WBGT-CD

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WBGT-CD
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Channels
BrandingMy18
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Vision Communications
  • (Stellar Television, LLC)
History
FoundedJuly 13, 1987
First air date
February 2, 1998(26 years ago) (1998-02-02)
Former call signs
  • W40AG (1987–1996)
  • WBGT-LP (1996–2006)
  • WBGT-CA (2006–2012)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 40 (UHF, 1987–2009)
Call sign meaning
We're Big Television
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 10318
Class CD
ERP 15 kW
HAAT 96.9 m (317.9 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 43°8′7″N77°35′6″W / 43.13528°N 77.58500°W / 43.13528; -77.58500
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Public license information

WBGT-CD (channel 46) is a low-power, Class A television station in Rochester, New York, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. Owned by Vision Communications, the station has studios on Buffalo Road (NY 33) in the town of Gates (with a Rochester postal address), and its transmitter is located on Pinnacle Hill. It can also be seen on Charter Spectrum channel 18 (hence the My 18 branding).

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History

The original WBGT-CD logo, being there from 1998-2003. WBGT-LPLogo1998-2003%3F.png
The original WBGT-CD logo, being there from 1998-2003.

WBGT-CD began operations as WBGT-LP on February 2, 1998. For its first ten months on-air, it was an independent station under the Big TV branding, before it became an UPN affiliate in November of that year (UPN programming prior to its affiliation was primarily available only on cable/satellite systems via O&O WWOR-TV, while WUHF had a secondary affiliation with the network). Despite the affiliation, the station used the branding throughout most of the years of the network, [2] only ditching it after 2003. The Victor translator was added in 1999, and in 2001, Time Warner Cable (predecessor of Charter Spectrum) added WBGT-LP to its lineup. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that the networks would end broadcasting and merge to form The CW, which signed with cable-only WB affiliate WRWB (the forerunner of WHAM-DT2). Several weeks later, MyNetworkTV was announced by Fox as an alternative for UPN or WB affiliates not chosen by the CW. WBGT-LP quickly signed an affiliation deal with MyNetworkTV, and joined the network at its launch on September 5, 2006. Around this time, the suffix was changed from "-LP" to "-CA".

The station has never been added to DirecTV or Dish Network; it has no must-carry rights as a low-power operation. Eventually, when it signed on its digital facilities, the station's calls were changed to WBGT-CD.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannel of WBGT-CD [3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
46.1 720p 16:9 WBGT MyNetworkTV
46.2 480i 4:3 ThisTV This TV
46.416:9DABL Dabl
46.5Decades Catchy Comedy
46.7Movies Movies!
46.8TheGrio TheGrio

Former translator

WBGT-CD was formerly also seen over-the-air on analog repeater W26BZ (channel 26) in Victor, which is no longer licensed. This broadcast from a transmitter south of Perinton's Egypt hamlet along the MonroeOntario county line. This translator was replaced with another, WGCE-CD, some time before 2018; WGCE was spun off to HC2 Holdings in August 2018. [4]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WBGT-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "BigTV WBGT aka UPN Lineup Promo". YouTube .
  3. RabbitEars TV Query for WBGT-CD
  4. Jarro, Summer (August 22, 2018). "HC2 Strikes Again With Two More Station Buys | Radio & Television Business Report".