.
Cable and satellite viewers will not be affected by this change. WVIA’s programming will continue on the normal cable and satellite channels. Over-the-air viewers will not notice any change for a year or so. When the new transmitter is set up over-the-air viewers will be notified to rescan their televisions to find our new channel placement. We estimate this will happen sometime in 2018.
