ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli ˈoʊnd baɪ vˈɛntʃɚ sˈɪstəmz ænd ˈɛɹɪŋ ɐn ˈænəlˌɑːɡ sˈɪɡnəl ˌɔn jˌuːˌeɪtʃˈɛf tʃˈænəl twˈɛnti sˈɛvən, dˌʌbəljˌuːvˌiːˌɛsbˈiː ɪmˈiːdɪətli tˈʊk ðɪ ˌeɪbˌiːsˈiː ɐfˌɪlɪˈeɪʃən fɹʌm dˌʌbəljˌuːtˌiːvˌiːˈeɪ, wˌɪtʃ kˈæɹid ˌeɪbˌiːsˈiː pɹˈoʊɡɹæmɪŋ ˌɔn ɐ sˈɛkəndɚɹi bˈeɪsɪs.
Originally owned by Venture Systems and airing an analog signal on UHF channel 27, WVSB immediately took the ABC affiliation from WTVA, which carried ABC programming on a secondary basis.