WVTV

WVTV
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; United States;
Channels	Digital: 27 (UHF); Virtual: 18, 24;
Branding	CW 18; My 24 WCGV (DT2);
Programming
Affiliations	18.1: The CW; 24.1: MyNetworkTV; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group; (WVTV Licensee, Inc.);
History
First air date	October 3, 1953
Former call signs	WOKY-TV (1953–1955); WXIX (1955–1963); WUHF (1963–1966);
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 19 (UHF, 1953–1958), 18 (UHF, 1958–2009); Digital: 61 (UHF, 2003–2009), 18 (UHF, 2009–2019);
Former affiliations	ABC (1953–1955); DuMont (secondary, 1953–1955); CBS (1955–April 1959); Dark (April−July 1959); Independent (July 1959–1997); ABC/CBS (secondary, 1960–1981); NBC (secondary, 1960–1994); The WB (1997–2006);
Call sign meaning	Call sign changed in 1966 to symbolize a "fresh start"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	74174
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	318 m (1,043 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°5′48″N 87°54′18″W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	cw18milwaukee.com

WVTV (channels 18 and 24) is a television station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with The CW and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station's studios are located on Calumet Road in the Park Place office park near the I-41/US 45 interchange on Milwaukee's northwest side; its transmitter is located on North Humboldt Boulevard in Milwaukee's Estabrook Park neighborhood as part of the Milwaukee PBS tower.

WVTV operates a second digital subchannel affiliated with MyNetworkTV which brands as "My 24 WCGV". It uses virtual channel 24.1, formerly utilized by separately-licensed WCGV-TV until January 2018, when Sinclair turned in WCGV-TV's license and merged its subchannels onto WVTV's spectrum after selling WCGV-TV's spectrum in the 2016 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) incentive auction.

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