WZBJ-CD

WZBJ-CD
(translator of WZBJ, Danville, Virginia)
Lynchburg/Roanoke, Virginia; United States
City	Lynchburg, Virginia
Branding	WZBJ 24
Channels	Digital: 43 (UHF); (to move to 19 (UHF)); Virtual: 24 (PSIP)
Subchannels	24.1 MyNetworkTV; 24.2 Cozi TV; 24.3 Decades
Affiliations	MyNetworkTV (2018–present)
Owner	Gray Television; (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
First air date	January 1991 (28 years ago)
Call letters' meaning	Disambiguation of WDBJ
Sister station(s)	WDBJ, WZBJ
Former callsigns	W19BC (1991–2000); WTLU-CA (2000–2012); WTLU-LD (2007–2012); WTLU-CD (2012–2015); WLHG-CD (2015–2018)
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 19 (UHF, 1991–2004); 50 (UHF, 2004–2012); Digital:; 43 (PSIP, 2010–2018)
Former affiliations	Religious (2007–2018)
Transmitter power	15 kW
Height	189 m (620 ft)
Class	CD
Facility ID	168095
Transmitter coordinates	37°21′32.9″N 79°9′31.3″W / 37.359139°N 79.158694°W
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information	; (translator of WZBJ, Danville, Virginia) Profile; ; (translator of WZBJ, Danville, Virginia) CDBS
Website	www.wdbj7.com/station/wzbj24/

WZBJ-CD, virtual channel 24 (UHF digital channel 43), is a low-powered, Class A television station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, United States and also serving Roanoke. Owned by Gray Television, it is a translator of Danville-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WZBJ (channel 24); the WZBJ stations collectively serve as a sister outlet to Roanoke-licensed CBS affiliate WDBJ (channel 7). WDBJ and WZBJ share studios on Hershberger Road in northwest Roanoke; WZBJ-CD's transmitter is located on Candlers Mountain near the campus of the station's former owner, Liberty University.

History[edit]

The station first came on the air in January 1991 as W19BC channel 19, a translator station for FamilyNet, a network owned at the time by Liberty University founder Jerry Falwell. On September 1, 1991, W19BC began originating programming and became a 24/7 local LPTV station. In 2000, it changed its callsign to WTLU-CA. The station previously branded itself as HopeNow.tv. The station's digital transmitter, WTLU-LD on channel 43, signed on in 2010; in 2012, the analog WTLU-CA transmitter went dark, and its Class A status was transferred to the digital license as WTLU-CD. The call letters changed to WLHG-CD in 2015.

On April 30, 2018, Gray Television announced it would purchase WLHG-CD from Liberty University for $50,000. Under the terms of the transaction, Gray would hold an option agreement to acquire WFFP-TV, and enter into a shared services agreement (to take effect on June 15), whereby Gray would provide programming for and receive a share of the programming and advertising revenue accrued by WLHG-CD and WFFP, which would in turn become sister stations to Gray's existing property in the Roanoke–Lynchburg market, CBS affiliate WDBJ, a station that shares its physical channel spectrum with WFFP.^[1]^[2]

Gray took control of WLHG-CD as scheduled on June 15. On the same day, it began simulcasting WDBJ's MyNetworkTV subchannel "My 19" on WLHG-CD. While the station moved to Gray's control, the station's PSIP virtual channel system was not in use, rendering WLHG-CD's channels temporarily as 43.3 and 43.4. On September 1, 2018, the call letters were changed to WZBJ-CD, and it began sharing virtual channel 24 with the full-power WZBJ license (which concurrently changed call letters from WFFP-TV).

Digital television[edit]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[3]
24.1	1080i	16:9	WLHG-CD	Main WZBJ-CD programming / MyNetworkTV (simulcast of WZBJ)
24.2	480i		Cozi	Cozi TV
24.3	480i		Decades	Decades

References[edit]

^ Jacobson, Adam (April 30, 2018). "Gray: At Liberty To Expand In Virginia". Radio-Television Business Report. Streamline-RBR, Inc. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
^ "Station Trading Roundup: 7 Deals, $571.7M". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. May 1, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
^ RabbitEars TV Query for WZBJ-CD

External links[edit]

[graywlhg1-1] Jacobson, Adam (April 30, 2018). "Gray: At Liberty To Expand In Virginia". Radio-Television Business Report. Streamline-RBR, Inc. Retrieved May 2, 2018.

[graywlhg2-2] "Station Trading Roundup: 7 Deals, $571.7M". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. May 1, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018.

[3] RabbitEars TV Query for WZBJ-CD

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v t e Broadcast television in the areas of Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Roanoke	WDBJ (7.1 CBS, 7.2 H&I) WSLS-TV (10.1 NBC, 10.2 GetTV, 10.3 MeTV) W05AA-D (13.1 ABC, 13.2 Stadium, 13.3 Comet, 13.4 TBD) WBRA-TV (15.1 PBS, 15.2 PBS Encore/World, 15.3 PBS Kids) WZBJ (24.1 MNTV) WFXR (27.1 Fox, 27.2 CW, 27.3 Bounce TV, 27.4 Escape) WPXR-TV (38.1 Ion, 38.2 qubo, 38.3 Ion Life, 38.4 Ion Shop, 38.5 QVC, 38.6 HSN)
Lynchburg	WSET-TV (13.1 ABC, 13.2 Stadium, 13.3 Comet, 13.4 TBD) WWCW (21.1 CW, 21.2 Fox, 21.3 Laff, 21.4 Grit) WZBJ-CD (24.1 MNTV, 24.2 Cozi TV, 24.3 Decades)
Danville	WMDV-LD (44.1 Ind., 44.2 Ind., 44.3 country music videos, 44.4 religious)
Defunct stations	WDRG-LP 2 (TBN) WRFT 27 (ABC, Roanoke) WROV-TV 27 (Ind, Roanoke) WYAT-LP 40 (This TV, Martinsville)
Virginia broadcast television areas by city Bristol Bluefield Charlottesville Harrisonburg Norfolk Richmond Roanoke Washington, DC

v t e Gray Television
sorted by primary channel network affiliations
ABC	KAIT KCRG KGNS ¹ KJCT KLTV / KTRE KNOE ¹ KOLO KOTA / KHSD / KNEP / KSGW KSPR KSFY / KPRY KSWO KVHP ¹ WALB ¹ WBAY WBKO WCJB WDAM ¹ WHSV WJRT WLOX WTOK WTVM WTVG WVAW WWSB
CBS	KALB ¹ KAUZ ² KEYC ² KFDA KFVS KGMB KGWN / KSTF KKTV KMVT KNOE KNPL KOLD KOLN / KGIN KOSA KSLA KWCH / KBSD / KBSH / KBSL KWTX / KBTX KXII KXDF KXJB KYLX WABI WAFB WAGM WBTV WCAV WCAX WCSC WCTV WDBJ WDTV WECP WIBW WIFR WIYE WKYT / WYMT WLOX ¹ WOIO WRDW WTOC WSAW WSVF ¹ WTVY WVLT WWNY ²
The CW	KAIT ¹ KAUZ ^{1, 2} KBTX ¹ KCWH / KNHL ¹ KCWO / KOSA ¹ KCWY ¹ KGWN / KSTF ¹ KIIT ¹ KJCT ¹ KNCT KNOE ¹ KOLO ¹ KPLC ¹ KSCW KSFY / KPRY ¹ KXJB ¹ KYCW / KSPR ¹ KYLX ¹ KYOU ¹ WABI ¹ WAGM ¹ WAGT ¹ WBKO ¹ WBXX ¹ WCJB ¹ WJHG ¹ WKYT ¹ WMTV ¹ WOVA ¹ WQCW WQTV / WQWQ / KFVS ¹ WTOK ¹ WTVG ¹ WTVY ¹ WUAB WUPV WVFX ¹ WYMT ¹
Fox	KEVN KEYC ^{1, 2} KIIT KNDX / KXND KMSB ² KNIN ³ KSVT KVHP KXII ¹ KYOU WAGM ¹ WAHU WBKO ¹ WBRC WDBD ² WFLX ³ WLUC ¹ WNYF ² WOVA WSFX ² WSVF WVFX WVUE WXIX WXTX WZAW
MyNetworkTV	KFXF KKTV ¹ KNHL / KSNB ¹ KTLE ¹ KTTU ² KXII ¹ KYES WBXH WCTV ¹ WECP ¹ WFXU WHSV ¹ WIBW ¹ WITN ¹ WIYE WLOO ² WOIO ¹ WRDW ¹ WSAW ¹ WSAZ ¹ WTOK ¹ WTVY ¹ WVLT ¹ WZBJ / WZBJ
NBC	KAIT ¹ KALB KCBD KCWY KFYR / KQCD / KMOT / KUMV KGNS KHNL / KHBC / KOGG KKCO KNEP KNOP KPLC KSNB / KNHL ¹ KTUU KTVF KVLY KWQC KYOU ¹ KYTV WALB WAFF WAGT WAVE WDAM WEAU WECT WFIE WILX WIS WITN WJHG WLBT WLUC WMBF WMC WMTV WNDU WOWT WRGX WSAZ WSFA WTAP WWBT
Other	Telemundo KEYU KGNS ¹ KKCO ¹ KLTV / KTRE ¹ KSWO ¹ KTLE / KOSA / KCWO ¹ KWTX / KBTX ¹ Univision KDCU ² Ind. K17DL-D ³ KHNL ¹ MeTV KNHL
Radio stations	KEYU-FM KTXC
Programming	Me Time With Frangela Right This Minute
Other assets	Raycom Sports (ACC Network) RTM Studios PowerNation Tupelo Raycom
Acquisitions	Benedek Broadcasting Diversified Communications Hoak Media Raycom Media Drewry Communications Liberty Corporation Lincoln Financial Media Schurz Communications United Communications (pending)
¹ These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. ² Gray operates these stations, through an SSA. ³ Owned by Gray, E. W. Scripps Company operates these stations through an SSA. ⁴ Owned by Branson Visitors TV; Gray holds a 50.1% interest in this company.

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v t e MyNetworkTV affiliates licensed to and serving the Commonwealth of Virginia
WHSV-DT 3.4 (Harrisonburg) WDCA 20 (Washington, D.C.) WZBJ/WZBJ-CD 24 (Danville/Lynchburg) WTVZ 33 (Norfolk) WRLH-DT 35.2 (Richmond)
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