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10 unusual facts about WVTT


Urban America Television

Competing networks such as America One and 3ABN benefited from the failure of UATV, and stations such as WUHQ-LD in Grand Rapids, Michigan and WONS-LP in Olean, New York, simply swapped affiliations.

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WBYB's mascot during its run in country music was Bob the Builder.

Programming on WVTT (96.7), as of May 2013, includes The War Room with Quinn and Rose, The Glenn Beck Program, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Sean Hannity Show, and The Dave Ramsey Show.

WVTT-CA

Channel 25 became the primary channel for the station and changed its call sign to WONS-LP (Olean's News Source) on March 8, 1999, gaining the shared UPN affiliation with Buffalo, New York station WNGS.

"The Tom Chapman Show" - From November 1989 to March 1990, St. Bonaventure University men's basketball coach Tom Chapman co-hosted "The Tom Chapman Show" along with local radio personality Francis Tomasino.

WVTT-CA, channel 25, is a television station for the Twin Tiers located in Olean, New York.

The show featured interviews with local celebrities and politicians and nationally known personalities including Jean Shepard of A Christmas Story and Larry Linville who played Frank Burns on M*A*S*H.

In June 2013, Choice Tower Rentals sold WVTT-CA, as well as the still-active W20AB license, to Milachi Media (also known as Vision Communications); the deal will put the station under common ownership with WYDC and WJKP-LD in Corning, WBGT-CD in Rochester, and several Elmira-Corning radio stations.

WXMT-HD2

W237CS is once again carrying a talk radio format, now simulcasting WVTT in Portville.

When sister station WLMI flipped formats from its longtime country music format to the AAA format WUMT (now WVTT), Colonial pulled "FM Talk Radio 95.3" from its Web site, and in its place was an icon for "93.9 The Sports Animal."


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:For the former WLMI in Kane, Pennsylvania, see WVTT.