WBND-LP

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WBND-LP

South Bend, Indiana
Branding	ABC 57
Slogan	South Bend's ABC Station
Channels	57 (UHF) analog, 49 (UHF) (pending) digital
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Weigel Broadcasting (WBND-TV Limited Partnership)
Founded	1990
Call letters meaning	South Bend
Former callsigns	W58BT (1990-1995)
Former affiliations	Fox (1990-1995), UPN (secondary, late 1990s)
Website	www.abc57.com

WBND-LP, ABC 57, is an ABC affiliate based in South Bend, Indiana. The Weigel Broadcasting outlet operates at channel 57 with a ERP of 58.2Kw.

[edit] History

WBND originally signed on the air as W58BT, channel 58, in 1990. During its first five years, the station aired regular Fox programming until 1995, when it picked up the ABC affiliation from WSJV, who dropped the network for W58BT's Fox affiliation. They also changed their call letters to WBND that same year. During the 1990s, the station picked up a secondary affiliation with UPN. In 2002 they switched channels to 57 due to WSJV occupying the channel 58 frequency for its DTV signal, and in 2003 they lost their secondary UPN affiliation to WSBT's UPN Michiana digital subchannel.

[edit] Digital TV

Though WBND's low-power signal does not have a digital counterpart, the station has initiated a digital/HDTV feed to local cable operators. The station has applied for a companion digital channel.

WBND received a construction permit (CP) from the FCC on 03/21/2007 for the companion digital channel, and is expected to begin broadcasting soon.

[edit] External link

Query the FCC's TV station database for WBND-LP

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Broadcast television in the South Bend/Elkhart market (Nielsen DMA #87)
WYGN-LP 12 (3ABN) - WNDU 16 (NBC) - W18CF 18 (TBN) - WSBT 22 (CBS) (ind. on DT2) - WCWW-LP 25 (CW) - WSJV 28 (Fox) - WNIT 34 (PBS) - WHME 46 (LeSEA) - WBND-LP 57 (ABC) - WMYS-LP 69 (MNTV)

ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Indiana
WRTV 6 (Indianapolis) - WPTA 21 (Fort Wayne) - WEHT 25 (Evansville) - WBND-LP 57 (South Bend)
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Religious and Other stations in the state of Indiana