W50CI-D

W50CI-D
Louisville, Kentucky
United States
Channels Digital: 50 (UHF)
Virtual: 50 (PSIP)
Subchannels 50.1 Buzzr
50.2 HSN
50.3 SBN
Owner Word Broadcasting Network, Inc.
(Word Broadcasting Network)
Operator South Central Communications
Sister station(s) KBPX-LD, WBNA, WJDE-LD
Former callsigns W49AX (December 3, 1998)
W50CI (1998-2010)
Former channel number(s) Analog: 50 (UHF, 1998-2010)
Former affiliations MTV2 [1]
Transmitter power 15 kW
Height 708 feet (216 m)
Facility ID 61015
Transmitter coordinates 38°21′55″N 85°50′24″W / 38.36528°N 85.84000°W / 38.36528; -85.84000

W50CI-D is a low-powered television station licensed to and serving Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Its main channel has carried Buzzr since March 2017, and was previously a simulcast of WBNA channel 21, the former ION Television affiliated independent station. The station is owned by Word Broadcasting Network, and operated by South Central Communications. Its transmitter is located in northeastern Floyd County, Indiana just off Indiana State Road 111 just west of Sellersburg.

History

The station's construction permit was granted in 1998 under the callsign W49AX. The calls were changed to W50CI in December 1998. The station signed on as an over-the-air outlet of MTV2, and remained with that network until WBXV-LP took over the affiliation. W50CI became affiliated with the Home Shopping Network in the early 2000s. In 2013, the main channel became a translator of WBNA, with HSN on the DT2 subchannel. W50CI-D became a Buzzr affiliate in March 2017, becoming the second television station in Kentucky to affiliate with that station over two years after the LD2 subchannel of Bowling Green Antenna TV affiliate WCZU-LD.

Programming

W50CI-D airs the Home Shopping Network and Sonlife Broadcasting Network on its subchannels, and the main channel airs the Buzzr network. All subchannels transmit in a 4:3 480i standard definition picture.

References

  1. ↑ Westerburg, Girard. FM and TV DX (Analog TV images) DXFM.com from Lexington, KY.
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