The two stations share studios on Rio East Court in Charlottesville; WVAW-LD's transmitter is located on Carters Mountain south of the city.

Washington's WTTG and Richmond's WRIC-TV, WWBT and WTVR-TV remained available for some time in less prominent channel assignments on basic, then digital tiers before being gradually removed.

The WAHU-CD license was not included in the sale, and would be retained by Gray as a translator to WVIR-TV, eventually moving to the WVIR-CD call; WAHU's programming with Fox, MeTV and AccuWeather affiliations were redistributed among WCAV and WVAW-LD subchannels.

WVAW and its sister stations employ the largest television news team dedicated exclusively to the Charlottesville market.

While WVIR dedicates some staff to adjacent areas, WVAW focuses its coverage solely on the counties that comprise the Charlottesville television market.