WBXH-CA

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WBXH-CA
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Branding My BR TV (general)
My 9 News at 9 (newscasts)
Channels Analog: 39 (UHF)

Digital: WAFB-DT 46.4 / 9.4 (UHF)
Affiliations MyNetworkTV
Owner Raycom Media
Founded 1995
Call letters’ meaning The BoX is Hot! (former slogan based on affiliation)
Former affiliations The Box (1995-2001)
MTV2 (2001-2003)
UPN (2003-2006)
Transmitter Power 12.2 kW
Website mybrtv.com

WBXH-CA is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Licensed to the city, the station broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter located in Downtown Baton Rouge. WBXH is a low-powered, Class A television station and as a result does not broadcast a digital signal of its own. The station is owned by Raycom Media and is sister station to WAFB, the area's CBS affiliate. Although WBXH has its own web address, it redirects to a separate section of WAFB's website. The two stations share broadcast facilities located on Government Street in Downtown Baton Rouge. WBXH is known on-air as "My BR TV".

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[edit] History

WBXH began broadcasting in 1995 and was owned by the Box LP Group, who owned low-power affiliates of The Box music channel across the United States. WBXH operated on channel 46 until WAFB signed their digital station on the same channel in 2002. This led to the purchase of the station by Raycom Media in 2003. Its previous nickname was "The Block".

In 2009, WAFB's digital signal at channel 46 will move to channel 9 when the analog to digital conversion is complete. [1] However, WAFB on digital can be tuned in by dialling channel 9, using PSIP technology.

[edit] Digital Television

On WAFB-DT4 is a full power standard definition digital signal of MyNetworkTV affiliate WBXH-CA. Due to its Class A status, that station does not broadcast a digital signal of its own.

Channel Programming
9.4 / 46.4 Main WBXH programming - MyBRTV / MyNetworkTV HD

[edit] MyNetworkTV

On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN networks announced that they would end broadcasting and merge. The newly combined network would be called The CW, the letters representing the first initial of its corporate parents CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. Shortly after the announcement of The CW, News Corporation announced that it would launch a sister network to FOX known as MyNetworkTV for stations left out of the merger.

On March 7, 2006, WBXH was announced as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV along with two other Raycom Media-owned stations. Until the September 5, 2006 launch of MyNetworkTV, the UPN branding on WBXH was removed which resulted in WBXH becoming one of a few non-FOX O&O UPN stations to do so.

[edit] Newscasts

On January 8, 2007, sister station WAFB began to produce a weeknight 9 PM newscast for WBXH. The station rebroadcasts the weekday morning WAFB newscast at 7 AM and the Noon newscast at 12:30 PM.

[edit] News Team

Anchor

  • Greg Meriwether
  • Jack Jackson - fill-in anchor

Meteorologist

  • Steve Caparotta

Sports

  • Steve Schneider

Reporters

  • Avery Davidson
  • Cheryl Mercedes
  • Caroline Moses
  • Keitha Nelson
  • Jim Shannon
  • Tyana Williams

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf

[edit] External links

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Broadcast television in the Baton Rouge market  (Nielsen DMA #93)

WBRZ 2 (ABC) - WAFB 9 (CBS) - KPBN-LP 11 (A1) - KZUP-CA 19 (IND) - WBRL-CA 21 (The CW) - WLPB 27 (PBS/LPB) - WLFT-CA 30 (IND) - WVLA 33 (NBC) - KWBJ-LP 39 (A1) - WBXH-CA 39 (MyNetworkTV) - KBTR-CA 41 (IND) - WGMB 44 (FOX) - K48IT 48 (TBN)
Local Cable Television channels
Metro 21 - Cox 4 - Catholic Life
See also: Broadcast television stations in the Lafayette, Alexandria, and New Orleans, Louisiana Markets
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MyNetworkTV Network Affiliates in the state of Louisiana

WBXH-CA 39 (Baton Rouge) - KSHV 45 (Shreveport) - K47DW 47 / K61GO 61 / K51FO 521 (Alexandria/Hicks/Leesville) - WUPL 54 (Slidell) - KLAF-LP 62 (Opelousas)

1Stations are repeaters of WNTZ Natchez, MS
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Louisiana
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Raycom Media
Corporate Staff
Paul McTear (President & CEO) · Wayne Daugherty · Marty Edelman · Leon Long · Jeff Rosser · Anne Adkins · Clyde Baucom · Rebecca Bryan · David Folsom · Mary Carloe McDonnell · Billy McDowell · Susana Schuler · Melissa Thurber
Network Affiliates

ABC Network Affiliates: KAIT · KLTV · KTRE · WLOX · WTVM

CBS Network Affiliates: KFVS · KOLD · KSLA · WAFB · WBTV  · WCSC  · WOIO · WTOC · WTOL · WTVR3

The CW Network Affiliates: WQWQ · WUPV1

Fox Network Affiliates: WDFX · WFLX · WFXG1 · WPGX · WSFX1 · WTNZ · WXIX · WXTX1

MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KFVE · WBXH · WUAB

NBC Network Affiliates: KCBD · KHNL/KHBC/KOGG  · KPLC · WAFF · WALB · WAVE · WDAM  · WECT · WFIE · WIS · WLBT · WMBF2  · WMC · WSFA · WWBT

1Raycom Media owns and operates these stations through Southeastern Media Holdings. 2Scheduled to begin broadcasting in 2008. 3Subject to sale once a buyer is found.
Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: 4,200 · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: www.raycommedia.com