WSVD

WSVD, licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, United States, is an independent station broadcasting on virtual channel 2 / VHF channel 11. The station is owned and operated by Confection Broadcasting. The station's transmitter is located in unincorporated Greenup County, Kentucky.
== History ==
The station first signed on, as WVKY, in the early morning of March 6, 1973. During this short period, up to 1974, the station had no news operations, and was only on for 7 hours each weekday. That year, the family-owned station was acquired by the fledgling Dorphene Television, whose only property at the time was WGSH (because of the ownership change, the call letters had to be changed, to which they were changed to WSVD). By then, the station began to have a strong focus on news programming. Until 1978, the station continually introduced new newscasts, until most general entertainment programs were forced off of WSVD's schedule. However, the station still had a primitive on-air look, to which they modernised. In early 1979, newscasting time stopped being expanded to modernise sets and equipment. From 1979 up to 1986, very little change, most of which was the replacement of syndicated programs. However, in mid-1986, Dorphene Television took full control of WSVD, and began to expand its news schedule once again. By 1989, the entirety of the station's schedule was filled with news programming, something that would change very little to this day. From October 16 to November 17 in 1991, the station was dark, due to an unexpectedly long process of replacing the station's transmitter. By 1993, the small Dorphene Television company was planning expansion along the Ohio River, as the name of the company could suggest. Within the coming years, many new stations signed on.
== Digital television ==
=== Digital channels ===
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Channel	PSIP Name	Video	Aspect	Programming
2.1 	WSVD-HD 	1080i	16:9 	Main WSVD programming
2.2 	WSVD-WX 	480i 	16:9 	Weather information
2.3 	WSVD-SD 	480i 	16:9 	Omni Broadcasting Network
=== Analog-to-digital transition ===
On December 31, 2004, the station flash-cut from broadcasting analog on VHF channel 11, to broadcasting digitally, also on VHF channel 11, with television receivers displaying the station as channel 2 via PSIP.
== News operation and branding ==
=== News branding ===
* Channel 11 News - 1974-1989
* The News on WSVD - 1989-1993
* Tri-State News 11 - 1993-2004
* Tri-State News 2 - 2004–present
==== News music ====
* no music: 1974-1980
* Tuesday3 - Tuesday Productions: 1980-1984
* NewsCenter II Theme - Michael Randall Music: 1984-1989
* Production Music: The Leader- FirstCom: 1989-1990
* Production Music: In Your World - Killer Tracks: 1990-1993
* Production Music: Economic Forecast - Network Music: 1993-1998
* One World - Stephen Arnold Music: 1998-2004
* Platinum News - Non-Stop Music: 2004-2011
* Primetime News - Non-Stop Music: 2011
* Production Music: Methodical Progress - Video Helper: 2011–present
Category:Channel 2
Category:West Virginia
Category:Kentucky
Category:Ohio River Broadcasting
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1973
Category:Independent television stations
Category:Dorphene Television
Category:Confection Broadcasting