WRBJ

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WRBJ
Magee / Jackson, Mississippi
Branding	CW 34
Channels	34 (UHF) analog, no digital
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	Roberts Broadcasting
Founded	2006
Call letters meaning	W Roberts Broadcasting of Jackson
Former affiliations	UPN (January 5-September 17, 2006)
Website	www.cw34jackson.com

WRBJ is a full-powered CW affiliate in Jackson, Mississippi.

WRBJ is owned by St. Louis-based Roberts Broadcasting.

Its studio and sales office are located in Jackson, and its transmitter is located in northern Smith County, north of Raleigh, and licensed to Magee. Unlike other Jackson TV stations, WRBJ's signal may be capable of reaching Hattiesburg and Meridian.

WRBJ began broadcasting as a UPN affiliate via Time Warner Cable on January 5, 2006, and over-the-air broadcasting began on February 8. On March 21, 2006, it was announced that WRBJ will join the new CW network, and on September 18, WRBJ became a CW affiliate.

Ironically, the call letters WRBJ were assigned briefly to Hattiesburg's WDBT (now WFOR-AM), Mississippi's first radio station.

[edit] Digital television

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [1], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before February 18, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, WRBJ will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

[edit] External link

• CW34 Jackson
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WRBJ