WAHU-CA
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WAHU-CD is the low-powered Fox-affiliated television station
Television station
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 for Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for...

. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
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 digital signal on UHF channel 40 from a transmitter on Carters Mountain. The station can also be seen on Comcast
Comcast
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 channel 9 and in high definition on digital channel 213. Owned by Gray Television
Gray Television
Gray Television, Inc. is a communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with administrative offices in Albany, Georgia.Established in 1946 by James H...

, WAHU is sister to CBS
CBS
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 affiliate WCAV
WCAV
WCAV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Charlottesville, Virginia. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter on Carters Mountain. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 6 and in high definition on digital channel 212...

 and low-powered ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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 affiliate WVAW-LD. All three share studios, known as the "Charlottesville Newsplex", on 2nd Street Southeast in Downtown Charlottesville.

In addition, some behind-the-scenes duties are run alongside sister station WHSV-TV
WHSV-TV
WHSV-TV, channel 3 , is an ABC affiliate television station for the Harrisonburg, Virginia, market. WHSV News 3, as it is known on-air, is owned by Gray Television and has its transmitter located west of the town of Stanley on Massanutten Mountain...

 in Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the United States. Its population as of 2010 is 48,914, and at the 2000 census, 40,468. Harrisonburg is the county seat of Rockingham County and the core city of the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical...

 (which the "Newsplex" has a resource sharing alliance with). Syndicated
Television syndication
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 programming on WAHU includes: The Office, Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake...

, Friends
Friends
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, and How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...

. The station can also be seen on WCAV's third digital subchannel
Digital subchannel
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 (on UHF channel 19.3) from the same transmitter.

Digital programming

On WAHU-CD2 is the area's MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
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 and This TV
This TV
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 affiliate. Known on-air as My C'Ville TV, this can also be seen on Comcast channel 2. Syndicated programming on the station includes: The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show
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, The Honeymooners
The Honeymooners
The Honeymooners is an American situation comedy television show, based on a recurring 1951–'55 sketch of the same name. It originally aired on the DuMont network's Cavalcade of Stars and subsequently on the CBS network's The Jackie Gleason Show hosted by Jackie Gleason, and filmed before a live...

, and Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
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.
Channels (virtual/physical) Video Aspect
Aspect ratio
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Programming
27.1/40.1 720p
720p
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16:9
16:9
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main WAHU programming/Fox HD
27.2/40.2 480i
480i
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4:3  WAHU-DT2 "My C'Ville TV"

History

The station began its life as Pax affiliate WADA-LP in 1998. It first aired an analog signal on UHF channel 55 and later moved to UHF channel 27. In late-March 2005, owner Tiger Eye Broadcasting sold the station to Gray Television who proceeded to change the call letters to WAHU-CA. The station became a Fox affiliate and was integrated with WCAV and WVAW. Prior to WAHU's affiliation switch, Fox was available on cable from WTTG
WTTG
WTTG, channel 5, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Fox Broadcasting Company, located in the American capital city of Washington, D.C...

 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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 That station was considered the default affiliate for the market
Media market
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 and is still seen on cable due to "significantly viewed" status from the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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 (FCC). Since 2006, the three stations have been the flagship of University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...

 sports.

On December 28, 2006, WAHU launched its digital signal on UHF channel 40. While providing an over-the-air standard definition Fox feed on its first digital subchannel, the station began airing a dedicated MyNetworkTV channel on a new second one. Following this addition, the station shifted several programs to the digital subchannel. Prior to the addition of WAHU-DT2, the network was added on September 5, 2006 as a secondary affiliation on the main channel. As part of the launch, Comcast swapped WAHU's first cable location with WTTG. This moved WAHU to channel 9 in what is widely considered a preferential location.

On March 14, 2008 along with other television stations in Virginia
Virginia
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, WAHU-LD2 aired the Virginia High School League
Virginia High School League
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 championships basketball tournament for the first time. After performing a flash-cut
Flash-cut
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, the station became digitally-only on February 16, 2009. It also changed call letters to WAHU-LD with "LD" meaning low-power digital. On February 18, it began broadcasting in high definition over-the-air. On March 13 and 14, WAHU-LD2 (and other stations in the state) aired the Virginia High School League basketball championships for a second time. On September 7, 2009, This TV started airing on WAHU-LD2. On January 3, 2011, the station changed its calls again to WAHU-CD with "CD" meaning class-A low-power digital.

Newscasts

WAHU and its sister stations employ the largest television news team dedicated exclusively to the Charlottesville market. While WVIR dedicates some staff to adjacent areas, WAHU focuses its coverage solely on the counties that comprise the Charlottesville viewing area. As the primary station in the "Charlottesville Newsplex" operation, WCAV airs the most newscasts. WAHU airs an hour long extension of Good Morning Charlottesville weekday mornings at 7 and nightly prime time newscasts at 10 that competes with CW affiliate WVIR-DT3
WVIR-DT3
WVIR-DT3 is the CW-affiliated television station for Charlottesville and Harrisonburg, Virginia. The station is part of The CW Plus, a special national CW feed broadcasting on cable and/or over-the-air on a digital signal. It is a second digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WVIR-TV owned by the...

. All shows, except the extension of Good Morning Charlottesville on WAHU, are streamed live on the "Charlottesville Newsplex" website.

Anchors
  • Bo Sykes - weekday mornings
  • Stephanie Satchell - weekday mornings and reporter
  • John Rodgers - weeknights
  • Tara Wheeler - weeknights and reporter
  • Carter Johnson - weekends and reporter


Weather Authority Meteorologists
  • Travis Koshko (NWA
    National Weather Association
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    Seal of Approval) - Chief seen weekday mornings
  • Brantley Ussery - weeknights
  • Melanie Niemann - weekends


Sports
  • Damon Dillman - Director seen weeknights
  • Kristi Fulkerson - sports reporter and fill-in anchor


Reporters
  • Beth Duffy - Special Correspondent and "Beth on the Bright Side" segment producer
  • Bailey Disselkoen - producer
  • Jessica Jaglois
  • Chris Stover
  • Frankie Jupiter
  • Rachel Ryan

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