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WBND-LP, ABC 57 is an ABC affiliate based in South Bend, Indiana. The Weigel Broadcasting outlet operates at channel 57 with an ERP of 58.2Kw.
[edit] History
WBND originally signed on the air as W58BT channel 58 on March 10, 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. In 1996, 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 (now SBT2) digital subchannel.
In January 2008 the station inaugurated its news department and currently runs an 11 minute long, 11pm newscast nightly. Like its Milwaukee sister station WDJT (Channel 58), ABC-57 puts emphasis on providing an early weather forecast. WBND is the fourth Weigel station to carry a newscast besides WDJT in Milwaukee and their sister stations WMLW-CA and WYTU-LP.
[edit] Digital TV
WBND received a construction permit (CP) from the FCC on March 21, 2007 for a companion digital channel; and on September 14, 2007, began broadcasting the digital/HDTV feed on UHF frequency 49, mapped via PSIP to channel 57-1. The station had been providing an HD feed to local cable operators for over a year.
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