WBXH-CA

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WBXH-CA
station_
station_slogan =
analog = 39 (UHF)
station_branding = MyBRTV
9 News
digital = WAFB-DT 46.4 (UHF)
affiliations = MyNetworkTV
founded = 1995
location = Baton Rouge, Louisiana
callsign_meaning = The BoX is Hot!
(former slogan based on affiliation)
owner = Raycom Media
licensee = WAFB License Subsidiary, LLC
sister_stations = WAFB
former_affiliations = The Box (1995-2001)
MTV2 (2001-2003)
UPN (2003-2006)
former_channel_numbers = 46 (1995-2002)
effective_radiated_power = 59.5 kW
46 kW (digital, via WAFB-DT4)
HAAT = 168 m (analog)
146 m (digital, via WAFB-DT4)
facility_id = 51806
coordinates = coord|30|36|50|N|91|14|2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|30|26|35.6|N|91|10|55|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital, via WAFB-DT4)
homepage = [http://www.mybrtv.com/ mybrtv.com]

WBXH-CA, channel 39, is the low-powered MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Its analog transmitter is located near Irene on U.S. 61. Owned by Raycom Media, the station is sister to CBS affiliate WAFB. The two stations share studios on Government Street in downtown Baton Rouge. Syndicated programing on WBXH includes: "Family Guy", "South Park", "According to Jim", "The Insider", "Seinfeld", "Temptation", and "Merv Griffin's Crosswords". Due to its Class A status, WBXH does not broadcast a digital signal of its own. Instead, there is a full power standard definition digital signal offered on WAFB's forth digital subchannel. This signal broadcasts from WAFB's digital transmitter that is located in downtown Baton Rouge.

History

WBXH began broadcasting in 1995 and was owned by the Box LP Group who owned low-power affiliates of The Box music channel across the United States. In 2001, it became an affiliate of MTV2. The station operated on channel 46 until WAFB signed on its digital signal on the same channel in 2002. This led to WBXH changing to channel 39. The station was purchased by Raycom Media in 2003. Also in that year, WBXH became a UPN affiliate. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN networks announced that they would end broadcasting and merge. The newly combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents: CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner.

On February 22, News Corporation announced that they would start up another new network called MyNetworkTV. This new service, which would be a sister network to Fox, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division, Twentieth Television. MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming independent. It was also created to compete against The CW. On March 7, WBXH was announced as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV along with two other Raycom Media-owned stations. Until the September 5 launch of MyNetworkTV, the UPN branding on WBXH was removed which resulted in the station becoming one of a few non-Fox owned-and-operated UPN stations to do so.

Newscasts

On January 8, 2007, sister station WAFB began producing a weeknight 9 o'clock newscast on WBXH. WAFB's weekday morning news is repeated on WBXH. There is also a Saturday morning newscast on the station.

"9 News This Morning"
"(Weekday Mornings 7 to 9 A.M., repeated from WAFB)"
*Anchors:
**Matt Williams
**Jeanne Burns
*Weather:
**Diane Deaton

"My 9 News at 9"
"(Weeknights 9 to 9:30 P.M.)"
*Anchor:
**Greg Meriwether
*Weather:
**Steve Caparotta
*Sports:
**Steve Schneider

"9 News This Morning Saturday"
"(Saturdays 8 to 9 A.M.)"
*Anchor:
**Kellee Henessey
*Weather:
**Scott Oswalt

"WBXH-CA features additional news personnel from WAFB. See that article for a complete listing."

External links

* [http://www.mybrtv.com/ WBXH-CA "MyBRTV"]
* [http://www.wafb.com WAFB "9 News"]
* [http://www.mynetworktv.com MyNetworkTV]
*TVQ|WBXH