WBNB-TV

WBNB-TV
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

City of license	Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
Channels	Analog: 10 (VHF)
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Benedek Broadcasting
First air date	July 22, 1961
Call letters' meaning	Bob and Bob (Bob Noble and Bob Moss, station founders)
Class	Full service

WBNB-TV is the former CBS affiliate for the U.S. Virgin Islands, broadcasting from a 316 kW transmitter in Charlotte Amalie, on the island of Saint Thomas.

1 History
2 News/Station presentation
- 2.1 Newscast titles
3 External links
4 References

History

WBNB was the first television station in the Virgin Islands, starting operations in 1961. Starting in 1960, newspaper announcements proudly announced that the station would be affiliated with CBS and NBC, and would also carry programs from National Educational Television.^[1]

WBNB's studios and transmitter were destroyed in 1989 by Hurricane Hugo, and the owners (Brisette Broadcasting) could not afford to rebuild. Benedek Broadcasting, who acquired Brisette the following year, opted to turn in WBNB's license to the FCC for cancellation, instead of rebuilding the facilities.

CBS programming returned to the USVI in 2001, via WVXF, channel 17, though switched to TV2 (Virgin Islands) in 2009.

News/Station presentation

Newscast titles

News and Views (1961–1966)
Channel 10 Color News (1966-1970s)
Channel 10 News (1978-c.1980)
NewsScene (c. 1981)
The Scene Today (early 1980s)
NewsCenter 10 (1983–1989)

External links

TVRadioWorld

References

^ The Daily News of Virgin Islands (St. Thomas, VI): p. 6. 1960-08-11.

Television stations in the Virgin Islands

Saint Thomas, USVI	WFIG-LP 5 (ABC) • WTJX (12.1 PBS) • WVGN-LP 14 (NBC) • WVXF (17.1 LWN) • WMNS-LP 22 (TV2/CBS) • W29CB 29 (3ABN) • WBIV-LP 38 (Ind) • WZVI (43.1 ABC)

Saint Croix, USVI	W05AW 5 (PBS) • WSVI (8.1 ABC) • WCVI (23.1 The CW) • WJWM-LP 34 (Ind) • WEYA-LP 52 (Ind) • WEON-LP 60 (Fox)

British Virgin Islands	ZBTV 5 (IND)

Local cable channels	TV2 (CBS)

Defunct stations	WBNB 10 (CBS, Saint Thomas) • WVIF 15 (Pax/Ind, Saint Croix)

U.S. Territories broadcast television: Puerto Rico · American Samoa · Guam · US Virgin Islands · Insular Areas See also: Communications in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Communications in the Marshall Islands and Hawaii

CBS Network Affiliates in the U.S. Territories

KUAM-LP 20 (Hagåtña, Guam) · WMNS-LP 22 (Charlotte Amalie, USVI) · TV2 (St. Thomas, USVI)

See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in US Territories