Channel
|
Callsign
|
City of license
|
Dates
|
Affiliation
|
Notes
|
16
|
WWOD-TV
|
Lynchburg
|
1952 ? July 10, 1953 (CP)
|
|
construction permit forfeited
|
20
|
WARL-TV
|
Arlington
|
1956?1960 (CP)
|
|
construction permit canceled
|
24
|
WBTM-TV
|
Danville
|
January 6, 1954 ? December 31, 1954
|
ABC
|
|
27
|
WTOV-TV
|
Norfolk
|
October 22, 1953 ? October 3, 1954
May 25, 1955 ? October 30, 1959
|
ABC/
DuMont
|
merged with
WVEC-TV
|
27
|
WROV-TV
|
Roanoke
|
February 15, 1953 ? July 13, 1953
|
Independent
|
financial distress
|
27
|
WRFT-TV
WRLU-TV
|
Roanoke
|
March 4, 1966 ? April 30, 1974
September 7, 1974?February 11, 1975
|
ABC
|
competition from
WLVA-TV
[1]
|
29
|
WOTV
|
Richmond
|
1953?1957 (CP)
|
|
construction permit canceled
|
29
|
WINA-TV
|
Charlottesville
|
July 13, 1965 ? December 10, 1969 (CP)
|
|
construction permit canceled
|
32
|
WSBN-TV
|
Norton
|
March 30, 1971 ? March 27, 2017
|
PBS
|
equipment failure
|
33
|
WACH-TV
|
Newport News
|
October 8, 1953 ? March 26, 1954
May 27, 1954 ? July 1, 1955
|
Independent
|
|
40
|
WRJK-TV
|
Bluefield
|
February 13, 1981 ? July 27, 1983 (
CP
)
|
|
construction permit expired
[2]
|
42
|
WMSY-TV
|
Marion
|
August 1, 1981 ? March 27, 2017
|
PBS
|
equipment failure
|
44
|
WHMS
|
Danville
|
June 22, 1984 ? June 22, 1986 (CP)
|
|
construction permit expired
[3]
|
44
|
WPCT-TV
|
Danville
|
September 24, 1988 ? March 25, 1993 (CP)
|
|
construction permit expired
[4]
|
49
|
WTVQ
|
Norfolk
|
1967
|
|
|
50
|
WMEV-TV
|
Marion
|
1953 ? February 15, 1954
|
|
construction permit forfeited
|
55
|
WTKC
|
Newport News
|
November 21, 1986 ? January 9, 1989 (CP)
|
|
construction permit expired
[5]
|
60
|
WZZW
|
Roanoke
|
January 6, 1986 ? May 10, 1988 (CP)
|
|
construction permit expired
[6]
|
63
|
WVRN-TV
|
Richmond
|
January 1, 1984 ? September 9, 1988
|
Independent
|
merged with
WRLH
|
64
|
WCHV-TV
|
Charlottesville
|
January 29, 1953 ? January 1954 (CP)
|
|
construction permit expired
|
65
|
WYDD
|
Blacksburg
|
June 6, 1987 ? March 11, 1991 (CP)
|
|
construction permit forfeited
[7]
[8]
|
69
|
WHFV
|
Fredericksburg
|
October 4, 1973 ? May 29, 1975
|
NBC
|
financial distress
|
69
|
WRBV
|
Fredericksburg
|
August 14, 1985 ? March 5, 1988 (CP)
|
|
construction permit expired
[9]
|