WCYR

WCYR is The CW affiliate serving Charlottesville, Virginia and the Charlottesville Market. Broadcasting on channel 46, WCYR is owned and operated by Island Television as part of a duopoly with WBCV. Launched in 1998, WCYR was an affiliate of The WB, when they were one of The WB 100+ Station Group. After the merger of The WB and UPN to form The CW, WCYR became an affiliate of The CW. WCYR was owned by Cox Communications, who sold the station to Gray Communications in 2002 before Gray sold the station to Island Television. In addition to running The CW schedule, WCYR airs syndicated programming, including The Jerry Springer Show, The Steve Wilkos Show, and Maury. WCYR also operates a subchannel: 46.2 (for UPN Retro).

History
The origins of WCYR began on September 21, 1998, back when it was known as cable only "WBHA" and "WBC", a cable-only affiliates of The WB Television Network that was originally managed and promoted by Cox Communications alongside the launch ofThe WB 100+ Station Group, a similar service to The CW Plus that was created to expand national coverage of The WB via primarily local origination channels managed by cable providers in markets ranked above #100 by Nielsen Media Research. Since it was a cable-exclusive outlet and therefore not licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the channel used the "WBHA" and "WBC" callsigns in a fictional manner. Prior to the launch of the cable channels, residents in the Charlottesville and Harrisonburg markets were only able to receive WB network programming on cable via the network's Washington, D.C. affiliate WVBW. Cox Communications sold the station to Gray Communications in 2002.

On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced the two networks would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined service would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of corporate parents "C"BS (the parent company of UPN) and the "W"arner Bros. unit of Time Warner. At the network's launch on September 18, WCYR became an affiliate of the CW, and 2 months later, shortly after Gray purchase, Gray sold both WBCV and WCYR to Island Television.

Newscast
After purchase, WBCV started producing newscasts for WCYB.

Newscast Title

 * Good Day, Charlottesville (7-8 AM)
 * ABC 2 News @ 10 on CW 46 (10-11 AM)