WRBJ (TV)

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WRBJ
Magee/Jackson, Mississippi
Branding	CW 34
Channels	Analog: 34 (UHF)
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	Roberts Broadcasting Company (Roberts Broadcasting Company of Jackson, MS, LLC)
First air date	February 8, 2006
Call letters’ meaning	Roberts Broadcasting of Jackson
Former affiliations	UPN (2/8/2006-9/17/2006)
Transmitter Power	1400 kW
Height	374.6 m
Facility ID	136749
Transmitter Coordinates	32°7′19″N, 89°32′52″W
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. Only since September 2006 when Roberts Broadcasting bought out Urban radio station WRJH did those call letters return to the market.

[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, WRBJ will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

[edit] External links

• CW34 Jackson
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WRBJ
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WRBJ-TV

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Jackson, MS market  (Nielsen DMA #90) WLBT 3 (NBC) - WBXK-CA 8 (silent) - WBMS-CA 10 (Ind.) - WJTV 12 (CBS) - WAPT 16 (ABC) - W23BC 23 (Colours TV/A1) - WXMS-LP 27 (Ind.) - WMPN 29 / WMAU 17 (PBS/MPB) - WRBJ 34 (CW) - WUFX 35 (MNTV) - WDBD 40 (FOX) - WNTZ 48 (FOX/MNTV) - WJXF-LP 49 (Retro Jams) - WWJX 51 (Ind.) - WJMF-LP 53 (Univision) - WJKO-LP 64 (TBN)

v • d • e CW Network Affiliates in the state of Mississippi WCBI-DT 4.3 (Columbus) - WTOK-DT 11.3 (Meridian) - WRBJ 34 (Magee / Jackson) Cable Only Affiliates The Gulf Coast CW (Gulfport) - "WBWD" 32 / 721 (Greenwood) - "WBH" 591 (Hattiesburg) 1It is unclear as of 9/1/06 whether the fictional call letters were kept, changed, or dropped. See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Mississippi

v • d • e Roberts Broadcasting Television Stations WAZE 19 (Madisonville) · WRBJ 34 (Magee / Jackson) · WRBU 46 (East St. Louis/St. Louis, MO) · WZRB 47 (Columbia) Radio Stations WRBJ 97.7 FM (Brandon/Jackson)