WBGT-CD

WBGT-CD
Rochester, New York United States

Branding	My 18
Channels	Digital: 46 (UHF) Virtual: 40 (PSIP)
Subchannels	46.1 MyNetworkTV 46.2 This TV 46.3 Tuff TV 46.4 Heartland 46.5 MyRochesterTV 46.6 QVC
Affiliations	MyNetworkTV (2006-present)
Owner	Vision Communications
First air date	February 1998 (1998-02)
Call letters' meaning	We're BiG TeleVision
Sister station(s)	WJKP-LD, WYDC, WVTT-CD
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
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.visioncommunications.tv/

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-CD has studios on Buffalo Road (NY 33) in the town of Gates (with a Rochester address). Syndicated programing on the station includes Roseanne, Family Feud, The Wendy Williams Show and The Cosby Show among others. WBGT-CD was formerly also seen over-the-air on analog repeater W26BZ channel 26 in Victor, which is no longer licensed. This broadcast from a transmitter south of Perinton's Egypt hamlet along the Monroe and Ontario County line.

History

WBGT-CD began operations as WBGT-LP 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-LP became part of MyNetworkTV when the network launched on September 5, 2006. Around this time, the suffix was changed from -LP to -CA.

There have been a number of complaints by DirecTV subscribers in Rochester because WBGT-CD 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; neither DirecTV nor any other cable or satellite provider are compelled to carry the channel as they would for a full-power station under must-carry rules. It has an application to air a low-powered, digital Class A signal on UHF channel 46 from the same Northwest Quadrant transmitter, now using the -CD suffix.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[1]
40.1	480i	4:3	WBGT-MY	Main WBGT-CD programming / MyNetworkTV
40.2			THIS TV	This TV
40.3			TUFF TV	Tuff TV
40.4			TNN	Heartland
40.5			MYROC	MyRochesterTV
40.6			QVC	QVC

References

↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WBGT

External links

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-TV (8.1 CBS, 8.2 Bounce TV) WHEC-TV (10.1 NBC, 10.2 Me-TV, 10.3 WX) WHAM-TV (13.1 ABC, 13.2 CW, 13.3 Grit) WXXI-TV (21.1 PBS, 21.2 World, 21.3 Create) WUHF (31.1 Fox, 31.2 Antenna TV, 31.3 Comet) 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-TV (51.1 Ion, 51.2 qubo, 51.3 Ion Life, 51.4 Ion Shop, 51.5 QVC Over Air, 51.6 HSN)

Cable-only stations	Time Warner Cable News Rochester YES MSG MSG Plus Time Warner Cable Sports Channel SNY

Adjacent locals	Buffalo WGRZ (2.1 NBC, 2.2 WN, 2.3 Antenna TV) WIVB-TV (4.1 CBS) WKBW-TV (7.1 ABC) WNED-TV (17.1 PBS, 17.2 World) WNLO (23.1 CW, 23.2 Bounce TV) WUTV (29.1 Fox, 29.2 ZUUS Country) WNYO-TV (49.1 MNTV, 49.2 GetTV) WBBZ-TV (67.1/67.3 Me-TV, 67.2 This, 67.4 Daystar) Syracuse WSTM-TV (3.1 NBC, 3.2 The CW, 3.3 WX) WTVH (5.1 CBS) WSYR-TV (9.1 ABC, 9.2 Me-TV, 9.3 Bounce TV) WCNY-TV (24.1 PBS, 24.2 Create, 24.3 World, 24.4 PBS Plus) WNYS-TV (43.1 MNTV) WSPX-TV (56.1 Ion, 56.2 qubo, 56.3 Ion Life, 56.4 Ion Shop, 56.5 QVC, 56.6 HSN) 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

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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