WCVH-TV

WCVH-TV (channel 25) is a television station licensed to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Hagerstown, Maryland market as an affiliate of FOX. It is owned by Tuscarora Broadcasting. WCVH-TV's studios are shared with WHAG-TV, and are located on US 40 in downtown Hagerstown, and its transmitter is located west of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania at Tuscarora Summit.
==History==
===Early years===
WCVH-TV was the second TV station in the Hagerstown market, first airing on May 25, 1970 in color TV. Originally a primary CBS affiliate, WCVH-TV also had secondary ABC affiliation until ABC's exit from the market in 1981. ABC programming was then broadcast over the air and on cable from DC's WJLA, but was viewable from a translator in Martinsburg, WV. ABC soon returned to the market in 1986 on WJEJ-TV.
=== Move to Hagerstown ===
WCVH-TV moved their studios to Hagerstown, the largest population center in the market, in 1984. They moved into the same building at WHAG-TV, however they are in different sides and their operations remained completely separate, only sharing essential services like utilities.
===1990s and move to FOX===
WCVH-TV began showing interest in switching networks from CBS to either FOX or ABC in 1995. When their contract with CBS expired in 1996, WCVH-TV signed with FOX, ending the 26 years with CBS since the start of the station. WJEJ-TV became a temporary secondary CBS affiliate until WYVN-TV, now WUSQ-TV, started broadcasts later that year.
===Digital Era to Today===
WCVH-TV was bought by Tuscarora Broadcasting in 2001, and renovated the building they were in to more tightly integrate WCVH-TV and their new sister station WHAG-TV, whilst still keeping separate local news casts, but merging local weather and traffic news. Master control was also consolidated, with a move to digitize master control also being made.
===WCVH-DT2===
WCVH-TV began broadcasts of MyNetworkTV on channel 25.2 in 2003.
===WCVH-DT3===
WCVH-TV began airing FOX Weather in early 2023 on channel 25.3.
== Technical information==
=== Subchannels ===
The stations digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel	RF Channel	Video	Aspect	Short Name	Programming
25.1 	23.1 	1080i	16:9 	WCVH 	WCVH-TV / FOX
25.2 	23.2 	480i 	16:9 	MyN 25 	MyNetworkTV
25.3 	23.3 	480i 	16:9 	FOX WX 	FOX Weather
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WCVH-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 25, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. WCVH-TV digital signal moved from UHF channel 55 to UHF channel 23. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 25.
===Translators===
City of license	Callsign	Channel	ERP 	HAAT	Transmitter coordinates	Owner
Keyser 	W16CV 	16 	12.5 kW	424m	39.382306,-79.078972 	Tuscarora Broadcasting(Keyser TV Cooperative, LLC)
==== Translator Subchannels ====
Channel	RF Channel	Video	Aspect	Short Name	Programming
12.1 	16.1 	1080i	16:9 	WHAG 	WHAG-TV / NBC
12.2 	16.2 	480i 	16:9 	BIG TEN 	Big 10 Network
12.3 	16.3 	480i 	4:3 	WHAG WX 	Weather
12.4 	16.4 	480i 	16:9 	OUTDOOR 	Outdoors
25.1 	16.5 	1080i	16:9 	WCVH 	WCVH-TV / FOX
25.2 	16.6 	480i 	16:9 	MyN 25 	MyNetworkTV
25.3 	16.7 	480i 	16:9 	FOX WX 	FOX Weather
Category:Hagerstown, MD
Category:Hagerstown
Category:Maryland
Category:Tuscarora Broadcasting
Category:Channel 25