The station first came on the air on January 23, 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-CD 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.[2][3]
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 virtual channel system was not in use, rendering WLHG-CD'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).
Conversion to ATSC 3.0edit
In September 2022, WZBJ-CD dropped the ATSC 1.0 transmission in favor of ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV).[4] WZBJ-CD is operating as a 'lighthouse' station[5] and broadcasting the main sub channel feeds of the other Roanoke / Lynchburg stations. Initially, the stations were offered in the same format of 1080i and 720p as broadcast by the ATSC 1.0 stations, but were upgraded to 1080p for CBS, NBC and MyN.[6]
Subchannelsedit
The station's ATSC 1.0 channels are carried on the multiplexed signals of other Lynchburg television stations:
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^"Station Trading Roundup: 7 Deals, $571.7M". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. May 1, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
^"Major Broadcasters Launch NextGen TV Signals in Roanoke-Lynchburg". tvtechnology.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
^"NextGen TV: Using the Lighthouse Model to Make the Transition to ATSC 3.0". amplify.nabshow.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
^"Digital TV Market Listing for WZBJ-CD". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
^"Digital TV Market Listing for WSET-TV". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
^"Digital TV Market Listing for WWCW". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
^"Digital TV Market Listing for WZBJ-CD". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
External linksedit
Official website
January 01, 1970
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WZBJ CD channel 24 is a low power Class A television station licensed to Lynchburg Virginia United States It is a translator of Danville licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WZBJ channel 24 which is owned by Gray Television the WZBJ stations collectively serve as a sister outlet to Roanoke licensed CBS affiliate WDBJ channel 7 WZBJ CD s transmitter is located on Candlers Mountain near the campus of the station s former owner Liberty University its parent station shares studios with WDBJ on Hershberger Road in northwest Roanoke WZBJ CDATSC 3 0 station Translator of WZBJ Danville VirginiaLynchburg Roanoke VirginiaUnited StatesCityLynchburg VirginiaChannelsDigital 19 UHF Virtual 24BrandingWZBJ 24ProgrammingAffiliations24 1 MyNetworkTV24 2 Cozi TV24 3 Catchy ComedyOwnershipOwnerGray Television Gray Television Licensee LLC Sister stationsWDBJ WZBJHistoryFoundedJuly 28 1989First air dateJanuary 23 1991 33 years ago 1991 01 23 Former call signsW19BC 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 UHF 2010 2019 Former affiliationsFamilyNet 1991 Religious 1991 2018 Call sign meaningTaken from WDBJTechnical information 1 Licensing authorityFCCFacility ID168095ClassCDERP15 kWHAAT190 4 m 625 ft Transmitter coordinates37 21 33 5 N 79 9 32 W 37 359306 N 79 15889 W 37 359306 79 15889LinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSWebsitewww wbr wdbj7 wbr com wbr page wbr wzbj24 wbr Contents 1 History 2 Conversion to ATSC 3 0 3 Subchannels 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe station first came on the air on January 23 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 CD 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 2 3 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 virtual channel system was not in use rendering WLHG CD 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 Conversion to ATSC 3 0 editIn September 2022 WZBJ CD dropped the ATSC 1 0 transmission in favor of ATSC 3 0 NextGen TV 4 WZBJ CD is operating as a lighthouse station 5 and broadcasting the main sub channel feeds of the other Roanoke Lynchburg stations Initially the stations were offered in the same format of 1080i and 720p as broadcast by the ATSC 1 0 stations but were upgraded to 1080p for CBS NBC and MyN 6 Subchannels editThe station s ATSC 1 0 channels are carried on the multiplexed signals of other Lynchburg television stations Subchannels provided by WZBJ CD ATSC 1 0 7 8 Channel Res Aspect Short name Programming ATSC 1 0 host 24 1 1080i 16 9 WZBJ24 Simulcast of WZBJ MyNetworkTV WSET TV 24 2 480i Cozi Cozi TV WWCW 24 3 Decades Catchy Comedy WZBJ CD itself broadcasts the principal commercial stations in the market and itself in ATSC 3 0 format Subchannels of WZBJ CD ATSC 3 0 9 Channel Res Aspect Short name Programming 7 1 1080p 16 9 WDBJ CBS WDBJ 10 1 WSLS HD NBC WSLS TV 13 1 720p WSET HD ABC WSET TV 21 2 WFXR HD Fox WFXR 24 1 1080p WZBJ CD MyNetworkTV WZBJ References edit Facility Technical Data for WZBJ CD Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission Jacobson Adam April 30 2018 Gray At Liberty To Expand In Virginia Radio Television Business Report Streamline RBR Inc Retrieved May 2 2018 Station Trading Roundup 7 Deals 571 7M TVNewsCheck NewsCheck Media May 1 2018 Retrieved May 2 2018 Major Broadcasters Launch NextGen TV Signals in Roanoke Lynchburg tvtechnology com Retrieved July 25 2023 NextGen TV Using the Lighthouse Model to Make the Transition to ATSC 3 0 amplify nabshow com Retrieved July 25 2023 Digital TV Market Listing for WZBJ CD www rabbitears info Retrieved July 25 2023 Digital TV Market Listing for WSET TV www rabbitears info Retrieved January 7 2023 Digital TV Market Listing for WWCW www rabbitears info Retrieved January 7 2023 Digital TV Market Listing for WZBJ CD www rabbitears info Retrieved July 25 2023 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WZBJ CD amp oldid 1210835731, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
