astronomy

WVBT

WVBT is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand WVBT rather than just read about it. In short: WVBT (channel 43) is a television station licensed to Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States, affiliated with Fox and The CW. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside NBC affiliate WAVY-TV (channel 10); Nexstar's Tegna subsidiary owns ABC affiliate WVEC (channel 13).

Key takeaways

WVBT belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect WVBT to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of WVBT from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

WVBT (channel 43) is a television station licensed to Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States, affiliated with Fox and The CW. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside NBC affiliate WAVY-TV (channel 10); Nexstar's Tegna subsidiary owns ABC affiliate WVEC (channel 13). WVBT and WAVY-TV share studios on Wavy Street in downtown Portsmouth. WVBT's transmitter is located near Driver in Suffolk. Though the construction permit was awarded in 1985, WVBT began broadcasting in December 1992, initially with home shopping programming. In January 1995, it affiliated with The WB, converted to a general-entertainment schedule, and came under the operational control of WAVY-TV under a local marketing agreement. Later that year, it secured affiliation with Fox, effective August 31, 1998. On that date, the station began airing a 10 p.m. local newscast produced by WAVY-TV. Nexstar acquired WAVY and WVBT in 2017 as part of its purchase of Media General.

History

Construction and early years The Federal Communications Commission allocated channel 43 to Virginia Beach in February 1982 on a petition by Ocean Broadcasting Corporation, headed by a Virginia Beach attorney. Other applicants also filed for the channel, including a lawyer from Knoxville, Tennessee; Summit Communications, led by developer Dewey Simmons; and Tidewater Christian Communications Corporation, a group of Black pastors. In all, six groups had filed, three of which merged in December 1983. Summit was awarded the construction permit in 1985. The station was not built immediately because of the illness of Summit's president, Simmons, and other delays. It reorganized in 1986 and changed its name to Virginia Beach Television Inc. WVBT began broadcasting as a full-time Home Shopping Network affiliate on December 17, 1992. By this time, it was owned by Walter Ulloa of Los Angeles. This programming changed in January 1995 with three near-simultaneous events. The station affiliated with The WB when it launched on January 11, 1995; changed from home shopping to a general-entertainment schedule; and signed a local marketing agreement (LMA) with LIN TV, owner of Portsmouth-based NBC affiliate WAVY-TV (channel 10). WVBT also began offering overflow programming—for instance, NBC daytime shows during coverage of the murder trial of O. J. Simpson and conflicting sports telecasts. The new programming and alliance with WAVY earned WVBT interest from cable operators, who had previously shunned adding the home shopping station to their lineups but were more interested in the station as a WB affiliate. On May 18, 1996, the station began broadcasting from a new transmitter facility, with its antenna 500 feet (150 m) higher and its power increased to the maximum of 5 million watts.

Affiliation with Fox and newscast launch On November 29, 1995, Fox announced that it would move its programming to WVBT from WTVZ-TV (channel 33) in Norfolk, a station owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The surprise switch was announced with no reason given; however, three weeks later, the situation came into focus when Fox executed a similar affiliation switch with Sinclair's WLFL in Raleigh, North Carolina. Like in Hampton Roads, Fox announced it would move to a WB affiliate programmed by a major network station in 1998 at the expiration of its existing Sinclair contract; Sinclair cited "different philosophical views about the future" for the change. The company apparently had little confidence in Fox plans to expand to late night and early morning slots as well as in the area of news. The additional network shows threatened to encroach on lucrative fringe periods where the Sinclair stations made money. Notably, WTVZ did not have a 10 p.m. local newscast and under Sinclair had held off on doing so. Even though relations improved between Sinclair and Fox, the network had already signed affiliation agreements with its new Raleigh and Norfolk stations and carried out the switch, with WVBT joining Fox on August 31, 1998. As part of the affiliation with Fox, WAVY committed to develop a 10 p.m. newscast for WVBT. By 1998, no such newscast was available on a broadcast station; WTKR produced one for WGNT, which was canceled in December 1997, and a newscast co-produced by WVEC and The Virginian-Pilot, Pilot 13 News at 10, aired on the cable channel Local News on Cable. On August 31, 1998, concurrent with the switch, WVBT debuted Fox43 News at 10. The program—promoted as "the newest newscast on the planet"—featured its own anchors (Kelly Wright and Krista Marino on weeknights), news set, and purple graphics, as well as a faster-paced production style oriented to younger viewers, with WAVY's weather and sports presenters. Within a year, ratings for Fox43 News at 10 tripled. WVBT and Cox Communications, the primary cable television provider in Hampton Roads, entered into a dispute that culminated with WVBT pulling its programming from Cox on December 31, 1999. The reason for the dispute was that Cox continued to give WVBT a high channel number—channel 43—on its cable system. WVBT asked to be moved to channel 5, 6, 11 or 14, which the cable company refused to do. Many viewers—and even station staffers and the station facilities—needed antennas to see WVBT's signal. After 35 days, WVBT returned to the Cox system and won a move to channel 14 on cable. In 2002, LIN TV purchased WVBT from Beach 43 Corporation, creating an outright duopoly. WVBT expanded its news offerings in February 2009 with the debut of a morning news extension, Fox43 News at 7am. This was reformatted into an 8 a.m. lifestyle show, The Hampton Roads Show, in January 2010. The Hampton Roads Show moved to WAVY-TV in 2011. The 7 a.m. newscast was later revived and extended to two hours by January 2014.

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with WVBT

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what WVBT claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to WVBT before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about WVBT ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of WVBT

In research: WVBT appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses WVBT in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: WVBT is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1992 establishments in Virginia, Cozi TV affiliates, Fox Broadcasting Company affiliates, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for WVBT outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study WVBT in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what WVBT means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain WVBT out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is WVBT in simple terms?

Why does WVBT matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study WVBT?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on WVBT.