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WBXH-CD

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Class A TV station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

WBXH-CD
Channels
Branding
  • WBXH (general)
  • 9 News The BIG Xtra Hour (morning newscast)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WAFB
History
FoundedAugust 23, 1989
First air date
September 27, 1990 (34 years ago) (1990-09-27)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 46 (UHF, 1990–2002)
  • Digital: 39 (UHF, 2009–2018)
Call sign meaning
"The Box is Hot!" (former slogan based on affiliation)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID51806
ERP9kW
HAAT134 m (440 ft)
Transmitter coordinates30°26′37″N91°10′54″W / 30.44361°N 91.18167°W /30.44361; -91.18167
Translator(s)WAFB-DT 9.4 (VHF) Baton Rouge
Links
Public license information

WBXH-CD (channel 39) is alow-power,Class A television station inBaton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, affiliated withMyNetworkTV. It is owned byGray Media alongsideCBS affiliateWAFB (channel 9). The two stations share studios on Government Street in downtown Baton Rouge, where WBXH-CD's transmitter is also located.

Even though WBXH-CD broadcasts a digital signal of its own, the low-powerbroadcasting radius only covers the immediate Baton Rouge area. Therefore, it issimulcast instandard definition on WAFB's fourthdigital subchannel in order to reach the entiremarket; this can be seen on channel 9.4 from a transmitter on River Road near the city's Riverbend section.

History

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WBXH began broadcasting on September 27, 1990, and was owned by the Box LP Group who owned low-power affiliates ofThe Box music channel across the United States. In 2001, it became an affiliate ofMTV2. The station operated on UHF channel 46 until WAFB signed-on its digital signal on the same channel in 2002. This led WBXH to change channels to 39. It was purchased by Raycom Media in 2003 and became aUPN affiliate. WBXH was the third and final station in Baton Rouge to be affiliated with the network, as UPN was originally programmed onWBTR from 1995 to 1999 and then onKZUP from 1999 to 2003. It showcased itself as "UPN the Block" and used a duo known as "Rider and the Fish" to promote programming and various locales around Baton Rouge.[2] On January 24, 2006,Time Warner (which was the owner ofThe WB at that time) andCBS Corporation (which purchased UPN at the start of 2006) announced that the WB and UPN networks would be shutting down and that those two companies would combine their resources to create a new television service. The newly combined network would be calledThe CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its respective corporate parents.

On February 22,News Corporation announced that it would start up another new network calledMyNetworkTV. This new service, which would be a sister network toFox, would be operated byFox Television Stations and its syndication divisionTwentieth Television. MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becomingindependent. It was also created to compete against The CW. On March 7, WBXH was announced as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV along with sister stationsWUAB inCleveland andKFVE inHonolulu. Until the September 5 launch of the new network, the UPN branding on WBXH was removed which resulted in the station becoming one of a few non-Foxowned-and-operated UPN stations to do so. In the interim, the station called itself "WBXH the Block."

WBXH's second logo as a MyNetworkTV affiliate, used from 2008 to 2012.

Since becoming a MyNetworkTV affiliate, the station branded itself as "My BR TV," and in 2010, it began identifying itself as "channel 16," as the station is viewed onCox Cable channel 16 in the Baton Rouge area. In other idents, the station identifies itself by its digital channel: 9.4. In September 2012, the station de-emphasized its MyNetworkTV affiliation by rebranding itself as "WBXH Channel 16: Where X marks the spot" and the newscast as9 News Extra after being calledMy 9 News at 9.

On December 17, 2014, the station was licensed for digital operation and changed its call sign to WBXH-CD.

On August 1, 2015, the station addedGrit and Escape (nowIon Mystery) as subchannels; they are also available on Cox Cable channels 128 and 129 in the Baton Rouge market. On June 28, 2021, WBXH-CD2 assumed theMeTV affiliation fromWLFT-CD, pushing Grit and Court TV Mystery each down a subchannel.

On August 31, 2018, WBXH became the first Baton Rouge-area station to change its frequency due to spectrum reallocation, moving from its previous digital channel of 39 to channel 32.

Newscasts

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On January 8, 2007, WAFB began producing a half-hour weeknight 9 p.m. newscast on WBXH under the titleMy 9 News at 9. WAFB's weekday morning newscast is also rebroadcast on this station. The station also airs a live Saturday morning newscast, which is currently the only WAFB-produced newscast airing on WBXH-CA on weekends. On March 3, 2008, WAFB became the first in Baton Rouge and the third in Louisiana to broadcast their local news inhigh definition; the newscasts on WBXH were included in the upgrade. The 9 p.m. newscast was later renamed9 News X-Tra after WBXH de-emphasized its MyNetworkTV affiliation in 2012.

In November 2013, WBXH canceled its 9 p.m. newscast, replacing it with reruns of WAFB's popular program,Sportsline. The station continued airing a unique newscast calledThe Six30, which aired at 6:30 p.m. on weeknights. The newscast was hosted by Steve Caparotta and Greg Meriwether and was geared toward the young adult audience. In August 2014,The Six30 was canceled. On September 8, 2014, WBXH premiered a new news program:9 News This Morning — The Big Xtra Hour, which is a continuation of WAFB's9 News This Morning.[3] The program airs from 7 to 8 a.m. while WAFB airsCBS Mornings, and it features Graham Ulkins, Johnny Ahysen and Diane Deaton with more emphasis on covering weather and traffic around the Greater Baton Rouge area. WBXH does not air a prime time newscast. It also simulcasts the 6 a.m. hour of WAFB's9 News This Morning from its main channel.

Subchannels

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The station's signal ismultiplexed:

Subchannels of WBXH-CD[4]
ChannelRes.AspectShort nameProgramming
39.11080i16:9WBXHMyNetworkTV
39.2480iMeTVMeTV
39.3GritGrit
39.4EscapeIon Mystery

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for WBXH-CD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^"The Fish's bio". September 23, 2004.
  3. ^http://changingnewscasts.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/wbxh-still-have-live-news-with-700-a-m-newscast/The Changing Newscasts Blog, September 3, 2014.
  4. ^RabbitEars TV Query for WBXH-CD

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  • 1Owned byAmerican Spirit Media; Gray operates these stations through anSSA.
  • 2Owned bySagamoreHill Broadcasting; Gray operates these stations through an SSA.
  • 3Owned byTegna Inc.; Gray operates these stations through an SSA.
  • 4Owned by Gray;E. W. Scripps Company operates this station through an SSA.
  • 5Owned byTougaloo College and operated by American Spirit Media through aJSA; Gray provides limited engineering support through an SSA.
  • 6Owned by Branson Visitors TV; Gray holds a 50.1% interest in this company.
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