MHz Networks

All you want to know about MHz Networks

WNVT / WNVC
WNVT: Goldvein, Virginia
WNVC: Fairfax, Virginia
Branding MHz Networks
Channels Analog:
WNVT: none, was 53
WNVC: none, was 56 (UHF)

Digital:
WNVT: 30 (UHF)
WNVC: Currently off-air (UHF)
Affiliations MHz Networks
Owner Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation
First air date WNVT: March 1, 1972
WNVC: June 1, 1983
Call letters’ meaning Northern
Virginia
Television
Former channel number(s) WNVT: 53 (1972-2003)
WNVC: none
Former affiliations PBS (1972-2001)
Transmitter Power WNVT:
160 kW (digital)
WNVC:
1230 kW (analog)
7.3 kW (digital)
Height WNVT:
229 m (digital)
WNVC:
223 m (analog)
173.7 m (digital)
Facility ID WNVT: 10019
WNVC: 9999
Transmitter Coordinates WNVT:
38°37′43.1″N, 77°26′19.7″W
WNVC:
38°52′28″N, 77°13′23.5″W
Website www.mhznetworks.org

MHz Networks is a Northern Virginia based independent, non commercial broadcaster operated by Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation. The legal call letters for the two stations comprising MHz Networks are WNVC, currently off the air; and WNVT, digital channel 30, ex-analog channel 53. Rebranded as MHz Networks,' WNVC is licensed to Fairfax, Virginia with studios in Falls Church, Virginia [1] and WNVT is licensed in Goldvein, Virginia, and shares studio facillities in Falls Church, Virginia.

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History

WNVT first signed on March 1, 1972 on channel 53 as a public broadcasting station independent of PBS. On June 6, 1981 Channel 56 signed on as a similar station (as WIAH) and in 1982, changed its call letters to WNVC. Since channel 56 signed on, the two stations were operated from the same Northern Virginia studios, and were run as sister stations. The WNVT studios were originally at Northern Virginia Community College. When the station was under construction, the school offered an AA in Broadcast Engineering Technology. Ray Harrison was the CE. Prior to WNVT, channel 53 had a brief experimental transmission from somewhere in downtown D.C.

In 2001, the two stations became known as MHz Networks, with WNVC becoming MHz and WNVT becoming MHz2. In 2003, WNVT became digital-only on channel 30. On September 1st, 2008, WNVC ceased broadcasting in analog permanently and took the digital broadcast off to perform technical modifications.

Programming

Channel numbers given are digital (ATSC) frequencies. Both stations feature international programming 24 hours daily. Program Schedule

  • MHz Worldview (MHz1) (30.1) International programming (in English or with English subtitles)
  • MHz2 (30.2) 24-hour NHK World TV programming (in Japanese and English)
  • MHz3 (30.3) 24-hour Metro Chinese Network programming (in Mandarin and English)
  • MHz4 (30.4) 24-hour SABC News International programming (in English)
  • MHz5 (30.5) 24-hour Russia Today TV news programming (in English)

See also

External links

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Broadcast television in the Washington, D.C./Hagerstown, MD market (Nielsen DMA #9)

Local television stations
WRC 4 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2, Uni. Sports on DT3) - WTTG 5 (Fox) - WJLA 7 (ABC, RTN on DT3) - WUSA 9 (CBS) - WFDC 14 (UNI) - WDCA 20 (MNTV) - WMPT 22/WFPT 62 (PBS/MPT) -
WDDN-LP 23 (DS) - WZDC-LP 25 (TEL) - WETA 26 (PBS) - WHUT 32 (PBS) - WMDO-CA 47 (TFR) - WWTD 49 (silent) - WDCW 50 (The CW) - WNVC 56 (Ind) - WIAV-LP 58 (AV/Ind) - WPXW 66 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4)

Local digital television channels
WNVT 30 (Ind)

Local cable television channels
CN8 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic - News Channel 8 - AIM - PACDC

Stations serving Hagerstown, Maryland and surrounding area
WHAG 25 (NBC) - WWPB 31 (PBS/MPT) - WWPX 60 (ION) - WJAL 68 (Ind)

Stations serving Winchester, Virginia and surrounding area
TV3 Winchester 3 (WHSV-DT3) (ABC) - WAZT-CA 10/WAZC-LP 16/WAZF-CA 28/WAZW-CA 48 (TBN) - W15AD 15/W17AL 17/W41AO 41/W48AA 48/W69AC 69 (PBS/WVPB) - WDWA-LP 23 (DS) - WVPY 42 (PBS)
Maryland Broadcast television markets: Baltimore • Pittsburgh, PA • Salisbury • Washington, DC

Virginia Broadcast television markets: Bluefield • Bristol • Charlotteville • Greensboro/W-S, NC • Hampton Roads • Harrisonburg • Raleigh, NC • Richmond • Roanoke • Washington, DC

West Virginia Broadcast television markets: Bluefield/Beckley • Clarksburg/Weston • Harrisonburg, VA • Huntington/Charleston • Parkersburg • Pittsburgh, PA • Roanoke, VA • Tri-Cities • Washington, DC • Wheeling
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Other Television Stations in the Commonwealth of Virginia

WAZT 10 (Woodstock, Religious Independent) - WFDC 14 (Arlington, Univision) - WXOB 17 (Richmond, Religious) - WDRL 24 (Danville, Independent) - W39CO 39 (Richmond, TBN) - WRID 48 (Richmond, DS) - WNVC 56 (Fairfax, MHz Networks)

Digital only
WNVT 30 (Goldvein, MHz Networks) - WLFG 49 (Grundy, Religious Independent)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Virginia
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