WBXC-CD

WBXC-CD

Champaign–Urbana, Illinois United States
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 18
Programming
Affiliations	18.1: Heartland for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Media (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
History
Founded	November 16, 1994 (1994-11-16)
Former call signs	W46CH (1994–2001) WBXC-CA (2001–2015)
Former channel numbers	Analog: 46 (1995–2015) Digital: 46 (2015–2019)
Former affiliations	The Box (until 2001) MTV2 America One (until 2015) Sonlife (2015–201?) Buzzr (201?–2022) The Country Network (2022–2023)
Call sign meaning	Box Channel (former affiliation)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	70428
Class	CD
ERP	15 kW 3 kW (STA)
HAAT	86.4 m (283 ft) 86.9 m (285 ft) (STA)
Transmitter coordinates	40°6′40″N88°14′35″W / 40.11111°N 88.24306°W / 40.11111; -88.24306 (WTBM-CD)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

WBXC-CD (channel 18) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to both Champaign and Urbana, Illinois, United States, affiliated with the country music-oriented diginet Heartland. The station is owned by Gray Media.

History

In March 2022, it was announced that Gray Television would acquire WBXC-CD along with three other stations from L4 Media Group. ^[2]

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WBXC-CD ^[3]

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
18.1	480i	4:3	HeartLA	Heartland
18.2			SonLife	Sonlife
18.3		16:9	OUTLAW	Outlaw
18.4		4:3	Buzzr	Buzzr
18.5			Indepen	365BLK

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WBXC-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. Jackson, Adam (March 18, 2022). "Gray Grows Its LPTV Stable Once Again". Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
3. "RabbitEars TV Query for WBXC". RabbitEars.info . Retrieved January 26, 2025.