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WCAX-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Burlington, Vermont, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Burlington, Vermont–Plattsburgh, New York market. It is owned by Gray Media alongside Saranac Lake, New York –licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WYCI (channel 40).
Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Burlington: 3 20 WCAX-TV: CBS: Movies! on 3.2, Circle on 3.3, Start TV on 3.4, Ion on 3.5 22 7 WVNY: ABC: Laff on 22.2, Grit on 22.3, Quest on 22.4
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On June 20, 2016, WPTZ debuted a half-hour noon newscast, became the second television station in the Champlain Valley complete with a 10-minute newscast on WCAX-TV, coinciding with the cancellation of FABLife. [24] On August 2, 2016, following the station rebrand itself as "NBC 5", the newscast branding was now named as NBC 5 News.
A television station, Channel 3 WMVT, was launched on September 26, 1954. It was renamed WCAX-TV two years later. [20] By 1960, WCAX Radio had switched from CBS to NBC Radio, even though WCAX-TV 3 remains a CBS TV network affiliate. [21] The two stations maintained one of Vermont's largest broadcast news departments.
On August 2, 2016, after WPTZ rebranded to "NBC 5", WNNE stopped superimposing the channel 31 logo and began using the "NBC 5" logo during all of its local news programming. Upon the channel share and transfer of the CW+ affiliation from WPTZ-DT2, WNNE now carries WPTZ's 10 p.m. prime time newscast, a half-hour program simulcast on WPTZ's MeTV ...
They include WFFF channel 44 , its sister station, WVNY channel 22 , WPTZ channel 5 NBC, and WCAX channel 3 . WCAX, WFFF, and WPTZ operate news departments. WCAX is the only Burlington-based news department, while WPTZ is licensed in Plattsburgh, New York yet operates out of South Burlington. WFFF and WVNY are also based in Colchester.
On March 3, 2008, WFFF added a weeknight and Saturday broadcast at 7 on WVNY known as Fox 44 Local News on ABC. As a result, this station became first in the area to offer local news in the time slot. The move to launch the show was due in part to tough competition of newscasts at 6 seen on WCAX-TV and WPTZ.