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| City | Burlington, Vermont |
| Channels | |
| Branding | WCAX Channel 3 |
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| WYCI | |
| History | |
First air date | September 26, 1954 (in Montpelier, Vermont; license moved to Burlington in 1955) |
Former call signs | WMVT (1954–1955) |
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| Fox (secondary, 1994–1997) | |
Call sign meaning | derived from former sister station WCAX radio (now WVMT) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 46728 |
| ERP | 423 kW |
| HAAT | 845 m (2,772 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°31′32.6″N 72°48′56.1″W / 44.525722°N 72.815583°W |
| Translator(s) | 23 W23EU-D Rutland |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
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 Television alongside Saranac Lake, New York–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WYCI (channel 40). The two stations share studios on Joy Drive in South Burlington, Vermont; WCAX-TV's transmitter is located on Vermont's highest peak, Mount Mansfield.[2] WCAX was the first television station in Vermont.
Like other network stations serving Burlington and Plattsburgh, WCAX-TV has a large audience in southern Quebec, Canada. This includes the Montreal area, which is 10 times more populous than the station's entire U.S. viewing area. Most Vidéotron cable systems in southern Quebec carry WCAX-TV as their CBS affiliate. The station is also available on every cable system in Vermont, and statewide on DirecTV and Dish Network.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCAX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "TV Station WCAX-TV - FCC Public Inspection File".