WEVV-TV

WEVV-TV
	Evansville, Indiana; United States;
Channels	Digital: 28 (UHF); Virtual: 44;
Branding	44News; 44.1: CBS44; 44.2: Fox44;
Programming
Affiliations	44.1: CBS; 44.2: Fox/MyNetworkTV; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Allen Media Group; (sale to Gray Media pending); ; (BCBE License Subsidiary, LLC);
History
First air date	November 17, 1983
Former channel numbers	Analog: 44 (UHF, 1983–2009); Digital: 45 (UHF, 2006–2019);
Former affiliations	Independent (1983–1987); Fox (1987–1995);
Call sign meaning	Evansville ("EVV" is also the IATA code for Evansville Regional Airport)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	72041
ERP	243 kW
HAAT	310.7 m (1,019 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°53′17.2″N 87°32′37″W / 37.888111°N 87.54361°W
Translator(s)	WEEV-LD 47.1 Evansville (44.2)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.wevv.com

WEVV-TV (channel 44) is a television station in Evansville, Indiana, United States, affiliated with CBS, Fox, and MyNetworkTV. Owned by Allen Media Group, the station maintains studios on Carpenter and Bond streets in downtown Evansville and a transmitter at John James Audubon State Park in Henderson, Kentucky.

WEVV-TV began broadcasting on November 17, 1983, as an independent station. Put on the air by local investors, it was owned from 1985 to 1999 by Ralph C. Wilson Industries. The station became affiliated with Fox in 1986, moved to new downtown studio facilities in 1990, and launched a local news department in 1992, initially providing the market's first 9 p.m. local newscast. In 1995, a three-station affiliation switch resulted in WEVV becoming a CBS affiliate. Wilson sold the station to Communications Corporation of America (ComCorp) in 1999; it was ComCorp's only broadcast property outside of Texas and Louisiana. The news department was shuttered due to low ratings in July 2001.

In 2011, an affiliation dispute led to WEVV becoming the Fox affiliate again, this time on its 44.2 subchannel. After Bayou City Broadcasting acquired WEVV in 2014, it moved the station into its present facilities and relaunched local news in August 2015. Allen acquired the station in 2019. WEVV produces local newscasts for air on its CBS and Fox subchannels.