WBUY-TV

WBUY-TV
Holly Springs, Mississippi/
Memphis, Tennessee
United States
City Holly Springs, Mississippi
Channels Digital: 41 (UHF)
(to move to 26 (UHF))
Virtual: 40 (PSIP)
Subchannels 40.1 - TBN
40.2 - Hillsong Channel
40.3 - JUCE TV/Smile
40.4 - Enlace
40.5 - TBN Salsa
Affiliations TBN (1993–present; O&O since 2001)
Owner Trinity Broadcasting Network
(TCCSA, Inc., d/b/a Trinity Broadcasting Network)
First air date September 1991 (1991-09)[1]
Call letters' meaning BUY (artifact of former HSN affiliation)
Sister station(s) WPGD-TV, WELF-TV
Former callsigns WBUY (1991–2003)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
40 (UHF, 1991–2009)
Former affiliations HSN (1991–1993)
Transmitter power 1000 kW
736 kW (CP)
Height 317 m (1,040 ft)
Facility ID 60830
Transmitter coordinates 35°16′33″N 89°46′38″W / 35.27583°N 89.77722°W / 35.27583; -89.77722
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.tbn.org

WBUY-TV, virtual channel 40 (UHF digital channel 41), is a TBN owned-and-operated television station serving Memphis, Tennessee, United States that is licensed to Holly Springs, Mississippi. The station is owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. WBUY's studios are located on Cazassa Road in the southeast section of Memphis, and its transmitter is located near Arlington.

History

WBUY first signed on the air in September 1991 as an affiliate of HSN (Home Shopping Network); the last three letters of the station's call sign incidentally reflected this affiliation. In 1993, the station was sold to Mobile, Alabama-based Sonlight Broadcasting and became a TBN affiliate, carrying most of the network's schedule while opting out at times to air alternate programming. In 2001, WBUY was acquired by TBN and began airing the network full-time.

Digital television

This station's digital signal, like most other full-service TBN owned-and-operated stations, carries five different TBN-run networks.

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
40.1480i4:3TBNMain TBN programming
40.2TCCHillsong Channel
40.3COMBOJUCE TV/Smile
40.4EnlaceEnlace
40.5SALSATBN Salsa

TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[2]

WBUY-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 40 on that date.[3] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 41, using PSIP to display WBUY-TV's virtual channel as 40 on digital television receivers.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says September 13, while the Television and Cable Factbook says September 15.
  2. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WBUY
  3. ↑ List of Digital Full-Power Stations
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