WVXF (channel 17) is a

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in Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, serving the

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as an affiliate of

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and

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. Owned by

Caribbean Broadcasting Network This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The U.S. Virgin Islands is home to one of the smallest TV markets as defined by Nielsen market research, with only 5 full-power stations on Saint Thoma ...

, it is a

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to low-power

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affiliate

WVGN-LD WVGN-LD (channel 19) is a low-power television station in Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, serving as the NBC affiliate for the United States Virgin Islands. Owned by Caribbean Broadcasting Network, it is a sister station to dual This TV/ Fo ...

(channel 19). WVXF's transmitter is located on Signal Hill. The station broadcasts Fox programming in

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on its second

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, with Cozi TV on the main channel in

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; this is a quirk of the Fox subchannel's former

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home of WEON-LP, which had a high definition simulcast placed on WVXF-DT2 until the station went dark in order to consolidate Caribbean Broadcasting Network's Virgin Islands operations onto WVXF. Viya Cable carries WVXF-DT2 on channel 6, and WVXF-DT1 on channel 9. WVXF is also available in Puerto Rico on

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, and as part of the Puerto Rico locals package on

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History

WVXF signed on for the first time on July 1, 1999, as a

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affiliate. Prior to WVXF's sign-on, CBS programming was seen on Charlotte Amalie's

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(channel 10). However, that station went

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permanently following

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in 1989, when its transmitter was destroyed and the cash-strapped

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(owner of several network affiliates in small and mid-sized markets on the mainland) could not afford to rebuild; Benedek retained that station's license until 1995, when it was surrendered on grounds of abandonment. Starting in 1990, CBS service was only available by satellite via network flagship

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(from

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) and later

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, affiliate

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(which became available on the

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package in 1997); the latter is currently carried by most cable and satellite providers in the Caribbean. On July 1, 2009, shortly after the

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, WVXF switched affiliations, from CBS to

This TV This TV (also known as This TV Network and alternately stylized as thisTV) was an American free-to-air television network owned by Allen Media Broadcast Networks, LLC, part of the Allen Media Group division of Entertainment Studios. Originally ...

. Since July 13, CBS programming is available on TV2. In preparation,

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and Dish Network dropped WVXF in favor of WSEE-TV shortly before the affiliation change (the station has since returned to Dish Network). In January 2010, WVXF rebranded as "EFN Caribbean", adding some syndicated shows and a local fashion-oriented program, ''Fashion Today'', to its This TV programming. The station relaunched once more on May 1, 2011, joining

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as its first primary-channel affiliate, along with giving WEON's Fox feed a high definition home on the second subchannel, which eventually became its sole channel when WEON-LP went dark on

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, 2011. In late 2014, WVXF-DT1 reverted to This TV, ahead of Live Well ending national distribution in April 2015.

Subchannels

The station's signal is

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References

External links

* * {{Caribbean Broadcasting Network 1999 establishments in the United States Virgin Islands Cozi TV affiliates Fox Broadcasting Company affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1999 VXF