WHSV-DT2
Encyclopedia
The Valley's FOX is the Fox-affiliated television station
for Harrisonburg, Virginia
. The station is a second digital subchannel of ABC
affiliate WHSV-TV
which is owned by Gray Television
.
Over-the-air, The Valley's FOX broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 49.2 from WHSV's transmitter which is located west of Stanley
on Massanutten Mountain. The station is also offered on Comcast
digital cable channel 192. It is currently not offered on Comcast's basic cable tier. WTTG
, Washington D.C.'s affiliate, served as the area's default Fox affiliate for many years and is still carried on Comcast channel 5.
The Valley's FOX parent station has studios on North Main Street in downtown Harrisonburg. Syndicated programming on the station includes: TMZ
, Everybody Loves Raymond
, Frasier
, and That '70s Show
.
The Valley's FOX began broadcasting on October 26, 2006. In March 2007, the station was placed on Comcast digital cable channel 705. At some point in time, it switched to channel 192. On its launch date, WHSV-DT2 and the main WHSV channel were scheduled to be carried on Dish Network
within the Harrisonburg market and had been uplinked to the satellite. However, a last minute court decision prevented this and Dish dropped all plans to carry the stations. Eventually, the two stations began to be carried.
At some point in the future, there are plans to air a 10 P.M. newscast on The Valley's FOX. Currently, there are no local news broadcasts on the station.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for Harrisonburg, Virginia
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...
. The station is a second digital subchannel of ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate 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...
which is 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...
.
Over-the-air, The Valley's FOX broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 49.2 from WHSV's transmitter which is located west of Stanley
Stanley, Virginia
Stanley is a town in Page County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,326 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Stanley is located at ....
on Massanutten Mountain. The station is also offered on Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
digital cable channel 192. It is currently not offered on Comcast's basic cable tier. 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...
, Washington D.C.'s affiliate, served as the area's default Fox affiliate for many years and is still carried on Comcast channel 5.
The Valley's FOX parent station has studios on North Main Street in downtown Harrisonburg. Syndicated programming on the station includes: TMZ
TMZ.com
TMZ.com is a celebrity news website that debuted on November 8, 2005. It was a collaboration between America Online and Telepictures Productions, a division of Warner Bros., until Time Warner divested AOL in 2009. However, it is still affiliated with AOL News and has the AOL News logo affixed in...
, Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of lead actor Ray Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff...
, Frasier
Frasier
Frasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...
, and That '70s Show
That '70s Show
That '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979...
.
History
During the late summer and early fall of 2006, WHSV underwent major technical upgrades to make way for the creation of The Valley's FOX . A large tower was built behind the station’s Harrisonburg studios to accommodate the additional satellite receiver needed for the Fox venture.The Valley's FOX began broadcasting on October 26, 2006. In March 2007, the station was placed on Comcast digital cable channel 705. At some point in time, it switched to channel 192. On its launch date, WHSV-DT2 and the main WHSV channel were scheduled to be carried on Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
within the Harrisonburg market and had been uplinked to the satellite. However, a last minute court decision prevented this and Dish dropped all plans to carry the stations. Eventually, the two stations began to be carried.
At some point in the future, there are plans to air a 10 P.M. newscast on The Valley's FOX. Currently, there are no local news broadcasts on the station.