WBIF

WBIF

Marianna/Panama City, Florida
Channels	Analog: 51 (UHF)
Affiliations	RTN
Owner	Equity Media Holdings Corporation (EBC Panama City, Inc.)
First air date	2001
Former affiliations	Pax TV (2001-2004) UPN (2004-2006)
Transmitter Power	1970 kW
Height	254 m
Facility ID	81594
Transmitter Coordinates	30°30′42.7″N, 85°29′16.9″W

WBIF is a television station licensed to Marianna, Florida, serving the Panama City, Florida market on channel 51. Founded in 2001, the station is owned by Equity Broadcasting. It started as an affiliate of Pax TV until it joined UPN in 2004.

In addition to RTN programming, WBIF also shows Tampa Bay Rays baseball from the Rays Television Network.

On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB announced that they would merge to form a new network, The CW. As WJHG-TV will be taking an affiliation with the new network, as well as News Corporation's MyNetworkTV, WBIF became an owned-and-operated station of the Retro Television Network.

[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 17, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, WBIF will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

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v • d • e Broadcast television in the Panama City, Florida market (Nielsen DMA #154)

WPAF-LP 2 (Ind) - WTVY 4 (CBS, MNTV on DT2 & The CW on DT3) - W06CQ 6 (Ind) - WJHG 7 (NBC, The CW on DT2 & MNTV on DT3) - WMBB 13 (ABC) - WPFN-CA 22 (A1) - WWEO-CA 24 (FamilyNet) - WPGX 28 (Fox) - W34DH 34 (TBN) - WPCT 46 (Info) - WBIF 51 (RTN) - WFSG 56 (PBS) Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location Tallahassee: WCTV 6 (CBS) - WTXL 27 (ABC)

See also: Broadcast television stations in the Dothan, Pensacola-Mobile and Tallahassee Markets

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Dothan / Ozark market (Nielsen DMA #172)

WDIQ 2/WGIQ 43 (PBS/APT) - WTVY 4 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2 & The CW on DT3) - WJJN-LP 5 (Ind/FN) - WDHN 18 (ABC) - WDFX 34 (Fox) Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location Panama City: WJHG 7 (NBC) - WBIF 51 (RTN) Montgomery: WSFA 12 (NBC) - WRJM 67 (MNTV)

See also: Broadcast television stations in the Pensacola-Mobile, Columbus, Albany and Tallahassee Markets

v • d • e Other Television Stations in the state of Florida

Miami - Fort Lauderdale: WPXM 35 (ION, Miami) - WGAY-LP 41 (Ind., Key West) - WHDT-LP 44 (Ind., Miami) - WBEC 63 (Educational, Fort Lauderdale) Tampa - St. Petersburg: WPDS-LP 14 (Educational, Largo) - WARP-CA 20 (MTV2, Tampa) - WMOR 32 (Ind. / 4Kids TV, Lakeland) - WSPF-CA 35 (St. Petersburg City Access, St. Petersburg) - WZRA-CA 48 (Ethnic / America One / NTV / CTV Canada, Oldsmar) - WXPX 66 (ION, Bradenton) Jacksonville: WJXT 4 (Ind., Jacksonville) - WJXE-LP 15 (Ind., Jacksonville) - WQXT-CA 22 (America One, St. Augustine) - WBXJ-CA 43 (MTV2, Jacksonville) - WPXJ-LP 54 (ION, Jacksonville) Tallahassee - Thomasville: WBXT-CA 43 (MTV2, Tallahassee) Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne: WRDQ 27 (Ind., Orlando) - WZXZ-CA 36 (Unknown, Orlando) - WOPX 56 (ION, Melbourne) West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce: WHDT 59 (DW/Ind., Stuart) - WBEC 63 (Educational, Boca Raton) - WPXP 67 (ION, Lake Worth) Panama City: WPCT 46 (Tourist, Panama City Beach) - WBIF 51 (RTN, Marianna) Pensacola / Mobile: WRBD-LP 8 (Ind./A1, Pensacola) - WBQP-CA 12 (A1/S@H/MTV2, Pensacola) - WJTC 44 (Ind., Pensacola) - WFBD 48 (A1, Destin) - WPAN 53 (S@H/JTV, Fort Walton Beach) - WAWD 58 (Tourist, Fort Walton Beach)

See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS, Religious, and Spanish stations in Florida