MHz Networks
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MHz Networks is a Northern Virginia
based independent
, non-commercial educational
broadcaster operated by Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation
. The legal broadcast callsigns for the two stations of MHz Networks are WNVC (channel 24) and WNVT (channel 30). Rebranded as MHz Networks, WNVC is licensed to Fairfax, Virginia
with studios in Falls Church, Virginia
http://www.mhznetworks.org/about/directions and WNVT is licensed in Goldvein, Virginia
, and shares TV studio facilities in Falls Church.
independent of Public Broadcasting Service
(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 associate of arts in broadcast engineering
technology. Prior to WNVT, channel 53 had a brief experimental transmission from somewhere in downtown
Washington, 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 1, 2008, WNVC ceased broadcasting in analog permanently and took the digital broadcast silent to perform technical modifications. WNVC has a construction permit
(now on-air) to relocate its digital signal to channel 24, after WUTB
in Baltimore vacated its analog signal on June 12, 2009.
In 2010 they started offering a Video on Demand service with paid premium and free service through the Roku Digital Video player
.
Like all of the DC-area Mobile DTV broadcasters, WNVC-TV commenced ATSC-M/H
broadcasting on February 27, 2011. WNVC-TV also has two Mobile DTV feeds, one of of subchannel 30.1 (MHz Worldview
), labelled "MHz 1", and a feed of sister station WNVT's 30.7 (France 24
, showing up as 30.2), labelled "MHz 7", broadcasting at 3.67 Mbps.
s, with five being transmitted by each station. Both stations feature international programming 24 hours daily.
WNVC:
WNVT:
s are no longer offered:
Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia consists of several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in a widespread region generally radiating southerly and westward from Washington, D.C...
based independent
Independent station
An independent station is in the category of television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any television network....
, non-commercial educational
Non-commercial educational
The term non-commercial educational applies to a radio station or TV station that does not accept on air advertisements , as defined in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission . NCE stations do not pay broadcast license fees for their non-profit uses of the radio spectrum...
broadcaster operated by Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation
Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation
Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation is a 501 non-profit corporation that is the group owner of Public Broadcasting Service member Public television, ethnic TV, and radio stations in Virginia...
. The legal broadcast callsigns for the two stations of MHz Networks are WNVC (channel 24) and WNVT (channel 30). Rebranded as MHz Networks, WNVC is licensed to Fairfax, Virginia
Fairfax, Virginia
The City of Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City is nevertheless the county seat....
with studios in Falls Church, Virginia
Falls Church, Virginia
The City of Falls Church is an independent city in Virginia, United States, in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The city population was 12,332 in 2010, up from 10,377 in 2000. Taking its name from The Falls Church, an 18th-century Anglican parish, Falls Church gained township status within...
http://www.mhznetworks.org/about/directions and WNVT is licensed in Goldvein, Virginia
Goldvein, Virginia
Goldvein is an unincorporated hamlet in Fauquier County, Virginia, running along US Route 17, and located approximately 16 miles northwest of Fredericksburg, Virginia and 20 miles southeast of Warrenton, Virginia at latitude 38.45 & longitude -77.66. It has a population of approximately 200. It is...
, and shares TV studio facilities in Falls Church.
History
WNVT first signed on March 1, 1972 on Channel 53 as a public broadcastingPublic broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...
independent of Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
(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
Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia consists of several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in a widespread region generally radiating southerly and westward from Washington, D.C...
studios, and were run as sister stations. The WNVT studios were originally at Northern Virginia Community College
Northern Virginia Community College
Northern Virginia Community College, often abbreviated NVCC and colloquially as NOVA, comprises several locations in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., and is both the second largest multi-campus community college in the United States and the largest educational institution in the...
. When the station was under construction, the school offered an associate of arts in broadcast engineering
Broadcast engineering
Broadcast engineering is the field of electrical engineering, and now to some extent computer engineering and information technology, which deals with radio and television broadcasting...
technology. Prior to WNVT, channel 53 had a brief experimental transmission from somewhere in downtown
Downtown
Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district ....
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
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 1, 2008, WNVC ceased broadcasting in analog permanently and took the digital broadcast silent to perform technical modifications. WNVC has a construction permit
Construction permit
A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance...
(now on-air) to relocate its digital signal to channel 24, after WUTB
WUTB
WUTB, digital channel 41, is the MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated television station for Baltimore, Maryland. Its transmitter is located near Gilson Park in Catonsville. The station has studios on Seton Drive in Baltimore near the city and county line...
in Baltimore vacated its analog signal on June 12, 2009.
In 2010 they started offering a Video on Demand service with paid premium and free service through the Roku Digital Video player
Roku
Roku , is an American, privately held, consumer electronics company that sells home digital media products. The Company is based in Saratoga, California.- Company profile and products :...
.
Like all of the DC-area Mobile DTV broadcasters, WNVC-TV commenced ATSC-M/H
ATSC-M/H
ATSC-M/H is a standard in the USA for mobile digital TV, that allows TV broadcasts to be received by mobile devices.....
broadcasting on February 27, 2011. WNVC-TV also has two Mobile DTV feeds, one of of subchannel 30.1 (MHz Worldview
MHz Worldview
MHz WorldView is an independent, non-commercial Public television network that broadcasts newscasts and other programs from around the world. It is owned and operated by Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation who also run MHz Networks....
), labelled "MHz 1", and a feed of sister station WNVT's 30.7 (France 24
France 24
France 24 is an international news and current affairs television channel. The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC World News, DW-TV, NHK World and RT, and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world. During 2010 the channel started broadcasting through...
, showing up as 30.2), labelled "MHz 7", broadcasting at 3.67 Mbps.
Programming
Channel numbers given are digital virtual channelVirtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
s, with five being transmitted by each station. Both stations feature international programming 24 hours daily.
WNVC:
- MHz1 (30.1): MHz WorldviewMHz WorldviewMHz WorldView is an independent, non-commercial Public television network that broadcasts newscasts and other programs from around the world. It is owned and operated by Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation who also run MHz Networks....
(in English or with English subtitlesSubtitle (captioning)Subtitles are textual versions of the dialog in films and television programs, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. They can either be a form of written translation of a dialog in a foreign language, or a written rendering of the dialog in the same language, with or without added...
) - MHz2 (30.2): NHK World (in Japanese and English)
- MHz3 (30.3): CCTV News (in English)
- MHz4 (30.4): Russia TodayRussia TodayRussia Today may refer to:* Russia Today, an English language 24-hour television news channel from Russia. It was launched in 2005 and is not related to an online news service of the similar name operated by EIN News...
(in English) - MHz5 (30.5): Al Jazeera English
WNVT:
- MHz6 (30.6): CCTV DocumentaryCCTV-9CCTV-9 is the documentary channel of the television network, CCTV in the People's Republic of China. This channel has a local Mandarin Chinese edition called CCTV-9, and an international English language edition called CCTV-9 Documentary. The English edition is carried by more satellites than the...
(in English and with English subtitles if possible) - MHz7 (30.7): France 24France 24France 24 is an international news and current affairs television channel. The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC World News, DW-TV, NHK World and RT, and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world. During 2010 the channel started broadcasting through...
(in English) - MHz8 (30.8): Russia TodayRussia TodayRussia Today may refer to:* Russia Today, an English language 24-hour television news channel from Russia. It was launched in 2005 and is not related to an online news service of the similar name operated by EIN News...
(in Spanish) - MHz9 (30.9): Arirang (in English)
- MHz10 (30.10): Ethiopian TelevisionETV (Ethiopia)ETV is an Ethiopian government-owned television channel. It's the only one in Ethiopia due government ban of private media. Its programming includes news, sport, music and other entertainment...
(in AmharicAmharic languageAmharic is a Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia. It is the second most-spoken Semitic language in the world, after Arabic, and the official working language of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Thus, it has official status and is used nationwide. Amharic is also the official or working...
)
Services formerly offered
These digital subchannelDigital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
s are no longer offered:
- MHz3 (30.3): Metro Chinese Network; replaced by CCTV News.
- MHz5 (57.3): Beste van Vlaanderen en NederlandBVNBVN which is the abbreviation of Het beste van Vlaanderen en Nederland is a satellite and cable television channel – a joint venture by Radio Netherlands Worldwide , the Flemish and Dutch public broadcasting organizations Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep and Nederlandse Publieke Omroep ...
(in Dutch and English); replaced by Al Jazeera English. - MHz8 (57.4): Macroview TV ; replaced by Nigerian Television Authority.
- MHz8 (30.8): Nigerian Television AuthorityNigerian Television AuthorityThe Nigerian Television Authority - also known as NTA - was inaugurated in 1977 and is the government-owned body in charge of television broadcasting in the country. The NTA claims to run the biggest television network in Africa with stations in several parts of Nigeria...
; replaced by Ethiopian Television. - MHz8 (30.8): Ethiopian TelevisionETV (Ethiopia)ETV is an Ethiopian government-owned television channel. It's the only one in Ethiopia due government ban of private media. Its programming includes news, sport, music and other entertainment...
; replaced by RTV Spanish and later returned to MHz10 - MHz6 (30.6): SABC News InternationalSABC News InternationalSABC News International is the South African Broadcasting Corporation's international broadcasting news channel.-External links:* *...
; replaced by MHz Native - MHz6 (30.6): MHz Native'; replaced by CCTV Documentary
- MHz9 (30.9): VTV4Vietnam TelevisionVietnam Television, or VTV, is the national television broadcaster for Vietnam. Like all media of Vietnam, its programming is directly controlled by the government.-History:...
(in Vietnamese); replaced by Arirang; moved to a 12-hour slot on MHz6 - MHz10 (30.10): EuronewsEuroNewsEuronews is an international multilingual news television channel.It covers world news from what it claims to be a 'European' perspective.Criticisms are that the perspective is in fact that of the European Commission - a major and growing funder of Euronews....
(in English); replaced by Ethiopian TelevisionETV (Ethiopia)ETV is an Ethiopian government-owned television channel. It's the only one in Ethiopia due government ban of private media. Its programming includes news, sport, music and other entertainment...
; moved to a 12-hour slot on MHz6
See also
- MHz WorldviewMHz WorldviewMHz WorldView is an independent, non-commercial Public television network that broadcasts newscasts and other programs from around the world. It is owned and operated by Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation who also run MHz Networks....
- The Shortie AwardsThe Shortie AwardsThe Shortie Awards: International Film and News Festival is a film festival established by MHz Networks in 2001 , recognizing original digital media productions created by student filmmakers, ages 7–18, and their teachers. The Shortie Awards focuses on nurturing imagination and choice making in...
- ChitrmalaChitrmalaChitrmala is an Indian-American television show that airs weekly on MHz Networks. The show features Bollywood entertainment with coverage of music videos, live shows, concerts, and interviews with famous actors, actresses, musicians, and directors in the Bollywood industry...
- Powerhouse (TV series)Powerhouse (TV series)Powerhouse is a United States television series produced by the Educational Film Center at Northern Virginia ETV and aired on PBS for 16 episodes in 1982. It billed itself as "a 16-part series for young people and their families," with the target audience being primarily preteens and teenagers, and...
(1982 PBS series produced by MHz's predecessor, Northern Virginia ETV)