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| Branding | WGBS-TV 7 |
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First air date | March 1994 (1994-03) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 31350 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 2.7 kW |
| HAAT | 116 m (381 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°51′39.1″N76°21′9.6″W / 36.860861°N 76.352667°W /36.860861; -76.352667 |
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Public license information | LMS |
WGBS-LD (channel 7) is alow-power television station licensed toCarrollton, Virginia, United States, serving theHampton Roads area and primarily airingpaid programming. The station is owned by Joan Wright.
The station began broadcasting in March 1994. For most of the 1990s, the station was a low-powerindependent outlet known as "Genesis TV7", mixing programs from theAmerican Independent Network with local programs, some of them Christian, such asMorning Praise,Peninsula SportsCenter, and a community bulletin board. It originally broadcast from the former studio ofWVEC inHampton;[2] the signal was broadcast from its former tower.[3] In 1996, the station moved its studio to theNewmarket Fair shopping mall.[4]
In 1998,Cox Communications removed WGBS-LP from its lineup in Hampton as part of a move to consolidate lineups in different Hampton Roads municipalities. The removal forced Genesis TV7 to lay off 10 employees and scale back its local programming.[4][5]
The founders, Kenneth and Joan Wright, separated in 2017. In 2020, they signed an agreement whereby Kenneth transferred all of his interest in WGBS-LD to Joan Wright.[6]
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 7.1 | 480i | 4:3 | WGBS-LD | Infomercials |
| 7.2 | Color bars |
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