WNBW (TV)

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call_letters = WNBW
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog =
digital = 9 (VHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = to be NBC
network =
founded =
airdate = September 4, 2008 "(testing)"
January 1, 2009 "(expected launch date)"
location = Gainesville, Florida
callsign_meaning = refers to future
network affiliation
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = MPS Media
(operated under JSA by New Age Media, LLC)
licensee = MPS Media of Gainesville License, LLC
sister_stations = WGFL
WMYG-LP
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 3.1 kW
HAAT = 265 m
class =
facility_id = 83965
coordinates =
homepage = [http://www.mygainesville.tv/ mygainesvilletv.com]

WNBW will be the NBC-affiliated television station in Gainesville, Florida. The station will broadcast a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 9. It will sign on without an analog signal although there is a construction permit for a companion analog station on UHF channel 29. However, that signal will not operate due to the upcoming analog shutdown on February 17, 2009. cite news|url=http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080916/NEWS/809170287/1002&title=Local_NBC_affiliate_set_to_join_airwaves|title=Local NBC affiliate set to join airwaves|last=Clark|first=Anthony|date=2008-09-16|work=The Gainesville Sun|accessdate=2008-09-17]

It is anticipated that WNBW will be offered on Cox and Communicomm cable systems within the Gainesville area. Its transmitter will be located southeast of Newberry. The station will be owned by MPS Media but operated by New Age Media under a joint sales agreement (JSA). That will make it a sister station to CBS affiliate WGFL and MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYG-LP. WNBW will share studios with those two stations on Northwest 80th Boulevard in Gainesville along I-75.

History

In June of 2008, WGFL announced that it would be launching a new digital-only television station on September 8. Originally known since 1996 by its construction permit number, 960920WR, the station received the WNBW calls on August 18. WNBW's signal was activated for testing on September 4. [http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=a4f3e0f8f3134e35b4824d9a12e52b0b&p=14590401#post14590401] MPS Media hopes to launch the station on January 1, 2009; on that date, WNBW will begin regular programming, as well as bring local NBC service back to Gainesville since WCJB switched its affiliation from NBC to ABC in 1973. WNBW has been announced as becoming the NBC affiliate for Gainesville (hence the meaning of the call letters). The new station will hold rights to enforce black outs on out-of-market stations carrying NBC and syndicated programming, including WESH, the NBC affiliate for Orlando, which also serves Gainesville as the de facto NBC affiliate for that market. [http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080605/NEWS/806050333] WNBW has also indicated that it will eventually air some local programming including newscasts by the end of 2009. [http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2008/09/17/daily.4/]

References

External links

* [http://www.mygainesville.tv/index.php site for sister stations WGFL/WMYG-LP]
*TVQ|WNBW