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WSKY-TV
Manteo, North Carolina
Branding	Channel 4 Hampton Roads
Slogan	What to Watch
Channels	Analog: defunct, formerly 4 (VHF) Digital: 4 (VHF)
Affiliations	Independent
Owner	SKY Television LLC
Founded	2001
Call letters meaning	The word SKY (also former moniker)
Former affiliations	none
Website	http://www.4hamptonroads.com/

WSKY-TV, which launched in October 2001, is a full-power/full market independent station serving the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA television market (DMA) and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The station, which is part of the Hampton Roads market, broadcasts on digital channel 4 and is licensed to Manteo, North Carolina. Its analog transmitter was located one mile east of Mamie, North Carolina on Beach 104 tower. WSKY was the last station in the US to be license as an analog, VHF low-band channel.

WSKY is carried on Cox Communications Hampton Roads, Hampton Roads' on channel 4, as well as 2 Charter systems in the DMA, Adelphia and Time Warner Cable services, Dish Network, and DirecTV. Before its fall 2001 launch, channel 4 on Cox Cable housed LNC or Local News on Cable, WVEC-TV's 24-hour news station. When WSKY launched, LNC moved up to channel 5 on Cox Cable lineups.

While the morning programming consists of mainly infomercials, the day, afternoon, and evening programming consists of local first run entertainment/news, sitcom/drama reruns (both syndicated and non-syndicated), and movies. WSKY also offers a fair amount of first-run syndicated programming, as well as major league and NCAA sporting events.

Despite the callsign and former moniker, it is not affiliated in any way with British Sky Broadcasting of the United Kingdom, nor its parent company, News Corporation (who also owns the Fox network).

The station's analog signal signed-off in late November 2006, as their digital signal was to sign-on from a new tower in Camden County, NC. WSKY had some challenges covering the Northern most area of the metro (Williamsburg, Newport News, Hampton) on its analog signal; which was to be remedied with its new digital tower.

Between 6 and 7 a.m. on the morning of March 2, 2007, in high winds during storms moving through the area, WSKY-DT's tower collapsed, also destroying the transmitter building. The tower was three weeks away from completion. ^{[1] [2]}

The tower was rebuilt and finished in November 2007. WSKY-DT started broadcasting a test pattern on November 24, 2007.^[3]. WSKY-DT started regular broadcasts on November 27, 2007.

1. ^ Major setback for WSKY-DT. VARTV.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
2. ^ Broadcast tower under construction in Camden Co. collapses during storm. WAVY-TV. Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
3. ^ http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=12299663#post12299663

Logo used from 2001 to 2006.

2003 Logo.

Logo from 2006-present.

• WSKY-TV Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WSKY-TV

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