WCJB-DT2

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WCJB-DT2 | station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = "The CW Gainesville"
analog =
Communicomm 6
Cox 10
digital = WCJB-DT 16.2 (UHF)
affiliations = The CW (via The CW Plus)| founded = 1998
location = Gainesville, Florida
callsign_meaning = see WCJB-TV
owner = Diversified Communications
licensee = Diversified Broadcasting, Inc.
former_callsigns = none
former_affiliations = none
effective_radiated_power = 343.6 kW (digital)
HAAT = 254.4 m (digital)
facility_id = 16993 (digital)
coordinates = coord|29|32|11.5|N|82|24|0|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = see below

WCJB-DT2 is the CW-affiliated television station for Gainesville, Florida. The station is part of The CW Plus, a special CW feed that broadcasts on cable and / or over-the-air on a digital signal. The CW Plus serves smaller television markets with a DMA rank above 100 (the Gainesville market has a rank of 162). WCJB-DT2 is a second digital subchannel of ABC affiliate WCJB-TV which is owned by Diversified Communications.

Over-the-air, WCJB-DT2 broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 16.2 from WABI's transmitter which is located in Wacahoota. The station is also offered on cable. In High Springs, the station can be seen on Communicomm channel 6. In Gainesville, it is located on Cox channel 10. WCJB-DT2 is known on-air as "The CW Gainesville". Its parent station has studios on Northwest 43rd Street in Gainesville.

History

On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB announced that they would cease broadcasting and merge. The new 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 September 18, WCJB launched a new second digital subchannel to be the area's CW affiliate.

Newscasts

WCJB-DT2 offers the nationally syndicated morning show, "The Daily Buzz", on weekdays from 6 to 9. There is also a weeknight 10 o'clock newscast seen on the station.

"The Daily Buzz"
"(Weekday Mornings 6 to 9 A.M.)"
*Anchors:
**Andy B. Campbell
**Andrea Jackson
*News Updates:
**Kia Malone
*Weather:
**Mitch English

"WCJB TV 20 News at 10"
"(Weeknights 10 to 10:30 P.M.)"
*Anchor:
**Myra Monroe
*Weather:
**Bill Quinlan
*Sports:
**Hank Astengo

"WCJB-DT2 features additional news personnel from WCJB. See that article for a complete listing."

External links

* [http://www.wcjb.com/content/4056/CW/ WCJB-DT2 "The CW Gainesville"]
* [http://www.wcjb.com/ WCJB-TV/DT]
*TVQ|WCJB-TV