KBCB

KBCB is a television station in Bellingham, Washington, which airs on digital UHF channel 19, though through PSIP the station appears as 24.1 and 24.2. It is carried on Comcast, Dish Network, and Verizon FiOS and a strong over-the-air signal that blankets Vancouver, BC and Victoria, BC from a transmitter near Mount Constitution on Orcas Island.

History

The station signed on as KEGA on February 10, 1989. It gained its current call-sign on October 2, 1989.

Until 2006, KBCB aired a mix of Independent/ImaginAsian targeted towards the Vancouver area. In that year the station converted to an affiliation with ShopNBC. The network became ShopHQ in 2013. The station's only current local program is a weekly Monday morning brokered programming show highlighting events and businesses in downtown Bellingham's Depot Market Square, with episodes of The Cartoon Factory airing throughout the week to comply with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) E/I requirements.

KBCB added the Estrella TV network as a multicast channel on August 1, 2011. KBCB's affiliation with Estrella ended on April 24, 2014.