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| City | Cambridge, Maryland |
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| History | |
| Founded | December 15, 2011 (2011-12-15) |
First air date | October 2, 2017 (2017-10-02) |
Former call signs | W42EI-D (2011−2017) |
Call sign meaning | We're Between theOcean and theChesapeake |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 187976 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 248.5 m (815 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°30′18″N75°38′36″W / 38.50500°N 75.64333°W /38.50500; -75.64333 |
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| Website | www |
WBOC-LD (channel 42) is alow-power television station licensed toCambridge, Maryland, United States, serving theSalisbury, Maryland,market as an affiliate of the Spanish-language networkTelemundo.[2] It is owned by theDraper Holdings Business Trust alongside dualCBS/Fox affiliateWBOC-TV (channel 16) and low-powerNBC affiliateWRDE-LD (channel 31), as well as eight radio stations.[1] Telemundo Delmarva shares studios with sister station WRDE-LD in Milton, Delaware,[3] and WBOC-LD's transmitter is located nearLaurel. WBOC-LD's programming is repeated on Salisbury-licensedWSJZ-LD (channel 34), with transmitter nearMillsboro, Delaware.
On October 20, 2017, WBOC launched a new channel to be the area's Telemundo affiliate. In November 2017, WBOC-LD secured carriage on Delmarva areacable systems includingComcast Xfinity in Delaware and Maryland andVerizon Fios in Delaware.[4] Also in November, astandard definition simulcast of WBOC-LD started being broadcast on WBOC-TV on channel 42.2. That simulcast ended on August 13, 2018.[5]
In February 2018, the station began producing local news and weather updates inSpanish airing multiple times a day. The newscasts utilize the studio, graphics, music and talent[citation needed] of sister station WBOC-TV. Beginning in April 2019, a simulcast of WBOC-LD started being broadcast on WSJZ-LD on channel 42.3; that facility had been acquired by Draper in 2017.[6] In May 2019, a simulcast of WRDE-LD began being broadcast on a new subchannel.[7] In December 2019, a simulcast of WBOC-LD's Telemundo subchannel started being broadcast on WRDE-LD.
The station moved its license from Georgetown to Cambridge in 2020. In 2021, WBOC-LD moved from digital UHF channel 42 to UHF channel 22. On July 26, 2021, WBOC-TV's Antenna TV subchannel was moved to WBOC-LD and began broadcasting on channel 16.3.
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 42.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Telemun | Telemundo |
| 31.3 | WRDE-LD | NBC | ||
| 16.3 | 480i | WBOC-CL | Antenna TV |
The same channels are broadcast on WSJZ-LD, but with different minor channel numbers: 42.2, 31.4, and 16.4.
Telemundo Delmarva is also rebroadcast as channel 42.2 fromWRDE-LD, which is co-sited with WBOC-LD at the Laurel tower, and WRUE-LD, broadcasting from a site northwest ofPocomoke City. WBOC Classics is broadcast as channel 16.5 from the former but not the latter.
| Station | WRDE-LD | WRUE-LD | WBOC-LD | WSJZ-LD |
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| Transmitter site | Laurel | Pocomoke City | Laurel | Millsboro |
| CoastTV (NBC) | 31.1 | 31.1 | 31.3 | 31.4 |
| Telemundo Delmarva | 42.2 | 42.2 | 42.1 | 42.3 |
| MyCozi TV | 31.2 | 31.2 | ||
| WBOC Classics | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16.4 |
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