WRBJ (TV)

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WRBJ
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = CW 34
analog = 34 (UHF)
digital =
other_chs =
affiliations = The CW
network =
founded =
airdate = February 8, 2006
location = Magee/Jackson, Mississippi
callsign_meaning = Roberts
Broadcasting of
Jackson
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Roberts Broadcasting Company
licensee = Roberts Broadcasting Company of Jackson, MS, LLC
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = UPN (2/8/2006-9/17/2006)
effective_radiated_power = 1400 kW
HAAT = 374.6 m
class =
facility_id = 136749
coordinates = coord|32|7|19|N|89|32|52|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WRBJ
homepage = [http://www.cw34jackson.com/ www.cw34jackson.com]

WRBJ is a full-powered CW affiliate in Jackson, Mississippi.

WRBJ is owned by St. Louis-based Roberts Broadcasting.

Its studio and sales office are located in Jackson, and its transmitter is located in northern Smith County, north of Raleigh, and licensed to Magee. Unlike other Jackson TV stations, WRBJ's signal may be capable of reaching Hattiesburg and Meridian.

WRBJ began broadcasting as a UPN affiliate via Time Warner Cable on January 5, 2006, and over-the-air broadcasting began on February 8. On March 21, 2006, it was announced that WRBJ will join the new CW network, and on September 18, WRBJ became a CW affiliate.

Ironically, the call letters WRBJ were assigned briefly to Hattiesburg's WDBT (now WFOR-AM), Mississippi's first radio station. Only since September 2006 when Roberts Broadcasting bought out Urban radio station WRJH did those call letters return to the market.

Digital television

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html] , the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before February 17, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, WRBJ will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

External links

* [http://www.cw34jackson.com/ CW34 Jackson]
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