WTVE (Elmira, New York)
WTVE, UHF analog channel 24, was a DuMont-affiliated television station licensed to Elmira, New York, United States and also serving Corning. It was the first station to sign on in the Elmira-Corning market. It broadcast from studios on Market Street in Elmira.
| Elmira / Corning, New York United States | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Analog: 24 (UHF) |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Defunct |
| History | |
| Founded | 1953 |
First air date | June 15, 1953 |
Last air date | 1954 |
| DuMont (1953-54) | |
Call sign meaning | W TeleVision Elmira |
History
The station began broadcasting June 15, 1953, after a two weeks of transmitter tests using an RCA transmitter manufactured in Camden, New Jersey. It was blown off the air in 1954 when its tower on South Mountain was blown down by Hurricane Hazel. Not long after, the DuMont network itself shut down. The station remained on the FCC books until at least 1960. At one point, the licensee held a construction permit for VHF channel 9, according to now defunct website BostonRadio.com.
However, the station never signed back on the air. Both channels 9 and 24 were reallocated to Syracuse, where they are occupied by ABC affiliates WSYR-TV (originally WNYS and then WIXT) and WCNY-TV, respectively. The WTVE call letters were reallocated to a station in Reading, Pennsylvania.
It is notable that Hazel also knocked WLBR-TV (channel 15) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania off the air, though it came back on under new ownership within a few years.