Starting Tuesday, August 4 at 10 a.m., WGVU TV will expand its program offerings with two new channels.
The main channel (35.1 or 52.1) will remain the regular schedule, broadcasting in HD. On 35.2 and 52.2, the existing lifestyle programming that constitutes the Create channel will air from 6 a.m.– 6 p.m. In the evenings, WGVU BLOCK PARTY takes over, offering genre-specific programs from 6 p.m. – 6 a.m.
The third channel, 35.3 and 52.3, will become MhZ WORLDVIEW, featuring news, film, sports and more from around the globe, including programs from France, India, China, Afghanistan, and Russia.
"This is the most exciting time in broadcast history for our television viewers," said WGVU Programming Manager Carrie Corbin. "With analog, we had only 21 hours of prime time each week, far too few to do justice to fine series such as P.O.V., Independent Lens, Soundstage, Austin City Limits, Live from Lincoln Center and Great Performances, that we couldn’t always fit into our schedule at the best times. With four distinct programming services on three digital channels, we can now offer 63 hours of programming in prime time."
WGVU BLOCK PARTY will feature nightly genre programming as follows:
- Sundays: documentaries
- Mondays: health and environment
- Tuesdays: comedy
- Wednesdays: outdoor programming
- Thursdays: arts and performances
- Fridays: science
- Saturday: music
These additional channels will be available on most cable and satellite systems, as well as over the air. Visit www.wgvu.org/tv for complete schedules.
