| Branding | WBBJ CBS 7 (general) 7 Eyewitness News |
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| Slogan | West Tennessee's News, Weather, Sports Channel |
| Channels | Digital: WBBJ-DT 43.3 (UHF) Virtual: 7.3 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | CBS (primary) Me-TV (secondary) |
| Owner | Bahakel Communications (Tennessee Broadcasting Partners) |
| Founded | unknown |
| Call letters' meaning | see WBBJ |
| Former affiliations | Doppler weather radar & NOAA Weather Radio |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 302 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 65204 (digital) |
| Transmitter coordinates | (digital) |
WBBJ-DT3 is the primary CBS and secondary Me-TV television station for Western Tennessee. It is a third digital subchannel of ABC affiliate WBBJ-TV that is owned by Bahakel Communications. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 43.3 (or virtual channel 7.3 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Potts Chapel Road in unincorporated Eastern Madison County. WBBJ-DT3 can also be seen on Charter digital channel 135 and Jackson Energy Authority Broadband digital channel 197. Its parent station has studios on Muse Street in Jackson.
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Before CBS began broadcasting on this outlet, viewers could watch the network on cable and over-the-air (in some cases) from WREG-TV in Memphis. WBBJ-DT3 added CBS on January 1, 2012 bringing the network back to the market since the main feed switched to ABC back in January 1967. Until the change, the station aired as a 24-hour live feed of NOAA's National Weather Service Doppler weather radar with audio from NOAA Weather Radio. To satisfy the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) E/I child programing requirement, it aired shows targeted toward the age group on weekends. It is possible but not a guarantee that the station will be available in high definition over-the-air and through area cable providers. There is very little syndicated programming on this outlet because Me-TV take up the entire broadcast schedule outside CBS shows. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
There are local broadcast offerings on WBBJ-DT3 through simulcasts with the main channel and newscasts in additional time slots. It offers new local newscasts seen exclusively on this service weekdays at noon for thirty minutes as well as weeknights at 5:30 and 6:30. As a result, CBS Evening News airs taped-delayed weeknights at 6 which is a half-hour later than most affiliates in the Central Time Zone. [6]
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