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==Media== The county maintains and is the licensee of six [[television]] [[broadcast relay station|translator stations]] on two towers, with four located on a tower off [[U.S. Route 13 in Virginia|US 13]] in unincorporated [[Mappsville, Virginia|Mappsville]] licensed to Onancock, and the other two licensed to unincorporated [[Craddockville, Virginia|Craddockville]] on a tower near [[Virginia State Route 178|Route 178]]. Each translator tower has four signals to relay the signals of Hampton Roads's major network affiliates to the county, including [[WAVY-TV|WAVY]], [[WHRO-TV|WHRO]], [[WTKR]], and [[WVEC]]. Meanwhile, [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] programming via [[WVBT]] is provided by WPMC-CA (Channel 36) from the Mappsville tower, a station owned by [[Nexstar Media Group]], the parent company of WAVY/WVBT. Additionally, [[Salisbury, Maryland]] CBS / Fox affiliate [[WBOC-TV]] has long claimed Accomack County as part of its coverage area. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Call letters ! City of license ! Channel ! Station relayed (Network) |- | '''[http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=W14DY-D W14DY-D]''' || Onancock || 14 || WAVY ([[NBC]]) |- | '''[http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=W42DP W42DP]''' || Craddockville || 42 || WAVY (NBC) |- | '''[http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=W25AA-D W25AA-D]''' || Onancock || 25 || WHRO ([[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]) |- | '''[http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=W18EG-D W18EG-D]''' || Onancock || 18 || WAVY (NBC), 18.1<br> WVEC ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), 18.2<br> WTKR ([[CBS]]), 18.3<br>WHRO (PBS), 18.4 |- | '''[http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=W22DN W22DN]''' || Craddockville || 22 || WTKR (CBS) |- | '''[http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=W34DN W34DN]''' || Onancock || 34 || WVEC (ABC) |}
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