WWBI - WBVT clarification

[Matthew Osborne]

A few further clarifications here.  WWBI was, indeed
W27BI-LP when it first signed on.  Further, W27BI was
the original UPN affiliate for Plattsburgh/Burlington
in the late 90s, and WBVT-CA (don't remember their
original -LP calls) was originally the WB affiliate
for Burlington/Plattsburgh (at this point was likely
the time when WWBI had Montreal cable coverage, as
several on air commercials advertised Quebec
businesses).  Just before I moved out of Plattsburgh
after graduation, WBVT (WB affiliate for VermonT IIRC)
switched affiliation to UPN, at which point W27BI,
which by then was known as WWBI, switched to be an
affiliate of Pax.  I did not know what became of the
WB affiliation after this move, and as well all know
WWBI was recently sold to Daystar.

    An aside to this topic - apparently WWBI, even as
a low power UHF that I could barely get at my old
apartment right in Plattsburgh, was/is vieweable in
Montreal, 64 miles to the north.  I learned of this on
a DTV discussioin board from Canada, and to this day
am amazed by it considering how poor our recption was
just a few miles from their xmtr.

                                Matt Osborne
                                Schenectady, NY

--- Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com> wrote:

> 
> >Didn't Burlington used to have two stations, one
> UPN and one WB? I
> >seem to remember a Ch 39 and a Ch 27 and one went
> silent or
> >something (a quick look at TVRadioWorld site says
> that Ch 27 is now
> >an LPTV licensed to Plattsburgh NY). But I do
> remember a Ch 39 being on
> >when I visited the area years ago...and heard
> something about them
> >going dark...
> 
> 27 has always been a Plattsburgh-licensed LPTV, with
> the WWBI calls 
> (formerly W27BI, if memory serves). Daystar bought
> it last year, and 
> it's now religious. It had been doing WB, then Pax
> after WFFF got the 
> secondary WB affiliation. It even had Montreal cable
> carriage for a time.
> 
> 39 was the key station in the UPN LPTV network. It
> was WBVT-CA, then 
> went through bankruptcy and was off the air for a
> while, then 
> returned as WGMU-CA. I think it's on the air now.
> Maybe BillO knows 
> for sure...?
> 
> s 
> 
> 


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