WBGT-CD

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WBGT-CD
Rochester, New York

Branding	My 18
Channels	Digital: 46 (UHF) Virtual: 40 (PSIP)
Subchannels	40.1 MyNetworkTV 40.2 This TV 40.3 Tuff TV 40.4 Heartland 40.5 MyRochesterTV 40.6 QVC
Translators	26 W26BZ Victor
Affiliations	MyNetworkTV
Owner	Vision Communications
Founded	February 1998
Call letters' meaning	We're BiG TeleVision
Sister station(s)	WJKP-LD, WYDC, WVTT-CA
Former callsigns	W40AG (1987-1996) WBGT-LP (1996-2006) WBGT-CA (2006-2012)
Former affiliations	Independent (1998) UPN (1998-2006)
Transmitter power	10 kW
Height	161 m
Class	Class A
Facility ID	10318
Transmitter coordinates	43°10′14.0″N 77°40′23.0″W / 43.170556°N 77.673056°W / 43.170556; -77.673056
Website	www.wbgttv.com

WBGT-CD is the Class A MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Rochester, New York. It broadcasts a low-powered standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 46 (or virtual channel 40.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in the city's Northwest Quadrant. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channels 18 (hence the My 18 on-air branding) and 1215. Owned by Vision Communications, WBGT has studios on Buffalo Road/NY 33 in Rochester's Gates Center section. Syndicated programing on the station includes Roseanne, Family Feud, The Wendy Williams Show and The Cosby Show among others. WBGT can also be seen over-the-air on analog repeater W26BZ channel 26 in Victor. This broadcasts from a transmitter south of Perinton's Egypt section along the Monroe and Ontario County line.

History

WBGT began operations in February 1998. In its first ten months on-air, the station was an Independent as it did not pick up UPN affiliation until November of that year. The Victor translator was added in 1999, and by 2001, Time Warner Cable had added it to its lineup. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced the networks would end broadcasting and merge to form The CW, which signed with cable-only WB affiliate "WRWB" (the forerunner of WHAM-DT2); as a result, WBGT became part of MyNetworkTV when the network launched on September 5, 2006.

There have been a number of complaints by DirecTV subscribers in Rochester because WBGT is not currently offered on the system's local station line up. Contacts at WBGT say that unless there are a large amount of complaints, the station will continue to be unavailable on DirecTV. It has an application to air a low-powered, digital Class A signal on UHF channel 46 from the same Northwest Quadrant transmitter.

Digital channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
40.1	480i	4:3	WBGT-MY	Main WBGT-CD programming / MyNetworkTV
40.2			WBGT2	This TV
40.3			WBGT3	Tuff TV
40.4			WBGT4	Heartland
40.5			WBGT5	MyRochesterTV
40.6			WBGT6	QVC

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v t e Television Stations viewable in the Greater Rochester, New York area

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WROC (8.1 CBS, 8.2 Bounce TV) WHEC (10.1 NBC, 10.2 Me-TV, 10.3 WX) WHAM (13.1 ABC, 13.2 CW) WXXI (21.1 PBS, 21.2 World, 21.3 Create) WUHF (31.1 Fox) WBGT-CD (40.1 MNTV, 40.2 This TV, 40.3 Tuff TV, 40.4 Heartland, 40.5 MRTV, 40.6 QVC Over Air) W42CO-D (42.1 TCT, 42.2 TCT HD, 42.3 TCT Family, 42.4 La Fuente) WPXJ (51.1 ION, 51.2 qubo, 51.3 ION Life, 51.4 ION Shop, 51.5 QVC Over Air)

Cable-only stations	Time Warner Cable News Rochester YES MSG

Adjacent locals	Buffalo WGRZ (2.1 NBC, 2.2 Antenna TV) WIVB (4.1 CBS) WKBW (7.1 ABC) WNED (17.1 PBS-HD, 17.2 PBS, 17.3 World) WNLO (23.1 CW) WUTV (29.1 Fox, 29.2 ZUUS Country) WNYO (49.1 MNTV) WBBZ (67.1/67.3 Me-TV, 67.2 This, 67.4 Daystar) Syracuse WSTM (3.1 NBC, 3.2 The CW, 3.3 WX) WTVH (5.1 CBS) WSYR (9.1 ABC, 9.2 WSYR-DT2) WCNY (24.1 PBS, 24.2 YourTV, 24.3 World, 24.4 WCNY-HD) WNYS (43.1 MNTV, 43.2 silent) WSPX (56.1 ION, 56.2 qubo, 56.3 ION Life) WSYT (68.1 Fox, 68.2 ZUUS Country)

New York State television Albany/Schenectady Binghamton Buffalo Burlington/Plattsburgh Elmira New York City Rochester Syracuse Utica Watertown See also Toronto Ontario

v t e MyNetworkTV Network Affiliates serving the state of New York

WWOR-TV 9 (New York City) WBPN-LP 10 (Binghamton) WPNY-LP 11 (Utica) WJKP-LD 39 (Elmira) WBGT-CD 40 (Rochester) WNYS 43 (Syracuse) WNYO 49 (Buffalo) WNYA 51 (Albany/Pittsfield, MA)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in New York

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