WBGH-CA
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| WBGH-CA | |
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| Binghamton, New York | |
| Channels | Analog: 20 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | Newport Television, LLC |
| Founded | September 10, 1995 |
| Call letters’ meaning | W BinGHamton |
| Former callsigns | W08DL (1995-1997) WBGH-LP (1997-2001) |
| Former channel number(s) | 8 (1995-1998) |
| Website | www.newschannel34.com/ |
WBGH-CA is a low-powered, Class-A affiliate of the NBC network, covering the Binghamton area. The station is owned by Newport Television, and operated by WIVT.
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[edit] History
WBGH-CA signed on in 1995 on VHF channel 8 as W08DL, after the market's long time NBC affiliate WICZ became a Fox affiliate, being related to "The Big Switch of 1994-1997". It was initially a partial satellite of Elmira's NBC affiliate WETM-TV, which was owned by Smith Broadcasting. In 1997, W08DL changed its callsign to WBGH-LP. Eventually, WBGH-LP largely separated from the WETM partial simulcast, with the exception of simulcasting that station's newscasts. In 1998, WBGH-LP moved to UHF channel 20 to make way for WICZ's digital signal on channel 8.
In 2000, Smith Broadcasting sold WBGH-LP and WETM, along with Watertown's ABC affiliate WWTI, to the Ackerley Group of Seattle. With this sale, WBGH's last ties with WETM were severed since Ackerley already owned WIVT at the time, and WIVT began controlling WBGH when the deal closed. Shortly after Ackerley assumed control of WBGH-LP, it was upgraded to Class A status and changed its calls to the present-day WBGH-CA. Ackerley was bought out by Clear Channel Communications in 2002.
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Providence Equity Partners[1], with the group deal closing on March 14, 2008.
[edit] Digital TV
WBGH-CA is licensed by the FCC as a low power Class A analog station, and as of 09-24-2007 does not provide digital off-the-air transmissions of its own. As it operates as part of the WIVT twinstick, it is possible that that station's DTV transmitter could be used to carry WBGH on an ATSC subchannel.
The official plan is to broadcast WBGH-CA in HD/Digital in the future with the FCC's digital rollout plan for low power stations.
Time Warner Cable also carries WBGH on digital channel 700.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Clear Channel Communications (2007-04-20). "Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
[edit] External links
- WIVT website (with info on WBGH)
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WBGH-CA
- Broadcast Localism in Binghamton Market, report filed under FCC's Broadcast Localism NOI.
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