WZBJ-CD

WZBJ-CD
(translator of WZBJ, Danville, Virginia)
Lynchburg/Roanoke, Virginia
United States
City Lynchburg, Virginia
Branding WZBJ 24
Channels Digital: 43 (UHF)
(to move to 19 (UHF))
Virtual: 24 (PSIP)
Subchannels 24.1 MyNetworkTV
24.2 Cozi TV
24.3 Decades
Owner Gray Television
(Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
First air date January 1991 (1991-01)
Call letters' meaning Disambiguation of WDBJ
Sister station(s) WDBJ, WZBJ
Former callsigns W19BC (1991–2000)
WTLU-CA (2000–2012)
WTLU-LD (2007–2012)
WTLU-CD (2012–2015)
WLHG-CD (2015–2018)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
19 (UHF, 1991–2004)
50 (UHF, 2004–2012)
Digital:
43 (PSIP, 2010–2018)
Former affiliations Religious (2007–2018)
Transmitter power 15 kW
Height 189 m (620 ft)
Class CD
Facility ID 168095
Transmitter coordinates 37°21′32.9″N 79°9′31.3″W / 37.359139°N 79.158694°W / 37.359139; -79.158694
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information:
(translator of WZBJ, Danville, Virginia) Profile

(translator of WZBJ, Danville, Virginia) CDBS
Website www.wdbj7.com/station/wzbj24/

WZBJ-CD, virtual channel 24 (UHF digital channel 43), is a low-powered, Class A television station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, United States and also serving Roanoke. Owned by Gray Television, it is a translator of Danville-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WZBJ (channel 24); the WZBJ stations collectively serve as a sister outlet to Roanoke-licensed CBS affiliate WDBJ (channel 7). WDBJ and WZBJ share studios on Hershberger Road in northwest Roanoke; WZBJ-CD's transmitter is located on Candlers Mountain near the campus of the station's former owner, Liberty University.

History

The station first came on the air in January 1991 as W19BC channel 19, a translator station for FamilyNet, a network owned at the time by Liberty University founder Jerry Falwell. On September 1, 1991, W19BC began originating programming and became a 24/7 local LPTV station. In 2000, it changed its callsign to WTLU-CA. The station previously branded itself as HopeNow.tv. The station's digital transmitter, WTLU-LD on channel 43, signed on in 2010; in 2012, the analog WTLU-CA transmitter went dark, and its Class A status was transferred to the digital license as WTLU-CD. The call letters changed to WLHG-CD in 2015.

On April 30, 2018, Gray Television announced it would purchase WLHG-CD from Liberty University for $50,000. Under the terms of the transaction, Gray would hold an option agreement to acquire WFFP-TV, and enter into a shared services agreement (to take effect on June 15), whereby Gray would provide programming for and receive a share of the programming and advertising revenue accrued by WLHG and WFFP, which would in turn become sister stations to Gray's existing property in the Roanoke–Lynchburg market, CBS affiliate WDBJ, a station that shares its physical channel spectrum with WFFP.[1][2]

Gray took control of WLHG-CD as scheduled on June 15. On the same day, it began simulcasting WDBJ's MyNetworkTV subchannel "My 19" on WLHG-CD. While the station moved to Gray's control, the station's PSIP virtual channel system was not in use, rendering WLHG's channels temporarily as 43.3 and 43.4. On September 1, 2018, the call letters were changed to WZBJ-CD, and it began sharing virtual channel 24 with the full-power WZBJ license (which concurrently changed call letters from WFFP-TV).

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[3]
24.11080i16:9WLHG-CDMain WZBJ-CD programming / MyNetworkTV (simulcast of WZBJ)
24.2Cozi TV
24.3480iDecades

References

  1. ↑ Jacobson, Adam (April 30, 2018). "Gray: At Liberty To Expand In Virginia". Radio-Television Business Report. Streamline-RBR, Inc. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Station Trading Roundup: 7 Deals, $571.7M". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. May 1, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WZBJ-CD

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