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WBRL

Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Branding	CW21
Channels	21 (UHF) analog, 44.2 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	Communication Corporation of America
Founded	February 1, 1999
Call letters meaning	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Former callsigns	WBBR (1999-2002)
Former affiliations	The WB (1999-2006)
Website	www.wb10.com

WBRL is a class A television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana affiliated with The CW network. It is available to viewers in the south central Louisiana area on channel 21 on broadcast and DirecTV, and on Cox Cable channel 10.

1 CW Network
2 Bankruptcy
3 Trivia
4 Logos
5 External links

[edit] CW Network

On March 7, 2006, Baton Rouge UPN affiliate, WBXH, announced that they will take affiliation with My Network TV in September. On March 9, it was announced that WBRL will affiliated with The CW network.

[edit] Bankruptcy

In June 2006, owner ComCorp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. ComCorp said in a press release viewers and staff would see no changes at the station.

[edit] Trivia

WBRL's logo still uses the WB's 'Michigan J. Frog', a logo discontinued by The WB a few months ago.
Prior to WBRL's sign-on, Baton Rouge's WB affiliate was WTVK-11, a low-powered VHF station, which was owned by Gulf Atlantic Communications Inc. and was also an America One affiliate. The station signed on in 1994 and affiliated with the WB in January 1995, but it was not carried by TCI, the local cable service for Baton Rouge at the time, and only had a broadcasting radius of six miles from its antenna at the Republic Tower on Florida Boulevard. The station eventually failed by 1999, and the WB affiliation went to WBRL.

[edit] Logos

WBRL station logo from 2003-2005.

[edit] External links

www.wb10.com (not updated since 2004)
Query the FCC's TV station database for WBRL

Broadcast television in the Baton Rouge market (Nielsen DMA #93)
WBRZ 2 (ABC) - WAFB 9 (CBS) (The Tube on DT4) - 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)
Local cable television channels
Metro 21 - Cox 4 - Catholic Life Channel 15

CW Network Affiliates in the state of Louisiana

"WBLC" 7¹ (Lake Charles) - "KWMB" 12¹ (Monroe) - KPXJ 21 (Minden) - WBRL-CA 21 (Baton Rouge) - WNOL 38 (New Orleans) - KBCA 41 (Alexandria) - KLWB 50 (New Iberia) ¹It is unclear as of 9/1/06 whether the fictional call letters will be kept, changed, or dropped.
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other Stations in Louisiana

Communications Corp. of America

Corporate Staff: Unknown at this time.

CBS Network Affiliates: WEVV

The CW Network Affiliates: WBRL

Fox Network Affiliates: KADN | KMSS | KPEJ | KWKT/KYLE | WGMB

MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KLAF | KSHV | KWKT/KYLE | WTSN

NBC Network Affiliates: KETK | KTSM | KVEO

Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: None, privately held. | Website: Unknown at this time.