WBXI-CD
| Indianapolis, Indiana United States |
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|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 47 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Independent (weather) |
| Owner | CBS Corporation (CBS Operations Inc.) |
| Founded | August 23, 1989 |
| First air date | 1990 |
| Call letters' meaning | Box Indianapolis (former affiliation) |
| Former callsigns | W47AZ (1990–2000) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 47 (UHF, (1990-2015) |
| Former affiliations | The Box (1990–2001) MTV2 (2001–2004 and 2004–2007) UPN (via WNDY-TV, 2004) MTV Tres (2007-2014) |
| Transmitter power | 13.9 kW |
| Class | Class A |
| Facility ID | 70416 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°46′11.00″N 86°9′26.00″W / 39.7697222°N 86.1572222°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: | Profile CDBS |
WBXI-CD, UHF digital channel 47, is a television station located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by the CBS Television Stations subsidiary of CBS Corporation. WBXI-CA maintains transmitter facilities located atop the Chase Tower (near Monument Circle) in downtown Indianapolis.
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History[edit]
The station first signed on the air in 1990 as W47AZ. Originally serving as an affiliate of the viewer-request music video network The Box, the station changed its call letters to WBXI-CA in 2001; that year, the station switched to MTV2 following that network's acquisition by Viacom, which acquired WBXI-CA. For a few months in 2004, channel 47 served as a repeater of then-sister station and UPN affiliate WNDY-TV (channel 23, now a MyNetworkTV affiliate); this ended when Viacom's Television Stations Group (now CBS Television Stations) subsidiary sold WNDY-TV to the LIN TV Corporation, owners of then-CBS (now CW) affiliate WISH-TV (channel 8), in February 2005.
Viacom retained ownership of WBXI-CA, before spinning it off to CBS Corporation in December of that year, following CBS's split from the former company; Viacom retained ownership of the MTV Networks; however, the station maintained its MTV2 affiliation. In 2007, the station switched to MTV2's Spanish language sister network MTV Tres.
Channel 47 is no longer[when?] airing Tr3s; instead, it is showing localized weather info.
Digital television[edit]
Digital Channel[edit]
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.1 | 480i | 4:3 | WBXI-CD | Independent/Local Weather Information |
Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]
WBXI-CA maintained a construction permit to shut down its analog signal and flash cut its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 47 on September 1, 2015.[2] The station turned on its digital signal on August 21, 2015 and ceased operations of its analog signal on September 1, 2015, the mandatory date for Class A Low Powered Stations to cease operations.[3][4]
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