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WFBV is a FOX owned-and-operated station for Burlington, Vermont market. Broadcasting on channel 27, WFBV was launched as a Paramount affiliate in 1952 (as WSHC) before becoming an independent. After 34 years of being an independent, WSHC would become a charter member of the FOX network and changed their call letters to WFBV.

History
WSHC-TV was launched on April 9, 1952 by the Burlington Broadcasting Company as an affiliate of Paramount. After 4 years, Burlington Broadcasting sold WSHC to Metromedia, and Metromedia made WSHC an independent. WSHC became the highest rated independent station in Vermont by 1970. WSHC was even beating WKAW in the ratings.

In 1986, NewsCorp, owned by Rupert Murdoch, bought Metromedia and all the stations that were owned by Metromedia became the nucleus for the FOX Broadcasting network in 1986. NewsCorp then changed the call letters of the station to WFBV. Struggling as a FOX affiliate, once they got the NFL from CBS, WFBV saw their ratings take off and by 2010, they were the best station in the market.

In 2013, WFBV saw their ratings slip a little, but just enough for WKAW to retake the no. 1 station in the market. Since then, they traded spots with WKAW for the top spot in the market.

Canadian viewership
Like the other network stations that serve Plattsburgh and Burlington, WFBV has a large audience in Southern Quebec, Canada. This includes Montreal, a city that is ten times more populous than all of WFBV entire American viewing area combined. For many years, station promos and IDs have read "Plattsburgh/Burlington/Montreal" to acknowledge its large cable viewership in Canada. WFBV is widely carried on cable in the province of Québec as far north as Saguenay and as far east as Gaspé. In addition, Southern Quebec viewers can also pick up WFBV's over the air signal with a well-placed antenna. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's simsub rules mandate cable systems to cover up WFBV's signal with that of CKIA, CFDQ or CIMT within their broadcasting areas when one of those stations is airing the same program at the same time as WFBV.