Jump to content

WNBJ-LD: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Undid revision 1224211865 by BMarGlines (talk) unsourced logo change -- please provide a reliable source (which in this case would likely be a link to an official account for the station showing the new logo) for the change.
(17 intermediate revisions by 9 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|NBC/CW affiliate in Jackson, Tennessee}}
{{short description|NBC/CW affiliate in Jackson, Tennessee}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WNBJ-LD
| callsign = WNBJ-LD
Line 9: Line 10:
----
----
[[File:WNBJ-LD3 Logo.png|157px]]
[[File:WNBJ-LD3 Logo.png|157px]]
| branding = NBC 39 ''(general)''<br>''39 News'' ''(newscasts)''<br>''West Tennessee's CW 39'' ''(on LD2)''<ref>[http://static.wixstatic.com/media/569337_9ca7d8f7f73c414da7fdd5a749aca19f~mv2.png The Official Logo of WNBJ-LD2]</ref><br>''My H&I 39'' ''(on LD3)''<ref>[https://static.wixstatic.com/media/569337_ecf20c7c9c4b4d05937a77104d8326a2~mv2.png Website Footer Graphic Featuring The Alternate Black-Lettered Logos of WNBJ-LD & WNBJ-LD2 And The Official Logo of WNBJ-LD3]</ref>
| branding = {{ubl|NBC 39; ''39 News''|West Tennessee's CW 39 (on LD2)<ref>[http://static.wixstatic.com/media/569337_9ca7d8f7f73c414da7fdd5a749aca19f~mv2.png The Official Logo of WNBJ-LD2]</ref>|My H&I 39 (on LD3)<ref>[https://static.wixstatic.com/media/569337_ecf20c7c9c4b4d05937a77104d8326a2~mv2.png Website Footer Graphic Featuring The Alternate Black-Lettered Logos of WNBJ-LD & WNBJ-LD2 And The Official Logo of WNBJ-LD3]</ref>}}
| digital = 16 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| digital = 16 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 39
| virtual = 39
| subchannels =
| subchannels =
| translators =
| translators =
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''39.1:''' [[NBC]]|'''39.2:''' [[CW+]]|'''39.3:''' [[Heroes & Icons|H&I]]/[[MyNetworkTV|MNTV]]}}
| affiliations = '''39.1:''' [[NBC]]<br>'''39.2:''' [[The CW Plus|CW+]]<ref name="wnbjcw1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wnbjtv.com/single-post/2018/08/06/WNBJ-launches-West-Tennessees-CW-39|title=WNBJ launches West Tennessee's CW 39|author=WNBJ Staff|work=wnbjtv.com|publisher=Waypoint Media|date=August 6, 2018|accessdate=August 6, 2018}}</ref><ref name="wnbjcw">{{cite web|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/220132/wnbj-jackson-launches-cw-subchannel/|title=WNBJ Jackson Launches CW On Subchannel|last=Miller|first=Mark K.|work=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheckMedia|date=August 6, 2018|accessdate=August 6, 2018}}</ref><br>'''39.3:''' [[Heroes & Icons|H&I]]/[[MyNetworkTV|MNTV]]
| location = [[Jackson, Tennessee]]
| location = [[Jackson, Tennessee]]
| owner = Coastal Television Holdings
| owner = Coastal Television Holdings
Line 20: Line 21:
| operator =
| operator =
| founded = February 22, 2011
| founded = February 22, 2011
| airdate = {{Start date and age|2014|10|02|p=y}}<br>''(on [[Dish Network]])''<br>{{Start date and age|2014|11|06|p=y}}<br>''([[Digital terrestrial television|Over-the-air]])''
| airdate = {{ubl|{{Start date and age|2014|10|06}} (on [[Dish Network]])|{{Start date and age|2014|11|06}} ([[Digital terrestrial television|Over-the-air]])}}
| callsign_meaning = NBC for Jackson
| callsign_meaning = NBC for Jackson
| sister_stations =
| sister_stations =
| former_callsigns = W16DE-D (2011–2014) ''([[construction permit|CP]])''
| former_callsigns = W16DE-D ([[construction permit|CP]], 2011–2014)
| former_affiliations =
| former_affiliations =
| former_channel_numbers =
| former_channel_numbers =
| erp = 15 [[kilowatt|kW]]
| erp = 15 [[kW]]
| haat = {{convert|78.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| haat = {{convert|79|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/haat_calculator?dlat=35&mlat=36&slat=11.000000&ns=N&dlon=88&mlon=47&slon=52.000000&ew=W&nad=27&rcamsl=210.3&nradials=360&terdb=0 Antenna Height Above Average Terrain Calculations -- Results]</ref>
| class = [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| class = [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| facility_id = 185218
| facility_id = 185218
| coordinates = {{coord|35|36|11.3|N|88|47|52.2|W|type:_region:_source:enwiki}}
| coordinates = {{coord|35|36|11.3|N|88|47|52.2|W|type:_region:_source:enwiki}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.wnbjtv.com/}}<br>{{URL|https://www.yourcwtv.com/partners/westtennessee/index.php|"West Tennessee's CW 39"}} {{small|(LD2)}}
| website = {{ubl|{{URL|https://www.wnbjtv.com/}}|{{URL|https://www.yourcwtv.com/partners/westtennessee/index.php|"West Tennessee's CW 39" (LD2)}}}}
}}
}}
'''WNBJ-LD''' (channel 39) is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power television station]] in [[Jackson, Tennessee]], United States, affiliated with [[NBC]] and [[The CW Plus]]. The station is owned by Coastal Television Holdings, and maintains studios on North Highland Avenue and a transmitter near the corner of Commerce and Iselin streets, both in downtown Jackson.
'''WNBJ-LD''' (channel 39) is a [[low-power television station]] in [[Jackson, Tennessee]], United States, affiliated with [[NBC]] and [[The CW Plus]]. The station is owned by Coastal Television Holdings, and maintains studios on North Highland Avenue and a transmitter near the corner of Commerce and Iselin streets, both in downtown Jackson.


==History==
==History==
Plans for an NBC affiliate in Jackson originated with the 2011 acquisition of former [[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]] repeater W35AH channel 35<ref>[http://mmtconline.org/lp-pdf/LPTV%20Comments%20121710.pdf FCC document: "COMMENTS OF LPTV ENTREPRENEURS", December 17, 2010.]</ref> from the Minority Media and Television Council (an organization designed to preserve equal opportunity and civil rights in the media) by New Moon Communications, as part of a package deal that also included former TBN repeaters in [[Dothan, Alabama]]; [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]]; and [[Ottumwa, Iowa]]. Of the four stations, only the Dothan station became NBC, but under different owners, as [[WRGX-LD]]. KJNE-LP in Jonesboro was sold to Waypoint Media, [[Limited liability company|LLC]] of [[Meridian, Mississippi]], owners of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]/[[CBS]] affiliate [[KJNB-LD]] (and eventually became a satellite of that station),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://classictvmoark.blogspot.com/2015/08/cbs-makes-debut-in-northeast-arkansas.html|title=Three Rivers Association for Classic TV|author=Michael Buhler|publisher=}}</ref> while the licenses in Ottumwa (KUMK-LP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://northpine.com/broadcast/archive/news0314.html|title=Broadcasting News-March 2014|publisher=}}</ref> and Jackson (whose transmitter would be re-called WZMC-LP) would later be canceled, with the Jackson station cancelled in July 2013.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=42605 "Request for Cancellation of License, WZMC-LP, Jackson, TN, Facility Id. 68047", July 30, 2013.]</ref>
Plans for an NBC affiliate in Jackson originated with the 2011 acquisition of former [[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]] repeater W35AH channel 35<ref>[http://mmtconline.org/lp-pdf/LPTV%20Comments%20121710.pdf FCC document: "COMMENTS OF LPTV ENTREPRENEURS", December 17, 2010.]</ref> from the Minority Media and Television Council (an organization designed to preserve equal opportunity and civil rights in the media) by New Moon Communications, as part of a package deal that also included former TBN repeaters in [[Dothan, Alabama]]; [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]]; and [[Ottumwa, Iowa]]. Of the four stations, only the Dothan station became NBC, but under different owners, as [[WRGX-LD]]. KJNE-LP in Jonesboro was sold to Waypoint Media, [[LLC]] of [[Meridian, Mississippi]], owners of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]/[[CBS]] affiliate [[KJNB-LD]] (and eventually became a satellite of that station),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://classictvmoark.blogspot.com/2015/08/cbs-makes-debut-in-northeast-arkansas.html|title=Three Rivers Association for Classic TV|first=Michael|last=Buhler|publisher=}}</ref> while the licenses in Ottumwa (KUMK-LP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://northpine.com/broadcast/archive/news0314.html|title=Broadcasting News-March 2014|publisher=}}</ref> and Jackson (whose transmitter would be re-called WZMC-LP) would later be canceled, with the Jackson station canceled in July 2013.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=42605 "Request for Cancellation of License, WZMC-LP, Jackson, TN, Facility Id. 68047", July 30, 2013.]</ref>


The history of WNBJ-LD originates with the station's construction permit granted in 2011, under the call sign '''W16DE-D'''. The current '''WNBJ-LD''' call letters replaced their previous translator-style call sign on July 9, 2014.
The history of WNBJ-LD originates with the station's construction permit granted in 2011, under the call sign W16DE-D. The current WNBJ-LD call letters replaced their previous translator-style call sign on July 9, 2014.


In September [[2014 in American television|2014]], it was confirmed that WNBJ would sign on as an NBC affiliate for the Jackson market.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFQlmsKPFnk|title=YouTube|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WNBJ|title=RabbitEars.Info|publisher=}}</ref> [[WMC-TV]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] or [[WSMV-TV|WSMV]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] were previously the default NBC affiliates for the Jackson area using a very strong antenna, or through cable television. Some of the far northern parts of the local media market (e.g. northern [[Gibson County, Tennessee|Gibson County]] north of [[Trenton, Tennessee|Trenton]]) could pick up [[WPSD]] in [[Paducah, Kentucky]] until the [[Digital television transition in the United States|DTV transition]] for full-power stations took place in 2009.
In September [[2014 in American television|2014]], it was confirmed that WNBJ would sign on as an NBC affiliate for the Jackson market.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFQlmsKPFnk|title=YouTube|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WNBJ|title=RabbitEars.Info|publisher=}}</ref> [[WMC-TV]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] or [[WSMV-TV|WSMV]] in [[Nashville]] were previously the default NBC affiliates for the Jackson area using a very strong antenna, or through cable television. Some of the far northern parts of the local media market (e.g. northern [[Gibson County, Tennessee|Gibson County]] north of [[Trenton, Tennessee|Trenton]]) could pick up [[WPSD]] in [[Paducah, Kentucky]] until the [[Digital television transition in the United States|DTV transition]] for full-power stations took place in 2009.


On October 6, 2014, WNBJ went on the air first via Dish Network channel 6 at 11:30&nbsp;a.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]]. OTA followed in November 2014 and Direct TV in January 2015. The station was signed-on by a local group known as Jackson TV, LLC, who then entered into an outsourcing agreement with [[Waypoint Media]] to allow Waypoint to operate the station.<ref name=jsun>{{cite news | last = Thomas | first = David | title = NBC affiliate WNBJ channel 39 Arrives in Jackson | url = http://www.jacksonsun.com/story/money/business/columnists/2014/10/01/nbc-affiliate-wnbj-channel-arrives-jackson/16556887/ | newspaper = [[The Jackson Sun]] | date = October 1, 2014| accessdate = June 12, 2015}}</ref>
On October 6, 2014, WNBJ went on the air first via Dish Network channel 6 at 11:30&nbsp;a.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]]. OTA followed in November 2014 and Direct TV in January 2015. The station was signed-on by a local group known as Jackson TV, LLC, who then entered into an outsourcing agreement with Waypoint Media to allow Waypoint to operate the station.<ref name=jsun>{{cite news | last = Thomas | first = David | title = NBC affiliate WNBJ channel 39 Arrives in Jackson | url = http://www.jacksonsun.com/story/money/business/columnists/2014/10/01/nbc-affiliate-wnbj-channel-arrives-jackson/16556887/ | newspaper = [[The Jackson Sun]] | date = October 1, 2014| accessdate = June 12, 2015}}</ref>


NBC was the last of the [[Big Three television networks|Big Four television networks]] to have a local outlet in Jackson. Currently, The Jackson Energy Authority's cable system still pipes in most of the major outlets in Memphis, including WMC-TV. CBS affiliate [[WTVF]] is the only Nashville-based media outlet offered on JEA's cable lineup, with WNBJ-LD replacing WSMV on cable channel 4.
NBC was the last of the [[Big Four television networks]] to have a local outlet in Jackson. Currently, The Jackson Energy Authority's cable system still pipes in most of the major outlets in Memphis, including WMC-TV. CBS affiliate [[WTVF]] is the only Nashville-based media outlet offered on JEA's cable lineup, with WNBJ-LD replacing WSMV on cable channel 4.


WNBJ was the second television station in the Jackson market to sign on exclusively in digital, about eight to nine months after WYJJ-LD.
WNBJ was the second television station in the Jackson market to sign on exclusively in digital, about eight to nine months after WYJJ-LD.


On February 23, 2016, the station's original owners agreed to merge WNBJ-LD's licensee with a subsidiary of [[SagamoreHill Broadcasting]].<ref name="Merger">{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1724046&Service=LD&Form_id=316&Facility_id=185218|title=Application for Consent to Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] }}</ref> The merger was completed on April 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1725706&Service=LD&Form_id=905&Facility_id=185218|title=Consummation Notice|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] }}</ref>
On February 23, 2016, the station's original owners agreed to merge WNBJ-LD's licensee with a subsidiary of [[SagamoreHill Broadcasting]].<ref name="Merger">{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1724046&Service=LD&Form_id=316&Facility_id=185218|title=Application for Consent to Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] }}</ref> The merger was completed on April 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1725706&Service=LD&Form_id=905&Facility_id=185218|title=Consummation Notice|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] }}</ref>

=== Sale to Coastal Television ===
In July 2021, Waypoint announced that it would sell nine of its television stations, including WNBJ-LD, to [[Cumming, Georgia]]—based Coastal Television for $36.9 million. The sale was completed on January 4, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Adam |date=January 4, 2022 |title=Coastal Completes Its Waypoint Radio/TV Purchase {{!}} Radio & Television Business Report |url=https://rbr.com/kalil-coastal-waypoint-bill-christian/ |access-date=July 18, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>


===Subchannel history===
===Subchannel history===
====WNBJ-LD2 (CW+)====
====WNBJ-LD2 (CW+)====
On August 6, 2018, a [[720p]] [[high-definition television|HD]] feed (branded as "[[West Tennessee]]'s CW 39") of [[The CW]]'s national [[The CW Plus|CW Plus]] service was added to subchannel 39.2, succeeding cable-only '''"WBJK"''' as the CW Plus affiliate for the Jackson, Tennessee [[Media market|market]].
On August 6, 2018, a [[720p]] [[high-definition television|HD]] feed (branded as "[[West Tennessee]]'s CW 39") of [[The CW]]'s national [[CW Plus]] service was added to subchannel 39.2, succeeding cable-only "WBJK" as the CW Plus affiliate for the Jackson, Tennessee [[Media market|market]].


====WNBJ-LD3 (H&I/MyTV)====
====WNBJ-LD3 (H&I/MyTV)====
Line 58: Line 63:


==Programming==
==Programming==
===General programming===
===News operation===
⚫
WNBJ's news operation launched August 28, 2017.<ref>[https://changingnewscasts.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/wnbj-now-airs-local-news-thanks-inn/#more-4470 WNBJ now airs local news of its own, thanks to I.N.N.]</ref> WNBJ-LD currently airs 7½ hours of local newscasts, all weekdays at 6 p.m., 9 p.m. (on LD2<ref>[https://www.yourcwtv.com/partners/westtennessee/images/secC_39NEWS_AT_9.png A Promotional Advertisement For The 9PM Newscast Of WNBJ-LD2] December 30, 2018</ref>) and 10 p.m. The newscasts are all produced out of the Waypoint [[News Hub]] in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], utilizing News Hub talent for all but local contributions.
[[Broadcast syndication|Syndicated]] programming on WNBJ-LD includes ''[[The Doctors (talk show)|The Doctors]]'', ''[[Rachael Ray (talk show)|Rachael Ray]]'', ''[[The Wendy Williams Show]]'', ''[[Inside Edition]]'', ''[[Family Feud]]'' and ''[[Divorce Court]]'' among others.


⚫
Lon Tegels, a 30-year veteran at various television stations, including [[WXXV-TV]] in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]], is WNBJ's first news director. Reporters on the news team include Jackson Overstreet and Camila Rueda.<ref>{{cite web|last=Yusuf|first=Omar|title=NBC's Jackson affiliate WNBJ 39 now airing local newscasts|url=http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2017/09/06/jackson-gets-second-local-newscast/635214001/|publisher=[[Greenville Online]]|date=September 6, 2017|accessdate=September 19, 2017}}</ref>

===Non-news programming===
WNBJ airs a program called ''Exit82''. Produced locally by Red Art Studios, it is a "concert/interview" format show that features "popular and up-and-coming musical talent from the Jackson and surrounding areas" who "perform original music".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/exit82tv|title=Security Check Required|website=[[Facebook]]|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/WNBJ-TV-Jacksons-NBC39/562344930562663|title=Security Check Required|website=[[Facebook]]|publisher=}}</ref> The program is named after [[Interstate 40 in Tennessee|I-40]]'s interchange with [[U.S. Route 45#Tennessee|US 45]] in Jackson.
WNBJ airs a program called ''Exit82''. Produced locally by Red Art Studios, it is a "concert/interview" format show that features "popular and up-and-coming musical talent from the Jackson and surrounding areas" who "perform original music".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/exit82tv|title=Security Check Required|website=[[Facebook]]|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/WNBJ-TV-Jacksons-NBC39/562344930562663|title=Security Check Required|website=[[Facebook]]|publisher=}}</ref> The program is named after [[Interstate 40 in Tennessee|I-40]]'s interchange with [[U.S. Route 45#Tennessee|US 45]] in Jackson.


WNBJ also airs ''Harmony Road'' and ''Tennessee [[Southern gospel|Gospel]] Show'' that showcases traditional and [[contemporary Christian music]], and ''Vertical Descent'', a local hunting show produced in [[Chester County, Tennessee|Chester County]].
WNBJ also airs ''Harmony Road'' and ''Tennessee [[Southern gospel|Gospel]] Show'' that showcases traditional and [[contemporary Christian music]], and ''Vertical Descent'', a local hunting show produced in [[Chester County, Tennessee|Chester County]].

===News operation===
⚫
WNBJ's news operation launched August 28, 2017.<ref>[https://changingnewscasts.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/wnbj-now-airs-local-news-thanks-inn/#more-4470 WNBJ now airs local news of its own, thanks to I.N.N.]</ref> WNBJ-LD currently airs 7½ hours of local newscasts, all weekdays at 6 p.m., 9 p.m. (on LD2<ref>[https://www.yourcwtv.com/partners/westtennessee/images/secC_39NEWS_AT_9.png A Promotional Advertisement For The 9PM Newscast Of WNBJ-LD2] December 30, 2018</ref>) and 10 p.m. The newscasts are all produced out of the Waypoint [[News Hub]] in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], utilizing News Hub talent for all but local contributions.

⚫
Lon Tegels, a 30-year veteran at various television stations, including [[WXXV-TV]] in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]], is WNBJ's first news director. Reporters on the news team include Jackson Overstreet and Camila Rueda.<ref>{{cite web|last=Yusuf|first=Omar|title=NBC's Jackson affiliate WNBJ 39 now airing local newscasts|url=http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2017/09/06/jackson-gets-second-local-newscast/635214001/|publisher=[[Greenville Online]]|date=September 6, 2017|accessdate=September 19, 2017}}</ref>


==Technical information==
==Technical information==
Line 74: Line 77:
The station's digital signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
The station's digital signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
⚫
|+Subchannels of WNBJ-LD<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WNBJ-LD#station RabbitEars TV Query for WNBJ-LD]</ref>
⚫
! scope="col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
⚫
! scope="col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
⚫
! scope="col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
⚫
! scope="col" | Short name
! scope="col" | Programming
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 39.1
⚫
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
⚫
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=3|[[16:9]] || NBC || [[NBC]]
⚫
! [[Display resolution|Video]]
⚫
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
⚫
! Short name
⚫
! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WNBJ-LD#station RabbitEars TV Query for WNBJ-LD]</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 39.2
⚫
| 39.1 || [[1080i]] || rowspan=3|[[16:9]] || NBC || Main WNBJ-LD programming / [[NBC]]
| [[720p]] || CW || [[The CW Plus]]<ref name="wnbjcw">{{cite web|url=http://www.wnbjtv.com/single-post/2018/08/06/WNBJ-launches-West-Tennessees-CW-39|title=WNBJ launches West Tennessee's CW 39|work=wnbjtv.com|publisher=Waypoint Media|date=August 6, 2018|accessdate=August 6, 2018}}
*{{cite web|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/220132/wnbj-jackson-launches-cw-subchannel/|title=WNBJ Jackson Launches CW On Subchannel|last=Miller|first=Mark K.|work=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheckMedia|date=August 6, 2018|accessdate=August 6, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 39.3
| 39.2 || [[720p]] || CW || [[The CW Plus|West Tennessee's CW 39]]<ref name="wnbjcw1" /><ref name="wnbjcw" />
⚫
| [[480i]] || Mynet || [[Heroes & Icons|H&I]] & [[MyNetworkTV]]
|-
⚫
| 39.3 || [[480i]] || Mynet || [[Heroes & Icons|H&I]] & [[MyNetworkTV]]
|}
|}


==Coverage area==
==Coverage area==
WNBJ is a low-power television station with 15,000 [[watt]]s of power; the station's signal gives WNBJ a coverage area comprising most of the Jackson market, or 94,110 television households, and the far eastern portion of the Memphis market. The Jackson DMA consists of viewers living in [[Carroll County, Tennessee|Carroll]], Chester, Gibson, [[Hardin County, Tennessee|Hardin]], [[Henderson County, Tennessee|Henderson]], and [[Madison County, Tennessee|Madison]] counties in West Tennessee. WNBJ's signal also covers parts of [[Crockett County, Tennessee|Crockett]], [[Hardeman County, Tennessee|Hardeman]], [[Haywood County, Tennessee|Haywood]], northern [[Fayette County, Tennessee|Fayette]], and [[McNairy County, Tennessee|McNairy]] counties in the Memphis market. Hardin County is the only area within WNBJ's home market that is out of its broadcast range, though it is possible for local cable systems to receive the signal by alternate means, such as a fiber-optic connection or via Dish or DirecTV.
WNBJ is a low-power television station with 15,000 [[watt]]s of power; the station's signal gives WNBJ a coverage area comprising most of the Jackson market, or 94,110 television households, and the far eastern portion of the Memphis market. The Jackson market consists of viewers living in [[Carroll County, Tennessee|Carroll]], Chester, Gibson, [[Hardin County, Tennessee|Hardin]], [[Henderson County, Tennessee|Henderson]], and [[Madison County, Tennessee|Madison]] counties in West Tennessee. WNBJ's signal also covers parts of [[Crockett County, Tennessee|Crockett]], [[Hardeman County, Tennessee|Hardeman]], [[Haywood County, Tennessee|Haywood]], northern [[Fayette County, Tennessee|Fayette]], and [[McNairy County, Tennessee|McNairy]] counties in the Memphis market.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/contour.php?appid=5a785d579c7f4a879cc1cf6212b6c0ea&site=1&dma=N&map=N&contour=Y&lppc=N&int=N&pop=N&incpop=&excpop=&z1=N&nrqz=N&lprw=N&head=Y&asrn=&extras=&cir=&circen=|title=RabbitEars Contour Map for WNBJ-LD|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=April 28, 2024}}</ref> Hardin County is the only area within WNBJ's home market that is out of its broadcast range, though it is possible for local cable systems to receive the signal by alternate means, such as a fiber-optic connection or via Dish or DirecTV.


==References==
==References==
Line 97: Line 104:
*{{Official website|https://www.wnbjtv.com/}}
*{{Official website|https://www.wnbjtv.com/}}
*[https://www.yourcwtv.com/partners/westtennessee/index.php WNBJ-LD2 "West Tennessee's CW 39"]
*[https://www.yourcwtv.com/partners/westtennessee/index.php WNBJ-LD2 "West Tennessee's CW 39"]
*{{BIA|WNBJ|TV|TV|}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|185218|WNBJ-LD}}


{{Jackson TN TV}}
{{Jackson TN TV}}
Line 105: Line 110:
{{Waypoint Media}}
{{Waypoint Media}}


⚫
[[Category:NBC network affiliates]]
⚫
[[Category:Television stations in Jackson, Tennessee|NBJ-LD]]
⚫
[[Category:Low-power television stations in the United States]]
⚫
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2014]]
[[Category:2014 establishments in Tennessee]]
[[Category:2014 establishments in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Heroes & Icons affiliates]]
[[Category:Heroes & Icons affiliates]]
⚫
[[Category:Low-power television stations in Tennessee|NBJ]]
⚫
[[Category:NBC affiliates]]
⚫
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2014]]
⚫
[[Category:Television stations in Jackson, Tennessee|NBJ-LD]]

Revision as of 23:09, 16 May 2024

WNBJ-LD

Channels
Branding
  • NBC 39; 39 News
  • West Tennessee's CW 39 (on LD2)[1]
  • My H&I 39 (on LD3)[2]
Programmierung
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Coastal Television Holdings
  • (CTT License LLC)
History
GegründetFebruary 22, 2011
First air date
  • October 6, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-10-06) (on Dish Network)
  • November 6, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-11-06) (Over-the-air)
Former call signs
W16DE-D (CP, 2011–2014)
Call sign meaning
NBC for Jackson
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID185218
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT78.5 m (258 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°36′11.3″N 88°47′52.2″W / 35.603139°N 88.797833°W / 35.603139; -88.797833
Links
Public license information
LMS
Website

WNBJ-LD (channel 39) is a low-power television station in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW Plus. The station is owned by Coastal Television Holdings, and maintains studios on North Highland Avenue and a transmitter near the corner of Commerce and Iselin streets, both in downtown Jackson.

History

Plans for an NBC affiliate in Jackson originated with the 2011 acquisition of former TBN repeater W35AH channel 35[4] from the Minority Media and Television Council (an organization designed to preserve equal opportunity and civil rights in the media) by New Moon Communications, as part of a package deal that also included former TBN repeaters in Dothan, Alabama; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Ottumwa, Iowa. Of the four stations, only the Dothan station became NBC, but under different owners, as WRGX-LD. KJNE-LP in Jonesboro was sold to Waypoint Media, LLC of Meridian, Mississippi, owners of Fox/CBS affiliate KJNB-LD (and eventually became a satellite of that station),[5] while the licenses in Ottumwa (KUMK-LP)[6] and Jackson (whose transmitter would be re-called WZMC-LP) would later be canceled, with the Jackson station canceled in July 2013.[7]

The history of WNBJ-LD originates with the station's construction permit granted in 2011, under the call sign W16DE-D. The current WNBJ-LD call letters replaced their previous translator-style call sign on July 9, 2014.

In September 2014, it was confirmed that WNBJ would sign on as an NBC affiliate for the Jackson market.[8][9] WMC-TV in Memphis or WSMV in Nashville were previously the default NBC affiliates for the Jackson area using a very strong antenna, or through cable television. Some of the far northern parts of the local media market (e.g. northern Gibson County north of Trenton) could pick up WPSD in Paducah, Kentucky until the DTV transition for full-power stations took place in 2009.

On October 6, 2014, WNBJ went on the air first via Dish Network channel 6 at 11:30 a.m. CDT. OTA followed in November 2014 and Direct TV in January 2015. The station was signed-on by a local group known as Jackson TV, LLC, who then entered into an outsourcing agreement with Waypoint Media to allow Waypoint to operate the station.[10]

NBC was the last of the Big Four television networks to have a local outlet in Jackson. Currently, The Jackson Energy Authority's cable system still pipes in most of the major outlets in Memphis, including WMC-TV. CBS affiliate WTVF is the only Nashville-based media outlet offered on JEA's cable lineup, with WNBJ-LD replacing WSMV on cable channel 4.

WNBJ was the second television station in the Jackson market to sign on exclusively in digital, about eight to nine months after WYJJ-LD.

On February 23, 2016, the station's original owners agreed to merge WNBJ-LD's licensee with a subsidiary of SagamoreHill Broadcasting.[11] The merger was completed on April 1.[12]

Sale to Coastal Television

In July 2021, Waypoint announced that it would sell nine of its television stations, including WNBJ-LD, to Cumming, Georgia—based Coastal Television for $36.9 million. The sale was completed on January 4, 2022.[13]

Subchannel history

WNBJ-LD2 (CW+)

On August 6, 2018, a 720p HD feed (branded as "West Tennessee's CW 39") of The CW's national CW Plus service was added to subchannel 39.2, succeeding cable-only "WBJK" as the CW Plus affiliate for the Jackson, Tennessee market.

WNBJ-LD3 (H&I/MyTV)

In September 2019, the MyNetworkTV affiliation in Jackson, Tennessee moved to a secondary affiliation alongside H&I on the third subchannel of WNBJ-LD (branded as "My H&I 39"), in light of WYJJ-LD ending its affiliation with MyNetworkTV to carry Court TV full-time.[14][15]

Programmierung

News operation

WNBJ's news operation launched August 28, 2017.[16] WNBJ-LD currently airs 7½ hours of local newscasts, all weekdays at 6 p.m., 9 p.m. (on LD2[17]) and 10 p.m. The newscasts are all produced out of the Waypoint News Hub in Little Rock, Arkansas, utilizing News Hub talent for all but local contributions.

Lon Tegels, a 30-year veteran at various television stations, including WXXV-TV in Biloxi, Mississippi, is WNBJ's first news director. Reporters on the news team include Jackson Overstreet and Camila Rueda.[18]

Non-news programming

WNBJ airs a program called Exit82. Produced locally by Red Art Studios, it is a "concert/interview" format show that features "popular and up-and-coming musical talent from the Jackson and surrounding areas" who "perform original music".[19][20] The program is named after I-40's interchange with US 45 in Jackson.

WNBJ also airs Harmony Road and Tennessee Gospel Show that showcases traditional and contemporary Christian music, and Vertical Descent, a local hunting show produced in Chester County.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WNBJ-LD[21]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programmierung
39.1 1080i 16:9 NBC NBC
39.2 720p CW The CW Plus[22]
39.3 480i Mynet H&I & MyNetworkTV

Coverage area

WNBJ is a low-power television station with 15,000 watts of power; the station's signal gives WNBJ a coverage area comprising most of the Jackson market, or 94,110 television households, and the far eastern portion of the Memphis market. The Jackson market consists of viewers living in Carroll, Chester, Gibson, Hardin, Henderson, and Madison counties in West Tennessee. WNBJ's signal also covers parts of Crockett, Hardeman, Haywood, northern Fayette, and McNairy counties in the Memphis market.[23] Hardin County is the only area within WNBJ's home market that is out of its broadcast range, though it is possible for local cable systems to receive the signal by alternate means, such as a fiber-optic connection or via Dish or DirecTV.

References

  1. ^ The Official Logo of WNBJ-LD2
  2. ^ Website Footer Graphic Featuring The Alternate Black-Lettered Logos of WNBJ-LD & WNBJ-LD2 And The Official Logo of WNBJ-LD3
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNBJ-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ FCC document: "COMMENTS OF LPTV ENTREPRENEURS", December 17, 2010.
  5. ^ Buhler, Michael. "Three Rivers Association for Classic TV".
  6. ^ "Broadcasting News-March 2014".
  7. ^ "Request for Cancellation of License, WZMC-LP, Jackson, TN, Facility Id. 68047", July 30, 2013.
  8. ^ YouTube.
  9. ^ "RabbitEars.Info".
  10. ^ Thomas, David (October 1, 2014). "NBC affiliate WNBJ channel 39 Arrives in Jackson". The Jackson Sun. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  11. ^ "Application for Consent to Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". Federal Communications Commission.
  12. ^ "Consummation Notice". Federal Communications Commission.
  13. ^ Jacobson, Adam (January 4, 2022). "Coastal Completes Its Waypoint Radio/TV Purchase | Radio & Television Business Report". Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  14. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WNBJ-LD
  15. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WYJJ-LD
  16. ^ WNBJ now airs local news of its own, thanks to I.N.N.
  17. ^ A Promotional Advertisement For The 9PM Newscast Of WNBJ-LD2 December 30, 2018
  18. ^ Yusuf, Omar (September 6, 2017). "NBC's Jackson affiliate WNBJ 39 now airing local newscasts". Greenville Online. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  19. ^ "Security Check Required". Facebook.
  20. ^ "Security Check Required". Facebook.
  21. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WNBJ-LD
  22. ^ "WNBJ launches West Tennessee's CW 39". wnbjtv.com. Waypoint Media. August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  23. ^ "RabbitEars Contour Map for WNBJ-LD". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

Template:Waypoint Media

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNBJ-LD&oldid=1224213598"